okay, here's what i have so far. i'd like some help, as the parts with * by them are ones that are a bit confusing to me, especially the one about scrooge, i think i'm way off on that part. pm me if you want to help me out with this.

thanks.

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I can hear jingle bells

For some reason, tonight both Dad and Mom
are being nicer than the usually are.
Light a candle, turn out the light,
hurry up and cut the cake, please.

Since I was little, I've always counted down (on my fingers),＊（指折り数えて）
excited while waiting for this day to come.
The big fir tree in the park
looks like a toy rocket.

Jingle bells This night is special.
Jinble bells You too should stand up.＊（君にもうたってあげるよ）

I'm familiar with the way home;（見なれている　帰り道さえ）
it's like a postcard from a foreign country, isnt' it.
All the lovers are dressed nicely.
To this unending night I melt away.＊（終らない夜へ　とけてゆくよ）
In the bed of my lonely room,
I thought it'd be alright if this kind of day didn't come.
If I turn on the radio switch,＊（なのにラジオのスイッチ入れたら）
I would hear the sound come, even to one such as I.＊（そんな僕にも　聞こえてきたんだ）

Jingle bells This night is special.
Jinble bells You too should stand up.＊（君にもうたってあげるよ）

＊If even Scrooge from "A Christmas Carol"（クリスマス　キャロルのスウルージだって）
＊stopped being so uncaring, it wasn't until that.（しらけてしまえば　それまでだったさ）
＊The spirits たずねて来なくたって
I remember, those wonderful words!

Jingle bells Tonight is special.
Jingle bells Look! If you clear your ears.＊（耳をすませば　ホラ）
Jingle bells You can hear the sound of the bells.
Jingle bells Smile.＊（笑ってよ）

Because tonight is Merry Christmas!

hahahaha... sawao and his emo christmas

君にもうたってあげるよ => on the sheet it's 'mou'... tatte could be 'stand', 'depart'... hard to say.

見なれている　帰り道さえ = even the familiar road home. sae = even

そんな僕にも　聞こえてきたんだ = even i can hear it. the japanese phrasing is rather awkard translated directly.

精霊達はたずねて来なくたって => tazuneru = most likely 'to visit', in this case. something about the spirits not coming to visit.

i'll look at it more later...

[quote="terra"]君にもうたってあげるよ

見なれている　帰り道さえ

そんな僕にも　聞こえてきたんだ

精霊達はたずねて来なくたって[/quote]

How do you type like this?

woops! i meant to put "mou"...sorry! i'll fix that. maybe it means "you too should come out," like come join in the festivities...or something?


on the "since i was little" part, i think

"when i was little, i counted down on my fingers,"

would be better. and i'm assuming that the big tree looks like a toy rocket because it's all lit up...

"even though i'm familiar with the way home, it's like a postcard from a foreign country" works better (thanks terra!).

I kind of like the more direct "even to one such as I" because i think he's talking about how he lost his love of christmas for a while or something.

the scrooge verse seems to me to be something alon the lines of:

just as Scrooge from "A Christmas Carol,"
I stopped being so uncaring, but
the spirits never came to visit me."

of course, that's not quite what it is, as i can't figure out the それまでだったさ part...

and i want to change the "smile" at the end to "go on and laugh" or "go on and smile."

[quote="CARNVAL372"]How do you type like this?[/quote]

ぼくはわかりますよ。

yeah like that how do you type it? I know you can type like that on JWPCE but i don't know how to type it here?

You need a keyboard with kanjis and hiraganas. It's the size of a billboard and it's how everyone types in japan.

プラト、”は”です、”わ”じゃない。

Where do i order one?

;-___- leave carnval alone.

you can either install/configure an IME in windows that allows you to type directly wherever you want, or you can cut and paste from JWPce.

like this: 笥

ああ、カーンバルさん、上手ねえ。

今　死ぬ

[quote="debaser"]You need a keyboard with kanjis and hiraganas. It's the size of a billboard and it's how everyone types in japan.

プラト、”は”です、”わ”じゃない。[/quote]

chigau, kare ga chigaimasen deshita. kare ga "boku wa wakarimasu yo" to itta.