Guri and Gura's Three Stories

れたの? よかったなぁ」
Howlett’s Translation: “It looks like you have more than enough for all of us,”
says Bunny Buna, “So, thank you very much, I will join you.”
My Translation:「わぁ ぼくがたべても じゅうぶんありそうだ。」
「ありがとう! じゃあ おじゃましまーす。」
I felt something uncomfortable in these original lines but the translators digested it very
well so I consider my own translation more natural Japanese than the original. It’s
important that translators not only translate but also understand the meaning of the
sentences well and consider the character’s personality. There is a little difference in
nuance in the original and my Japanese back translation. In the original, Kururi-kura
utters without reservation which the translators render, but they add a feeling of gratitude
and changed his words to give a more polite impression. Kururi-kura has a bold
personality and it does not suit him to be too polite is so I translated this line less politely
and more joyfully than the original.
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