Constant Carvings

Mimidoa

What ye say? 'Nother 'nitiate, eh? 'Nitiate, ye say? Gettin' lots of 'nitiates these days. Lots of 'nitiates. What day ye say it was?

• JA 冒険者か、ちょうどよか、わしの話を聞いてほしいぞい。筆頭造船師を引退してからというもの、わしの楽しみは、オシュオン灯台の灯台守ロストンゼッヘと話すことでねえ。 ‘An adventurer, eh? Good timing. I'd like you to hear me out. Ever since I retired as chief shipwright, my great pleasure has been chatting with Rostnzeh, the keeper of Oschon's Torch.’
• FR Depuis que j'ai pris ma retraite, je tire un grand plaisir à bavarder avec Rostnzeh, le gardien de la Torche d'Oschon. ‘Since I retired, I take great pleasure in chatting with Rostnzeh, the keeper of Oschon's Torch.’ English Mimidoa rambles about initiates and asks what day it is; French clearly says he enjoys chatting with Rostnzeh.
• DE Seit ich nicht mehr so oft zu Oschons Fackel gehen kann, um mit dem alt'n Rostnzeh zu klönen, is' mir manchmal 'n bisschen langweilig. ‘Since I can't go to Oschon's Torch so often anymore to chat with old Rostnzeh, I get a bit bored sometimes.’ English Mimidoa rambles and asks what day it is; German says he gets bored since he rarely visits Rostnzeh.
• JA 筆頭造船師を引退してからというもの、わしの楽しみは、オシュオン灯台の灯台守ロストンゼッヘと話すことでねえ。 ‘Ever since I retired as chief shipwright, my pleasure has been talking with Rostnzeh, the keeper of Oschon's lighthouse.’ English Mimidoa rambles and asks what day it is; Japanese clearly says his pleasure is talking with Rostnzeh.

Now, I reckon this 'nitiate's here lookin' fer work. Is it work ye seek, eh? Well, ye need not fret, as I just happen to have a task what needs tendin'. A dear friend of mine, Rostn...somethin'-or-such, is holed up in the lighthouse on this side of the Grip.

Used to be that I'd visit the lad once a sennight to see how he was farin', but me legs just ain't the same since the gout gone and grabbed hold of 'em.

• FR D'habitude, c'est moi qui lui apporte les matériaux lui servant de support, mais ces derniers temps, mon dos et mes jambes me font atrocement souffrir et je suis incapable d'aller jusqu'au phare. ‘Usually I'm the one who brings him the materials he works on, but lately my back and legs hurt terribly and I can't make it to the lighthouse.’ English visited weekly to see how he was faring; French brings him his carving materials.
• JA その材料は、わしが届けてやっとるのだが、最近、足腰がガタついて、灯台までの道のりがしんどくての。 ‘I'm the one who delivers him those materials, but lately my legs and back have gotten shaky, and the road to the lighthouse is hard on me.’ English visited weekly to see how he was faring; Japanese says he delivers the carving materials.

I'd be grateful if ye could check up on the candlekeep in me stead. Oh, and don't ye be forgettin' to take along four curved jackal fangs. Tell him they's from Mimidoa. He'll understand.

Rostnzeh

It can get right lonesome up here, all alone, with naught but the wind's chill to keep a man company. Some days, I carve jackal fangs to help clear me head of the voices─the voices callin' me back to the great blue...

• JA 大丈夫だ……俺はまだ、灯台守を続けられる……「傷のないジャッカルの牙」さえ4本あれば、きっと……。 ‘It's all right... I can still keep the lighthouse... if I just have four flawless jackal fangs, surely...’
• FR Z'inquiétez pas, tout va bien ici... ‘Don't you worry, everything's fine here...’ English admits it gets lonely up there; French insists everything is fine.
• FR Pour passer le temps, quoi... ‘To pass the time, like...’ English carves fangs to quiet voices calling him back to the sea; French wants the fangs just to pass the time.
• DE Wie nett! ‘How nice!’ German keeper cheerfully welcomes a visitor; English keeper broods on his loneliness.

What's this? Mimidoa send ye, did he?

Well, ye tell that old man that he needn't waste his few last suns in this realm worryin' 'bout poor Rostnzeh.

• FR Au moins, avec ça, y me manquera pas pour quelque temps... ‘At least, with this, I won't be missing him for a while... Ha ha ha!’ English tells Mimidoa not to waste his last days worrying; French says the fangs will keep him from missing Mimidoa.
• DE Das wird mich darüber hinwegtrösten, dass Mimidoa sich kaum noch blicken lässt. ‘That will console me for Mimidoa hardly ever showing his face anymore.’ English tells Mimidoa not to waste his last days worrying; German says carving will console him for Mimidoa's absence.
• JA これだけ牙があれば、しばらくミミドアが来なくても寂しくはないさ……ハ、ハハハ。 ‘With this many fangs, I won't be lonely even if Mimidoa doesn't come for a while... Ha, ha ha ha.’ English tells Mimidoa not to waste his last days worrying; Japanese says the fangs will keep him from being lonely.

I'll carry on as I always have, in the service of the sailors...alone till the day I die...

• FR Je ne peux pas trop le faire venir ici à son âge. ‘I can't really have him come up here at his age.’ English gloomily vows to serve alone till he dies; French says he can't make the old man come up at his age.
• JA アイツもいい歳なんだし、いくら寂しいからって、気安く呼びつけるわけにもいくまいよ……。 ‘He's getting on in years too, so however lonely I am, I can't just call him over on a whim...’ English gloomily vows to serve alone till he dies; Japanese says however lonely he is, he can't call the old man over.

Mimidoa

Eh? Where'd ye crawl in from? I don't recall sendin' for no 'nitiates. Eh? [name]? I once knew a lass/lad named [name] back when I served on the Cloud Dancer. She was a buxom young lass with eyes as big an' round as ogre pumpkins/He was a strappin' young lad with teeth as white as a princess's paps. Ye ain't her/him, though. Nose ain't quite right... And who are ye, again? Ah, got somethin' to tell me, has ye?

• FR Tu lui as apporté les crocs comme je te l'avais demandé ? ‘Did you bring him the fangs as I asked you to?’ English Mimidoa doesn't remember sending you; French Mimidoa thanks you for doing as he asked.
• DE Ah, das ging aber schnell! ‘Ah, that was quick!’ English Mimidoa doesn't remember sending you; German Mimidoa remarks how quickly you got back.
• JA おお、届けてくれたか、ありがとう。 ‘Oh, you delivered them, thank you.’ English Mimidoa doesn't remember sending you; Japanese Mimidoa thanks you for delivering the fangs.
• FR Il va falloir que j'aille le voir très bientôt. ‘I'll have to go and see him very soon.’ French Mimidoa lucidly resolves to visit his friend; English Mimidoa rambles about someone from the Cloud Dancer.
• DE Freut mich, dass der alte Turmhocker vor lauter Langeweile noch nicht ins Meer gehüpft ist. ‘I'm glad that the old tower-squatter hasn't yet jumped into the sea out of sheer boredom.’ German Mimidoa jokes Rostnzeh hasn't jumped into the sea from boredom; English Mimidoa rambles, forgetting who you are.
• JA ここは、早いとこ、アヤツに会いに行ってやらんとな。 ‘That being so, I had better go and see him soon.’ Japanese Mimidoa lucidly resolves to visit his friend; English Mimidoa rambles about the Cloud Dancer.

Rostnzeh? What's that mumblin' milksop whinin' about this time? No, let me guess─that he's lonely? Bah! Put a pair of warm women in his arms and 'nother on his lap, and he'll be right as rain!

• FR Hmm... Si je demande à une jolie fille de me porter sur son dos, ou encore mieux, dans ses bras, ça me rendra assurément le trajet plus facile... et agréable ! Hé hé hé... ‘Hmm... If I ask a pretty girl to carry me on her back, or better still, in her arms, the trip will surely be easier... and nicer! Heh heh heh...’ Like in Japanese, Mimidoa is sharp and plans the visit himself. The English Mimidoa sends women instead.
• DE Eine nette Freundin, die sich um ihn kümmert ... das ist, was ihm fehlt. So einsam, wie er da oben ist. ‘A nice girlfriend who looks after him... that's what he's missing. Lonely as he is up there.’ Mimidoa's cure for Rostnzeh is gentler here.
• FR Si je demande à une jolie fille de me porter sur son dos, ou encore mieux, dans ses bras, ça me rendra assurément le trajet plus facile... et agréable ! ‘Hmm... If I ask a pretty girl to carry me on her back, or even better, in her arms, that'll surely make the trip easier... and pleasant! Heh heh heh...’ English prescribes warm women in Rostnzeh's arms; French has Mimidoa wanting a pretty girl to carry him on the trip.
• DE Eine nette Freundin, die sich um ihn kümmert ... das ist, was ihm fehlt. ‘A nice girlfriend who looks after him... that's what he's missing.’ English bawdily prescribes three warm women for Rostnzeh; German suggests one nice girlfriend to look after him.
• JA カワイコちゃんに、背負ってもらってな！ ‘By having a cutie carry me on her back!’ English prescribes warm women in Rostnzeh's arms; Japanese has Mimidoa wanting a cutie to carry him.

'Tis what I do to help me forget that what ails me...not that ol' Mimidoa needs much help with forgettin', mind ye. Might be that I'll send him up a few saucy strumpets this comin' eve!

• JA むむ、ワシがカワイコちゃんにくっつきたくて、アヤツをダシに使ってるわけじゃないぞい？すべては、さびしがり屋のロストンゼッヘのためじゃ！ ‘Hmm, don't go thinking I'm using him as an excuse because I want to cosy up to some cutie, eh? It's all for lonely Rostnzeh's sake!’ Using someone as soup stock is the set phrase for using them as a pretext. Mimidoa would visit Rostnzeh carried by a pretty girl.
• DE Aber vielleicht schmeißen wir mal eine Party auf dem Leuchtturm. ‘But maybe we'll throw a party at the lighthouse some time.’
• FR Qu'est-ce qu'il ne faut pas faire pour remonter le moral d'un vieil ami, franchement !? ‘Ah! The things one has to do to cheer up an old friend, honestly!?’ English says he does it to forget his own ailments; French claims it is all to cheer up an old friend.
• DE Wenn wir zehn Jahr jünger wär'n, würden wir nachts durch die Schenken ziehen, aber die Zeiten sind vorbei. ‘If we were ten years younger, we'd go roaming the taverns at night, but those days are over.’ English says he does it to forget his own ailments; German says ten years younger they would go tavern-crawling at night.
• JA すべては、さびしがり屋のロストンゼッヘのためじゃ！ ‘It's all for the sake of lonely Rostnzeh!’ English says he does it to forget his own ailments; Japanese insists it is all for lonely Rostnzeh.
• JA むむ、ワシがカワイコちゃんにくっつきたくて、アヤツをダシに使ってるわけじゃないぞい？ ‘Hm, it's not that I'm using him as a pretext because I want to snuggle up to a cute girl, you know?’ Japanese: he denies using Rostnzeh as a pretext to cuddle a girl; English plans to send strumpets.