Quick translation for a project I'm workin' on

"Itadaki-mammoth" is the line that the English dub of FLCL rendered as Haruko's epic "LUNCHTIIIIIME!" (which she yells right before she rides into battle on her yellow Vespa, armed with a Rickenbacker). And of course, "Who the hell do you think I am?", translated and dubbed precisely that way, is the catchphrase from Gurren Lagann. :3

What can I say? I recognized the Eva quote and thought it fitting to follow up with two more Gainax references. XD

so wait, you haven't watched Eva or TTGL? nor i assume whatever third series ryusui was referring to?

Nope. I watched the first few episodes of Eva once, years ago. I saw the first episode of Gurren Lagan in Japan. And I vaguely remember seeing bits and pieces of the FLCL dub.

~DS

Looks like this has already been coverd, but I'll throw in my two cents anyway.

I'm translating a large script file, and I've been able to get most of it by myself. But one of the characters speaks in what someone has told me is 'touhoku' dialect.

//　よーし！
//はなっから全開で
//とばさねえとな

This doesn't sound like Tohoku dialect to me.

Is the speaker piloting something?  If they are, I'd say:

"Right!  Looks like I gotta take off at full throttle!"

I don't think it's necessary to include 端から in the translated text, althought if you really wanted to, maybe you could use something like:

"Right!  Looks like I gotta start off at full throttle!"

As for the grammar of ～ないと/～ねえと, it literally means "if not~".  There's a pun(?) that serves as a good mnemonic for remembering its usage.  The pun is コーディネートはこうでねえと, which basically means "Coordination's gotta be this way".

As for the grammar of ～ないと/～ねえと, it literally means "if not~".  There's a pun(?) that serves as a good mnemonic for remembering its usage.  The pun is コーディネートはこうでねえと, which basically means "Coordination's gotta be this way".

だじゃれだいすき！

Looks like this has already been coverd, but I'll throw in my two cents anyway.

I'm translating a large script file, and I've been able to get most of it by myself. But one of the characters speaks in what someone has told me is 'touhoku' dialect.

//　よーし！
//はなっから全開で
//とばさねえとな

This doesn't sound like Tohoku dialect to me.

Is the speaker piloting something?  If they are, I'd say:

"Right!  Looks like I gotta take off at full throttle!"

I don't think it's necessary to include 端から in the translated text, althought if you really wanted to, maybe you could use something like:

"Right!  Looks like I gotta start off at full throttle!"

Nope. Not piloting anything. This happens before an important battle.

Thanks for the grammar tips, all! ^^;

~DS