DHE World Guidance Translations, for people who Japan not good Options

[Walrus]

Since PPA's been PPA, we now have access to the World Guidance book and will be working on translating passages of interest. They'll be posted here(in later posts, since keeping them together won't fit).

THE BOOK LIKES TO USE A BUNCH OF WORDS THAT MEAN THE SAME THINGS AS OTHER WORDS AND I'M MORE SURE NOW ABOUT WHAT WORDS I SHOULD BE USING BUT I'M LEAVING THIS SECTION HERE JUST IN CASE ANYONE HAS ANY COMMENTS:

神々-'the gods.' We all know who they are, but for whatever reason, everyone in the games talks about them like they're still alive, even though they died back in Ragnarok(every game takes place after it). If "the gods" shows up in something talking about stuff after Ragnarok, it probably just means the Magi. If it shows up when talking about the people that made the surface worlds and stuff, it's the gods. They're apparently computers.

守護天使-'guardian angel.' The Heaven's Gate entry thinks this is "Archangel," but Kitten used the term once(supposedly).

地上-'above ground,' the plane of existence that the surface worlds(地上世界) exist in, so it's the surface. You could think of it as a big ring/shell that wraps around the underworld(which is infinite...maybe it actually wraps around the heavens :U), with Asgard on the other side.

冥府-directly translates as 'hades' or 'realm of the dead.' By now it's obvious that the games use "the underworld" as its meaning, but it apparently doesn't describe the entire place.

魔界-'demonworld', this is the whole place, but it's rarely spoken about. I'm pretty sure Zolgonark/Hades just owns most of it, so a lot of it falls under his name. I'M GOING TO CALL IT UTGARD BECAUSE IT'S THE OPPOSITE OF SHINKAI/ASGARD

魔神-'demon gods'. The book calls Zorgy one, but I don't think they have a proper title yet in the localized games. I don't think any others have appeared in the series yet.

魔物-'demonthings', seems to fit with what everyone calls "demons." It even mentions Slimes and Skeletons. THOSE ARE TOTALLY DEMONS. This looks like the term they use when referring to tangible ones.

魔族-'demontribes,' shows up when they talk about demons as a species/race/whatever.

Japan loves adding title and whatnot to their names, but English takes up way more space, so the localizations usually drop them unless they're being silly and using extra words. Some of the localized titles are slightly different from what Japan used, but I think I left everything as their English equivalents.

For whatever reason Japan can't stick to just quotations or brackets or parentheses, so I'll be copying whatever they do for the appropriate words/phrases in the translations. Omittableyetstillkindofimportantwords will go in [] brackets inside the sentences, and stuff in parentheses past the period are just my notes on how silly sounding or confusing the passage/sentence was.

[Walrus]

Page 133, Fantasinian Kingdom to Rondalians

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Fantasinian Kingdom (ファンタジニア王国)

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第３１代国王オルディーンにより統治されていた国家。
ガルカーサに討ち取られて以降、戴冠の儀によりユグドラ王位を継いだ。
気候は比較的穏やかで、豊かな土地が広がっている。

Country ruled by Ordene, the 31st monarch.
He was succeeded by Yggdra after Gulcasa killed him.
The climate is very mild, and there is an abundance of land.

The Sealed Tower (封魔の塔)

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魔城最奧の離れに建てられた館。
妖しくも美しい月の光に照らされている。
魔剣士イシュエルが封印されている。

Hall built in the innermost section of Lacrima.
It is lit by beautiful and ominous moonlight.
Isher is sealed here.

Flaybell Cathedral (フレーベル大聖堂)

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堕天使降臨の地と言われる島の頂に築かれた荘厳な大聖堂。
内部には巨大な女神像が存在する。
堕天使アークエンジェルの居城。

The solemn cathedral at the summit of the island where the fallen angel descended.(wordy)
Inside there is a giant statue of a goddess.
Archangel's keep.

Bronquian Empire (ブロンキア帝国)

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焔帝ガルカサーによって統治される国家。
クーデターによりガルカーサが皇帝となって以降、ブロンキア帝国は軍事国家として生まれ変わった。

Country ruled by the Blazing Emperor Gulcasa.
After the coup d'etat by Gulcasa, it was reborn as a military state.

Heaven's Gate (ヘヴンズゲート)

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神界と地上を繋ぐ干渉領域。
ひとつの地上に対、対応するヘヴンズゲートが必ず存在しており、アークエンジェル（守護天使）たちがそれを守っている。

The connective areas linking Asgard and the surface(worlds).
There's one pair per world, one always exists, and they're protected by the Archangels.

The Underworld (魔界)

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冥府に存在する数多の世界のこと。
冥府の中で魔族たちが存在する世界や領域を称したもの。
元はリヴィエラもこの魔界の一部であった。

A multitude of worlds exist inside the realm of the dead.
The demon at the center(as in main controller) of the realm takes it(Hades/kingoftheUnderworld) as their title.
Riviera was once part of the Underworld.

Demon Swordsman Isher (魔剣士イシュエル)

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インフェルノスのひとり。
ある魔神を絶対的な主とし、命令に忠実に従っている。
封魔の館に封印されていたところを偶然エクセルに解放され、相まみえることになる。

One of the Accursed.
The captain of some demon god, he is diligent in following orders.(not too sure what the aru or toshi are doing in the first segment :(, but I think it's saying he serves as a high ranking demonguy to some demongod)
Although he was sealed in the Sealed Tower, fate brought Ein there to release him.(again, too many words to say simple things, could be worded slightly better)
(I know, they call him Demon Knight in Riviera)

Demon Gods (魔神)

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冥王に次ぐ実力と知恵を併せ持つ高位の魔物のこと。
その多くはインフェルノスや魔物たちを従え、ひとつのコミュニティや魔界を築いている。

High ranking rulers of the Underworld who possess both great strength and wisdom.
They command the Accursed and demons, and with the community built up the Underworld.
(a questionable entry, especially since I haven't done the Accursed or demons yet. 従え is the imperative form of "to obey/follow", but it doesn't make sense if they're high ranking niggas)

Demons (魔物)

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魔神やインフェルノス以外の比較的低級の魔物全般を指す。
スライムやスケルトンなど、魔界によって様々な種が存在している。
魔神やインフェルノスに使役されているものもいる。
また、地上の生物が魔術や呪いによって魔物化することもある。

What the demons ranked lower than demon gods and Accursed are called.
There are many varieties of them in the Underworld, like Slimes and Skeletons.
They're enslaved by the demon gods and Accursed.
Surface world beings can be turned into demons by dark magic or curses.

Demon Dragon Brongaa (魔竜ブロンガ)

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煉獄の魔竜とも呼ばれ、世界を暗黒時代に陥れた存在。
現在では帝国の山岳信仰と結びつき、荒ぶる神として崇められている。
ガルカサーはこのブロンガの血を濃く引いている。

A being that once threw the world into a dark age, called the Dragon of Purgatory.(probably a better word for "dark age", but I can't think of one)
He is currently worshipped as a malevolent god by a mountain-dwelling empire.
Brongaa's blood runs deep in Gulcasa.(also probably a better way to say this, but :()

Ruler of the Underworld Zolgonark　（冥王ゾルゴナーク）

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絶対的な力を持ち、数多の魔物たちを従える恐怖の存在、冥府の王。
リヴィエラのハーデスと同一視せれる。
あまりの強さから封印されていたのだが……。

The ruler of the Underworld, a feared existence that subdued the demon hordes and holds absolute power.(Japan needs to learn to calm down)
The same as Riviera's Hades.
His remaining power had been sealed but...
(so uh, I'm guessing that third sentence is trying to tell us that the last of his power was sealed after Willimgard fucked him up, but then someone decided to scoop up all that dead soul and hide it inside Parveeju so nobody would find it...except it managed to regenerate and become the Hades from Riviera?)

King of Hell Hades (冥王ハーデス)

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「ナイツ·イン·ザ·ナイトメア」で登場した三ツ首の冥王ゾルゴナークの末期の姿。
ただ、弱っているとはいえその力は凄まじく、冥王の威厳は損なっていない。
偶然ハデスゲートを潜り抜けてきたエクセルたちの前に立ち塞がる。

Showed up in "Knights in the Nightmare" during his final hours as the the three headed Zolgonark.(I dunno, I think they were trying to say that was his final appearance since he exploded)
However, even with diminished power he is near invincible.(might have fudged the meaning a little, not really ure what that part before 'power' is saying)
He suddenly appeared before Ein's group at the Hades Gate and blocked their path.(again, too many words to say simple things)

Hell/Realm of the Dead (冥府)

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神々の及ばざる領域。
混沌が支配する世界。
その領域は無限に広がっているとも言われている。
本能的、弱肉強食の理で成り立つ、存在意義からして多様で流動的な世界である。

Area outside the reach of the gods.
A world ruled by chaos.
Name given to the area that spreads into infinity.(probably trying to say it's the bottomless pit that nobody likes)
A fluid world where the meaning of life is diverse, they follow their instincts and survival of the fittest.
(you get the idea)

Meria Parish (メリア教国)

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第４７代メリア教皇ヨハイムにより統治される宗教国家。
内部はヨハイム派とユベロン派に分裂しており、派閥争いが続いている。
聖地ベルヘイムでは、ファンタジニア王族の戴冠の儀が毎回執り行われている。

Religious state governed by Joachim, 47th Pope of Meria.
There is an ongoing internal dispute between the Joachim sect and Juvelon sect.
The coronation ceremony for Fantasinian royalty is always held in Welheim(the Holy Land).
(I'm not really sure if '教国' is 'parish' or whatever other words they used with Meria/ata/ant/whatever, so I'm leaving it as "parish" for now)

The Hero Gill (勇者ギル)

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かつて煉獄の魔竜と恐れられたブロンガを倒した勇者。
ロスト· アリエスにその末裔が住んであり、ミラノに竜殺刀「ドラゴンイーター」を授けてくれる。

Hero that slew the much feared Brongaa, Dragon of Purgatory.
His descendants live in Lost Aries, where they gave Milanor the wyrm-slaying blade Dragon Eater.

The Yumil (ユメール人)

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特殊な魔法陣を介して行き着けるとされる幻の世界、ユミラ魔郷の住人。
時空の狭間に存在すると言い伝えられている。
強い魔力により、不老不死あるとされるが……。

Residents of Yumila, an illusory world accessible only by a special magic circle.(I don't think they've used the name of the place in-game yet, so it's Yumila for now)
Legends say it/they? exists between time and space.
They maintain eternal youth and immortality with powerful magic, but...

Stone Lattice (連環石群)

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ヘヴンズゲートの至る所で見られる、巨大な浮遊石を鉄鎖で連結させて築いた道だが、腐食が進んでおり、足場としては非常に不安定。

Enormous path made of rocks chained together that can be seen all over Heaven's Gate, but they're very corroded, and the footing is extremely unstable.
(RUN. ON. SENTENCE. It's essentially the in-game description for the area in Riviera)

Lost Aries (ロスト· アリエス)

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告死天使アリエスが命を落としたと伝えられる地。
かつての戦争により無土と化し、今でもその爪痕が残っている。
ガルカーサが魂の解放の儀式を行った場所でもある。

Land imparted by the Grim Angel Aries when his life was lost.(not really sure how he did that)
A scar upon the land, left by an old war.(I think they called it the Great Sorcery War in YU)
Place where Gulcasa performed the ritual of Soul Unbinding.

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[P.P.A.]

Hades Zolgonark　（冥府ゾルゴナーク）

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絶対的な力を持ち、数多の魔物たちを従える恐怖の存在、冥府の王。
リヴィエラのハーデスと同一視せれる。
あまりの強さから封印されていたのだが……。

The ruler of Hades, a feared existence that subdued the demon hordes and holds absolute power.(Japan needs to learn to calm down)
The same as Riviera's Hades.
His remaining power had been sealed but...
(so uh, I'm guessing that third sentence is trying to tell us that the last of his power was sealed after Willimgard fucked him up, but then someone decided to scoop up all that dead soul and hide it inside Parveeju so nobody would find it...except it managed to regenerate and become the Hades from Riviera?)

Perhaps the last sentence is supposed to mean: “His remaining power (after Wilimgard defeated him) had been sealed, but then Ein walked into him and he was still powerful enough to put up a boss fight.”