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Translation - Japanese-English - momotarou

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Category Fiction / Story - Kids and teens

Title
momotarou
Text
Submitted by girdin
Source language: Japanese

ふたり は この 子(こ) に ももたろう と いう 名(な)まえ を つけ、 それは それは だいじ に そだてました。 ももたろう は まんま を 一(いっ)ぱい たべたら 一ぱい だけ、 二(に)はい たべたら 二はい だけ ずんずん 大(おお)きく なって、 たいへんな 力(ちから)もち に なりました。 なに を おしえて も すぐ おぼえ、 いえ の しごと から 山 の しごと まで てつだって くれました。 「こんな 子ども は めったに いる もん じゃない。」 おじいさん も おばあさん も いよいよ ももたろう を かわいがりました。
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français de france, anglais britannique

Title
"Momotaro": a selection from the Japanese fairy tale
Translation
English

Translated by IanMegill2
Target language: English

So they gave him the name "Momotaro", and took very good care of him.
When Momotaro ate one bowl of rice, he grew a little bigger, and when he ate two bowls of rice, he grew twice as much bigger! He grew extremely quickly, and he became amazingly strong.
He immediately remembered whatever he was taught, and helped them with all their work, both at home and on the mountain.
"This is a very special child", thought the old lady and the old man, and they finally came to love him very much.
Remarks about the translation
"Them": lit. "the two of them" ("grandmother" and "grandfather", or the old lady and the old man)

"Momotaro" : this is translated in some versions of this tale, usually as "Peach Boy" (sometimes as "Peach John")

"and took very good care of him": lit. "and wow, wow, did they ever take good care of him"

"When Momotaro ate one bowl of rice, he grew a little bigger, and when he ate two bowls of rice, he grew twice as much bigger": lit. "when he ate one bowl of rice, he grew as much bigger as one bowl of rice, when he ate two bowls of rice, he grew as much bigger as two bowls of rice"

"Helped out with work on the mountain": with the old man's job, i.e. collecting firewood.

"This is a very special child" : lit. "this is a very rare child"
Validated by IanMegill2 - 27 June 2012 06:09





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26 June 2012 16:17

Francky5591
Number of messages: 12396
Hi Ian! I had a message from girdin and he told he needed this text to be translated quite fast; if by chance you're connected these days, please could you take care of that

Thanks a lot!

CC: IanMegill2

26 June 2012 19:59

girdin
Number of messages: 5
merci
c dommage que cucumis ne se developpe pas davantage, je suis sur que le reseau de traducteurs represente une valeur ajoutee importante pour la communauté

a++
Thomas

27 June 2012 06:10

IanMegill2
Number of messages: 1671
J'espere que tu ne m'as pas demande de te faire tes devoirs!

27 June 2012 09:38

girdin
Number of messages: 5
non c pas noté ...
j'avais du mal avec une autre traduction de ce conte, que j'ai recupere sur crapulecorps pour un cours de japonais )

merci encore pour cette traduction,

Thomas