Talk:Music/@comment-26196375-20150509125531/@comment-26009184-20150518022801

The last lines are the most interesting, because they provide some semblance of something other than mindlessly wanting to sink you... which brings me to a point of interest in these translations - what I like to think of as 'designation of targets'.

Unlike usual, I tried to be as neutral as possible when translating the piece (although I typed most of it in all caps which indicates I'm obviously biased towards an abyssal POV) whereas you've taken a prominently abyssal POV with a third party perspective on the screaming(ish?) sections, which I thought was interesting. The way you interpreted those bits fills out(? i can't do expressions) your lyrics a lot better than mine; honestly I don't like the excessive use of 'it' in mine because it feels rather flat and ruins the mood.

There's actually a small point of interest in the pre-boss node theme that could be used to support the idea of an abyssal POV. It's something along the lines of 'もしも、もしも帰れたのなら いつか、いつかあの空の下へ', an extension of the last lines of the boss theme. I think the key point here is that the verb '帰れた' is in potential form, leaving the first half to mean 'If (target) could ever go back/return'. Combining this with the last half makes it seems as if it refers to a single target who wants to return to 'that sky', an odd idea when applied to ship girls but quite fitting when applied to abyssals.

Did I just spend an unnecessary amount of lines responding to a single one pointing out something obvious? Yes I did.

I was actually wondering about that "Morning at the Naval Base" translation when I first saw it! I thought it sounded unusually familiar in comparison with the other translations.

I'm more amazed that I didn't find any (English) translations of them when I first went looking... I bet there are probably translations of the anime character songs somewhere on the internet, but I don't really want to go look. If you want to do another translation, I would recommend the "Susume! Kongou-gata Yon Shimai". Listening to it, a lot of the lyrics are variations of, or actually are direct quotes from in-game, so those bits wouldn't be particularly complicated. On top of that, it's probably one of the more popular songs.

I've actually tried using Aegisub before... hilariously enough I never really figured out how it works. If the motivation ever comes again maybe I'll watch a tutorial or something.