Much Ado About Dodos

Moegramm

They may call it the “Red Rooster” Stead, but make no mistake─dodos are the birds that keep this stead steady.

• DE Hier an der Gockelburg haben wir viel Erfahrung mit der Haltung von Dodos. ‘Here at Rooster Castle we have a lot of experience keeping dodos.’ The name, „die Gockelburg“, comes from Gockel, 'rooster', and Burg, 'castle'. The red is gone, and the farm becomes a castle.
• FR Tu es viendu(e) admirer notre élevage de dodos dodus, dis donc ? ‘Did you come to admire our breeding of plump dodos, then?’ English puns that dodos keep this stead steady; French plays on "dodos dodus", plump dodos.
• JA このレッドルースター農場では、ドードーの飼育も大々的に手がけてるんだ。 ‘Here at the Red Rooster farm, we also raise dodos on a large scale.’ English puns that dodos keep this stead steady; Japanese says the farm also raises dodos on a large scale.
• DE Nicht zu vergleichen mit gewöhnlichen Hühnerprodukten. ‘Not to be compared with ordinary chicken products.’ German says dodo meat and eggs beat ordinary chicken; English jokes that dodos, not roosters, keep the stead steady.

Those sweet and tender eggs! That succulent meat! So long as you remove a dodoling's poison glands, you're in for some scrumptious and healthy poultry.

• DE Das erlaubt uns, sie gefahrlos aufzuziehen. ‘That allows us to raise them without danger.’ English says removing the glands means scrumptious, healthy poultry; German says it lets them raise dodos safely.
• JA 有毒なブレスを作る「毒腺」って器官さえ、幼鳥の時に取っちまえば、安全に飼育もできるしな。 ‘As long as you remove the organ called the "poison gland" that makes their toxic breath while they're chicks, you can raise them safely too.’ English says removing the glands means scrumptious, healthy poultry; Japanese says it lets them raise dodos safely.

They're so delicious, I have to remind myself some birds just aren't meant to be caged. Or perhaps I don't. Talk to X'payan and see if we can't return those exquisite creatures to their pen.

• FR Nos dodos dociles ont déguerpi ! ‘Our docile dodos have bolted!’ English jokes some birds aren't meant to be caged, then takes it back; French says their docile dodos have bolted.
• DE Aber jetzt sind die kostbaren Dodos auf und davon! ‘But now the precious dodos have run off!’ English jokes some birds aren't meant to be caged, then takes it back; German says the precious dodos have run off.
• JA だが、その大事なドードーが逃げちまったんだ。 ‘But those precious dodos have run away.’ English jokes some birds aren't meant to be caged, then takes it back; Japanese says the precious dodos have run away.

X'payan

Am I ever pleased to see you! I was about to cry “fowl,” but with your help we can round them up.

• FR Tu es venu(e) m'aider à capturrrer les dodos qui se sont enfuis ? ‘You came to help me capture the dodos that ran off?’ X'payan rolls her r's in almost every line. In English she has no accent.

Those dim-witted dodos pecked through the fencing and flew the coop! Er, fled the coop. Luckily, they know better than to leave the Stead.

• FR Comme personne ne les a vus sortir de la métairie, ils se cachent sûrement quelque parrrt dans le coin. ‘As nobody saw them leave the farm, they're surely hiding somewhere around here.’ English says the dodos know better than to leave the Stead; French says nobody saw them leave the farm.
• DE Der Wächter am Tor hat sie nicht gesehen, deswegen müssten sie eigentlich noch auf dem Gelände der Gockelburg sein. ‘The guard at the gate didn't see them, so they should still be on Gockelburg's grounds.’ English says the dodos know better than to leave the Stead; German says the gate guard didn't see them.
• JA 門番さんは見てないって言ってるから、農場のどこかにいるんだろうけど……。 ‘The gatekeeper says he didn't see them, so they must be somewhere on the farm, but...’ English says the dodos know better than to leave the Stead; Japanese says the gatekeeper didn't see them.

There are three bolting dodos in all. If you spot one, just throw one of these dodo-sized sacks over its head.

Once you've caught all the birds, would you mind leaving them in Moegramm's care? I need to repair the fencing before we can return them to this enclosure, you see.

Moegramm

I've heard everything! Hand me the dodos!

Oh, my precious darlings! Without their poison breath, they're defenseless out in the wild! Daddy dodo gets so worried...

• FR Mais crois-moi, ces vilains volatiles voyous ne nous auront plus ! ‘But believe me, these naughty hooligan birds won't get the better of us again!’ English dotes on his precious darlings; French calls them naughty hooligan birds.
• FR Nous savons maintenant qu'ils sont capables de briser brutalement la barrière. ‘We now know that they are capable of brutally breaking the fence.’ English worries they're defenseless in the wild; French notes they can smash the fence.
• DE Das sind ja ein paar Unruhestifter! ‘What a bunch of troublemakers!’ English dotes on his precious darlings; German calls them troublemakers.
• DE Ich hatte erwartet, dass sie erst mal Ruhe geben, bis die Wunden verheilt sind. ‘I had expected that they would keep quiet for now, until the wounds healed.’ English worries they're defenseless in the wild; German expected them to stay quiet until their wounds healed.
• JA まったく、とんだ暴れん坊だぜ。 ‘Honestly, they're real rowdy ones.’ English dotes on his precious darlings; Japanese calls them real rowdies.
• JA 家畜にするため毒腺を切ったから、傷が治るまで、しばらく大人しいと思ってたのに。 ‘We cut out their poison glands to domesticate them, so I thought they'd stay quiet for a while until the wounds healed.’ English worries they're defenseless in the wild; Japanese expected them to stay quiet until their wounds healed.

And now my dodos have a mommy/another daddy!

• FR Laisse-moi surtout te féliciter pour l'admirable adresse que tu as démontrée pour manipuler les animaux malins. ‘Above all, let me congratulate you on the admirable skill you showed in handling the clever animals.’ English jokes his dodos now have a mommy or another daddy; French praises your skill with the animals.
• DE Du stellst dich wirklich geschickt an im Umgang mit unseren Tieren. ‘You are really skillful in handling our animals.’ English jokes his dodos now have a mommy or another daddy; German praises your skill with their animals.
• JA それにしても、大した手際だな。 ‘Anyway, that was quite some skill.’ English jokes his dodos now have a mommy or another daddy; Japanese praises your skill instead.
• JA シープにしてもドードーにしても、あんたの前じゃ簡単に大人しくなっちまうとは……。 ‘Whether it's the sheep or the dodos, they settle right down in front of you...’ Japanese praises your knack with both sheep and dodos; English jokes the dodos have a second parent.

You'll stay around and look after my babies, won't you? At least until they're ripe for slaughter?

• JA なぁ、この農場でずっと働かないか？あんたがいてくれりゃあ、100人力なんだがなぁ。 ‘Say, why don't you stay and work on this farm for good? With you around, it'd be like having a hundred extra hands.’ The English Moegramm only wants you to mind his 'babies' until the slaughter.
• DE Du würdest eine ausgezeichnete Dodo-Hirtin/einen ausgezeichneten Dodo-Hirten abgeben. ‘You would make an excellent dodo herder.’ English jokes about keeping you until his babies are ripe for slaughter; German says you'd make an excellent dodo herder.
• JA あんたがいてくれりゃあ、100人力なんだがなぁ。 ‘If you were here, it'd be like having a hundred men.’ English jokes about keeping you until his babies are ripe for slaughter; Japanese says you'd be worth a hundred hands.
• FR Mon ami(e), notre métairie mériterait bien de braves bras comme les tiens. ‘My friend, our stead could well do with brave arms like yours.’ French makes a plain job offer; English adds the dark joke of minding the "babies" until slaughter.
• DE Wenn du genug vom Leben als Abenteurerin/Abenteurer hast, stelle ich dich fest ein. ‘If you have had enough of life as an adventurer, I'll take you on permanently.’ German offers you a permanent job as dodo herder; English jokes about babysitting them until slaughter.
• JA なぁ、この農場でずっと働かないか？ ‘Say, won't you work on this farm for good?’ Japanese offers permanent work, saying you'd be worth a hundred men; English jokes about slaughter.