[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

[kasugai-gummie.livejournal.com]

I LOL'D. XDDD

Actually, in Chinese "Japan" is 日本/ri ben XD;;; 国/guo is just a general term for nations/countries/kingdoms/LARGE POLITICAL STATES aru.

[ban-set-turkiye.livejournal.com]

THERE WAS ALSO THE ONE WHERE YAO WAS ON THE BENCH AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE NOT-REALLY-SHINATTY -- ahem. China's so unassuming. D8 It's really adorable.

[panjapanja.livejournal.com]

ohh thanks *D* I used my Google skillz to see how they would say 日国, but everything said "ri ben" instead. But himaruya-sensei definitely used 日国 for Japan and 美国 for America in his headings, so I have no idea what he was going for, ahaha;; (would it be "ri guo"? Uwahh I know nothing about Chinese I'll just go hide in a corner somewhere ;w;)

[rei-kurasaki.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHA. orz

"Aiyaa!" = "Oh no!" in Mandarin. Although "aiyo" sounds something far more SE Asian (read, possibly Singaporean since we are infamously known for butchering proper language ;A;). "Aiyo" = "oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!" aru

[panjapanja.livejournal.com]

ohh I see I see, haha. aiyaaaaa~~
In any case, everything about that page (http://www.geocities.jp/nikupantei/number1.html) is hilarious. I love the random crap sensei finds on the internet...

[kasugai-gummie.livejournal.com]

::pats!:: No, no, you did fine! I have a feeling it was Himaruya who got things a bit mixed up. Not that it really matters because either way people will probably understand that you're referring to Japan if "ri guo" is used. XD;;;

Thanks for scanlating again~

[sei-kou-ki.livejournal.com]

I'M A CAT, SO I CAN'T HELP IT. God, I dieeed.

Thank you for these scanlations! C:

[bathosroyale.livejournal.com]

Oh god, China, so cute! <3

And yep, aiyah can be used in...nearly any situation. XDDD;;; It can be a rebuke, a curse, a groan, an exclamation etc aru

[yukitsu.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHA, SHINATTY-CHAN. LIKE CHINTENDO DS AND CHINTENDO WII.

[ban-set-turkiye.livejournal.com]

Icon. ICON.

[bathosroyale.livejournal.com]

Yes. YES. (You just added my flames of passion <3)

[ashesto.livejournal.com]

a;sdkfja;slkdfj o-ohmygod China, haha. xD That's. REALLY ADORKABLE g-gods. xD

[synatri.livejournal.com]

In my experience, if there's any word Chinese people tend to end sentences with, it's lah. Or leh. :'D Aru is just... weird. Aiya~

[panjapanja.livejournal.com]

"aru" is a Japanese word. So I guess for whatever reason they decided that when Chinese people are bad at speaking Japanese they abuse the verb "aru" by sticking it at the end of everything? It is a mystery, but nevertheless pops up in anime a lot when Chinese characters can't speak Japanese very well (like Kagura in Gintama, who also does the aru thing). I have never heard anyone overuse aru like that in real life either, but hetalia is fun for playing with silly stereotypes like this~

[ekmisao.livejournal.com]

Thankies. Funny stuff. ^^v

[nataku-kun.livejournal.com]

It's funny because it's so true. It's about time someone said something about it...

Thanks for the translation =D Aiyaaaa, China is so cuuuuuuute! ... I really miss the times when I used to say "Aiya"... mum still says it though XD

[belgiqueroyaume.livejournal.com]

*snigger* like i'll be able to talk to Yao now and keep a straight face....

THanks for tranning~ China is too adorable. <3

[chairman-yao.livejournal.com]

Oh I'll straighten that face out for you if you like, Belgiwaffles. WITH MY FIST-aru~ *cough* gah! No! Not cute at all!

[chairman-yao.livejournal.com]

Haha! China you DORK! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS, I've been waiting for some China to be scanlated - I knew he had a fixation on cute things but this, wow. Shinatty-chan <3.

That whole -aru thing, I really can't think of an english equivalent. Which is why I dropped it entirely when I started RP-ing China, but reading it now... it's so charmingly bizarre I sort of regret it. Mandarin style-aru!

[starshards.livejournal.com]

美国- Meiguo, meaning 'Beautiful Country', aka America, so you are entirely right. ♥
日本 as someone else said is 'Riben' which means 'rising sun'.

LOL, not that I can read much Chinese, despite living in Tianjin for half a year. xD;

Thanks for this hilarious comic. You're a legend.

[westoestlich.livejournal.com]

Finally! ILU scanlators><
I accidentally discovered a while ago that "-aru" actually has more history to it than I thought. According tothis Wiki page (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%94%E5%92%8C%E8%AA%9E), "-aru" is a stereotypical way of how ethnic Chinese in Manchukuo (Northeastern part of China ruled by Japan during WWII) end their Japanese sentences. It is now archaic and for the most part only appears in manga.

[red-underthebed.livejournal.com]

So, Yao is easily duped by adorable things... *keeps it in mind*

China is so so cute with his hair down like that. Thanks for the translation!

[panjapanja.livejournal.com]

ooh, interesting wiki article~~ (even good 'ol "aiyo" is there). Yep, ridiculous manga stereotype. XD Oh hetalia, I love you.

[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]

My knock-offs are damn hilarious Honda-kun, of course I am enjoying them. try not to steal them like you stole my car, thief!

[-aru is insanely cute, I'll have to slip it in to his characterization somehow... maybe when Yao is really happy? ...which is never... damn! XD]