lost in translation

It's times like this that I'm glad I first read it in Japanese....

It's amazing how simple words can hold so many meanings, and become the most difficult to translate.

A simple "no" in English could translate into a whole range of words in Japanese, from "iie" to "chigau" to "dame" to, even loosely, "yamete".

And either way you translate, meaning is lost.

When Fai says to Syaoran, "Please look after Sakura-chan", Syaoran grabs Fai's arm and says "dame".

The sort of wonderfully cryptic CLAMP word that means so many things.

"I can't."

"I am not capable of it."

"I refuse to."

"Don't ask it of me."

"Whatever you're planning, it won't work."

"You're not up to it."

"Don't."

I've always found the Real!Syaoran-Fai dynamic fascinating. Okay, Kuro-Fai is so obvious it's nauseating enough without KuroXFai fans squealing at every page of Fai getting vaguely angsty over Kuro's latest hissy fit. Both Syaoran and Fai are inexplicably protective of each other. Syaoran, implicated as someone who was much more aware of Fai's lies than Kurogane, is nevertheless considerate and protective whenever Fai isn't at his best.

Too much pointless talk in Tsubasa lately ==;

What the hell is going on with Watanuki anyway.

Don't die ;___;

You're like one of the very very few male main characters I like.

kenkoudaa

I keep forgetting to bookmark the site.

The best Gundam Seed flash parodies archive

LOL

Too bad they're in Japanese.

Without subtitles Orz

My favourites are:
1) Kira conquers all of Athrun's possible love interests.
2) The Wii release.
3) Gundam00 trailer hijacked by Freedom.
4) Athrun is balding, to the song of "Your image is like mine".

Admittedly, they're the only ones I understood at all XD

word of the day #2: genuflect

gen·u·flect
1. to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship.
2. to express a servile attitude.