[romaji and translation] GREEN

[maaya]

beautiful! thank you so much!!

[terra]

thanks masa!!!

[Lora-Ayu]

I love the translation~ Thank you Masa~ ♥

[tinka69]

pretty!!

[BluishDays]

Thank you so much for a great translation Although I'm newer to AHS I've always referred to your translations when it comes to Ayu's songs for the past few years <3 So thanks masa for all your hard work ^_^

[masa]

You are welcome.

I changed several parts and editted my first post.
Hikari kagayaite --> Hikarikagayaite (I interprete this as one combined verb in this case.)
His smiling face --> The smiling face of that man
I noticed of --> I noticed

By the way, I'd like to hear your thought on a word I'm not sure.
Just like me who is afraid of the warmth
Is "is" (not "am") in this line grammatically correct?

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by masa

By the way, I'd like to hear your thought on a word I'm not sure.
Just like me who is afraid of the warmth
Is "is" (not "am") in this line grammatically correct?

Yes, in this case "is" is more correct than "am."

[LacusClyne]

thanks masa, for taking the time to translate all this while. (^_^)

[isura]

thanks masa (:

[music_*]

DOES THIS MEAN AYU HAS FOUND SOMEONE NEW???
I hope so~ ^^

[Melrose]

Both translations have some slight inaccuracies in them. But I know that translating is not a science, a lot of it goes down to the translators own personal take on the lyrics and somethings do have to be tweaked to make sense in English and somethings just simply can't be translated well. Some translators like to keep the original grammatical structure of the lines in tact and try to somehow make it into english that reflects the same thoughts and feelings (usually what I like to do) and some find it easier to reverse the structure of the verses and choruses (ie, the last line of the Japanese ends up being the first line in english) so that it is easier to make sense of in English. (usually what masa does) lol, its hard to explain this unless you've down translating yourself. Bottom line, there's not really a single correct way to translate a song and I often find that in order to get the best translation possible you often need to piece together bits of different translations of the same thing.

You must have missed the previous 50 times when someone said that, aside from the fact that it is extremely logical to figure out for one self. =p XD

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Melrose

You must have missed the previous 50 times when someone said that, aside from the fact that it is extremely logical to figure out for one self. =p XD

Huh? I'm not sure why the snippy response, especially considering no one said anything like what I did in this thread...

[Melrose]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

Huh? I'm not sure why the snippy response, especially considering no one said anything like what I did in this thread...

Snappy how?

It's just that literally every time I say something negative about any translation people pop up to give the "translations are subjective!" speech. XD

And for the information of masa fans, I didn't know who he was before making the post and PMed him nicely afterwards, thanking him, as I don't see how that concerns anyone else but him.

@choco: Aw thanks. ^^ I like the smilies too.

[chocopockymaster]

Originally Posted by Melrose

@choco: Aw thanks. ^^ I like the smilies too.

That was sarcasm. Let me put it in plain English: Your snappy comments, not just here, but in every other thread where you think you are the person with the ultimately correct opinion on the subject, are not appreciated.

[chocopockymaster]

Thank you very much for the translation, masa. Much appreciated and beautiful as always.

Originally Posted by Melrose

You must have missed the previous 50 times when someone said that, aside from the fact that it is extremely logical to figure out for one self. =p XD

I like how you post your snippy comments to portray what you're really thinking, and then add silly faces to make it seem like a joke. Classy.

[SolarAngel]

Very nice lyrics. Thanks for the translation! NOW i know why it's called GREEN. But if feel it should be written as green instead, giving it a softer sound. Whenever i see the title, i keep imagining someone shouting GREEEEN!!! into my ear...

[hpg23]

^GREEN gives it more of a majestic sound in my opinion, than if they used green. Green would have been cool too. They always have this crazy thing with lower and upper caps xD

Thank you so much masa! Now I understand the song properly, since the old translation was harder for me to understand (thanks to Melrose anyway). For some kind of weird reason, I always thought you were Brazilian don´t ask why (I never looked at the "Location" line in your profile xD)

[Melrose]

I dont follow the capital / lower case thing either. XD

[waterballoon]

Thank you, masa! I've been using your translations a lot =p! Beautiful lyrics, as always!

[masa]

To: SunshineSlayer

Thanks for your answer.
But if so, should I also change the word "keep" in the next line to "keeps"?
-And keep myself away from anything leading to hope