(Scanlation) Hetalia Volume 4 - Ilha Formosa ~Beautiful Island~ + Asia Character Profiles

[konbini.livejournal.com]

So I love Taiwan a lot that I scanlated the pages she appears in! Thank you wafflesama for the raws, which can be found here.

July 6 2011: Made some edits. I feel that it's more accurate and flows more naturally now...




<sub>For reference: Omikuji. The fortunes on them are kind of like the ones you find on fortune cookies? Jiaobei/moon blocks 1 2


I don't know how to translate Japanese onomatopoeia, wow. "gaaaaan" is like the sound of a big, horrible, revelation! Taiwan says it out loud here.


In the original, Taiwan says "cawaii" instead of just cute... in romaji.</sub>





As much as I'd like to, I didn't scanlate the last page with Hong Kong and China or the page with character profiles of the Asian countries + Seychelles and Cameroon. Thank you jaywalkings for the pictures!

The translations of the profiles are below.

Vietnam
【Capital】 Hanoi
【Official Language】 Vietnamese
【National Flower】 Pink lotus
【The meaning of her flag】
The red symbolizes the precious blood spilled during the revolution. The five points of the star represent intellectuals, peasants, workers, traders and soldiers - the five classes of the union.

A very headstrong woman in ao dai!
There are many strong women in her history!

Hong Kong
【Capital】 Central (中環, Zhonghuan)
【Official Languages】 Cantonese, English
【The meaning of his flag】
When he was under the British Crown, he used a flag that had the Union Jack, a lion and a dragon on it, but when he returned to China, his flag was changed to the design we see today.

A gourmet who is good at doing trade and business his own way and loves fads!
His hobbies include annoying England and China whenever he sees them!
He loves gossip, real estate, fads and using the hiragana for "no"! (の)

Taiwan
【Capital】 Taipei (台北)
【Official Languages】 Taiwanese Hokkien, Mandarin _{(Again, these are some of the spoken languages. Only Mandarin is official.)}
【National Flower】 Plum blossom
【The meaning of her flag】
In correspondence to the Three Principles of the People, blue symbolizes justice of the Principle of Minquan; red, freedom and independence of the Principle of Minzu; white, the friendship in the Principle of Minsheng. _{(Minquan is usually translated as democracy, Minzu is nationalism, and Minsheng is the People's welfare.)}

An island girl nation with a headstrong and easygoing personality!
The good thing about her cooking is that you can thank her for treating you to delicious yet inexpensive cuisine!
Her hobbies include annoying China!

Thailand
【Capital】 Bangkok
【Official Language】 Thai
【National Flower】 Golden shower
【The meaning of his flag】
The blue stands for the king, the white, religion, and red, the nation.

A smiling young man who is good at getting around with tricky diplomacy!
He's the best at making delicious and spicy dishes!

Comments

[xxpianosex.livejournal.com]

CHINA/HONG KONG SHIPTEASE

[xxxcordsi48.livejournal.com]

OMG VIETNAM AND TAIWAN MY LIFE IS COMPLETE

thank you for scanlating!

[fh14]

Taiwan-centric strip FTW.

This certainly helps make up for the fact that the character's existed for years and has barely done anything at all up until now.

[fh14]

Also I find it surprising that Italy knows a little Chinese. All the Italian transfer students I've talked to on campus say that Italians are horrible at learning other languages (or maybe just English? I don't remember). :/

[pyridene.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, the Chinese like their souvenirs! And I'm so glad to see more of Taiwan, it seems like she never shows up but now we get her and Vietnam too.

I can't tell if I want to laugh at China or feel sorry for the poor guy. XD

[kanami-yuuta.livejournal.com]

I never thought I would say this but.....it makes me wanna ship HK/China -shot-

TAIWAAAN AND VIETNAAAAM!! lol Taiwan's eyes on the pict lol

Vietnam I dont think you need a photoshop though... Vietnam is a bit of a shy kind of character then? she looks like a bit tsundere and shy... kinda cute :3

[rain-sonata.livejournal.com]

Vietnam and Taiwan! Yay! It's kind of hard to tell what kind of personality they have, but I hope we'll see more of them soon! Taiwan seems cheerful and Vietnam seems camera shy. So cute >w<

[konbini.livejournal.com]

It's a mystery. I don't know! Italy might be bluffing, ahaha. I try not to think about it too much.

<--And they said I was crazy for having this icon

[nameru-ja-nai.livejournal.com]

*MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA*

Thanks for the translations~ I can probably get you a bigger scan of the HK + China page and the Asia-tan profiles sometime tomorrow c:

[alliterations.livejournal.com]

YES.
SHE FINALLY GETS SOME PERSONALITY
EXACTLY LIKE I EXPECTED, TAIWAN, COME HERE, LET'S GO SPEAK CHINESE AND DRINK BUBBLE TEA TOGETHER YOU ADORABLE GIRL, YOU.

[gloomykuma.livejournal.com]

Hahah, the Vietnam and Taiwan strip is so cute.

Gaaaaan

[monychan.livejournal.com]

Aaaand Taiwan is now officially my favorite female in Hetalia!

AND ASIJKSASMKS HONG KONG, U SEZZY! <3

[jaywalkings.livejournal.com]

#SCREAMING


THANK YOU FOR THE TRANSLATION YANA also hang on I will supply you with some scans like a boss

[fairywine.livejournal.com]

TAIWAN YOU ARE SO CUTE~


Thank you for the translation!

[fivedayslater.livejournal.com]

Omg it's Taiwan/Vietnam~ And Macau! Where did he come from? :)

Thank you for scanlating~ <3

[zombiebat.livejournal.com]

YANA THESE ARE AMAZING /breathes over them...............

[mizu-takishima.livejournal.com]

I barely understood what was happening in that last one XDDD and the odd English made the jokes kinda fall flat for me- BUT I'M SO THANKFUL THAT YOU DID THIS!! If not for you I wouldn't be able to understand what's going on! ; w ; <3

[twyxted-mind.livejournal.com]

It's simple, really. Italy wants to flirt with the pretty Chinese girls. Duh. *shot*

No, really, I think it might have to do with Marco Polo. See, he was a scolar from Venice who traveled all over Asia, including China. So that's probably how Veneziano learned Chinese.

[spam-monster.livejournal.com]

Maybe Germany made him learn it.

I FAIL LINGUISTIC FOREVER

[livina-eari.livejournal.com]

I spot Thailand, smiling at Viet >8D

A-and, wait, I just realised from this strip, those cheering we used to scream in school is Chinese "Jiayou"?! W-what the... Jiayou? Not Ciao?... I-I always thought that it was Italian "Ciao"...

Holy Empire of the Roman, I Fail Linguistic Forever.

[rinrin0.livejournal.com]

Finally, my (almost) country! <3 Taiwan strips! _{My grandparents were originally from China, but grew up in Taiwan, then moved to America. And I know traditional Chinese. Therefore, I can claim to be partial to Taiwan.}

One note- Hong Kong's "sensei", while meaning "teacher" in Japanese, in Chinese is "xian sheng" and means "mister". Himaruya had a strip about it a while ago.

[miammiam.livejournal.com]

OMG WHEN HAS HONG-KONG BECOME SO CUTE~~~~?

Thank you for scanlating! <3

[konbini.livejournal.com]

I know! But I'm never sure whether I should translate it as mister, teacher or leave it as xiansheng. I was considering the last option... might edit it later.

Kiiii~

[mudshakevodka.livejournal.com]

thanks for scanlating this. =w= ♥♥♥♥♥
Hearts for you~♥

[konbini.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

Haha, it's not a joke you can get unless you've seen Chinese tourists. They're crazy. Which sentences did you think were odd? I tried to stay as faithful to the material as possible, if there's anything that needs clarification, please don't hesitate to ask.