Guri and Gura's Three Stories

The English translation is changed simply. I guess the next song’s sentences on the same
page are long so there is not much space here. In the picture, Kururi-kura doesn’t show
his biceps so it’s not strange for the first sentence of the original to disappear. Also, the
translators have added a new phrase: “Bunny Buna jumps up” and “Let’s go” so I
translated it more cheerfully. I think both versions are satisfactory. I took care to make all
the lines of Kururi-kura lively and I didn’t hold back from using exclamation marks even
though primarily it is not formal Japanese grammar so most writers do not use them. I
consider it important that picture books are written in correct Japanese but also I believe
that they have to be written so they are very readable.
Culture
Now I will consider the following lines:
Original: 10 時のおやつ
Howlett’s Tranlation: some tea and toast
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