[scanlation] China and Shinatty-chan

[panjapanja.livejournal.com]

A quick scanlation of the story between China and the lovely Shinatty-chan:



This comic is based on this article.

■ I guess we can't win against Mei Guo after all-aru ■



■ Japanese Kitten ■



■ Fake ■





Saying "aiyaaa" is kind of cute.



** Original author's words end here**

Translation notes:
* China ends his sentences with "aru", which is a kind of Chinese stereotype that Japanese have. I didn't know how to translate this to English without making China sound like Yoda or something so I left it as it is.
* The first link that himaruya-sensei posts is about a Chinese amusement park full of copyright-infringing cheap knockoffs of famous characters. The second is a funny link about how Chinese people have different ways of saying "aiyaaa" to suit any situation and say it all the time (is this true? ahaha;;)
* Kitty-chan is what the Japanese call "Hello Kitty".
* Shina is a kind of offensive way to say "China". Therefore Kitty-chan has become Shinatty-chan.
* Mei Guo = how to say "USA" in Chinese, I think. I don't speak a word of Chinese, so correct me if I'm wrong. OTL And in the title of the second comic they use the Chinese reading for "Japan" (日国), but I don't know how to say that in Chinese so I left it as "Japan" (someone heeeelp OTL)
* AIYA━━━━━(゜Д゜;)!!


Thank you for reading~. China is adorable.

Comments

[panjapanja.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I tried so hard to think of an English equivalent..! @A@ I wondered "what do other series do when a character with a dumb speech habit appears?" and thought:
* aru → "y'know". .. no.
* aru → "Cute, it is! Speak like this, I must!" lol Yoda
* aru → "Believe it!" EAGHHHHHH

.. and so I gave up and left it there just to show that dear China-kun sucks at speaking. |D I also didn't know how to translate his 我, either.... (he uses "ware" to refer to himself and I didn't know how to make that sound not like some kind of royal "we"... damn you Japanese languageeee -aru)

[chairman-yao.livejournal.com]

I laughed so hard at the idea of yoda!China. Haha, with Shinatty-chan Skywalker y/y? That is crack art just waiting to be drawn, I'll have to go bribe someone to do it for me.

*shakes fist hard at the Japanese language*
Damn you-aru!