Notes I mentioned to Akra later that the readers might like to know (too lazy to log in and out right now):
The top things that I have a hard time translating over are the sentences that:
* Sound redundant in English but not in Japanese.
* Refer to sounds, actions, or body language not found in English.
* I couldn't quite understand.
* Express a lot of politeness while using improper words (ie, Shindou).
* Sound funny in Japanese, but has no humor in English.
(Trust me on this one -- when I say an instance I thought as funny in English, I wonder why it was funny to begin with.)
To compensate, I tried to combine sentences, add a little more description where some would be needed, and added touches of humor in the lines. I also took a more liberal approach to the translation and decided to pretty much wing it, so the word flow should be nicer.
Dictionary.
ita - (from itai) ow, ouch. (General exclamation of pain.)
gomen - sorry
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Arashi wo Yobu Otoko 2
by Satsuki Asuka
"I...itatatatata."
Finished with his match that day, Hikaru was on his way to go home with Waya when he suddenly doubled over in pain.
"Sh..Shindou? What's wrong?!"
Waya scrambled back to Hikaru.
Cold sweat blotted his forehead and he looked as if he were about to faint in agony.
"My.. my stomach hurts!"
And thus Shindou Hikaru was sent to emergency treatment for an acute case of appendicitis.
~*~*~
"You really scared us back there, you know."
"Sorry 'bout that Waya."
"But I'm glad that you didn't get peritonitis too, Shindou."
"Thanks, Isumi-san."
Hikaru laughed it off since he was allowed to leave in ten days, but everyone was still recovering from the backlash that hit the ki-in [Go institute] when Touya Akira heard that he had suddenly collapsed after a match. Akira had pulled Isumi by the lapels of his shirt and demanded to know which hospital Hikaru had been taken to. Poor Isumi had been close to tears after the interrogation.
---- I had nightmares for a week. ----
Isumi had confided to Kadowaki over a drink much later.
"But the IV hurts more than anesthesia. My arm still hurts from when they stabbed me with the needle. It also felt kind of weird when it kept tugging at me during surgery, so I kept whining 'it hurts, it hurts,' even though it really didn't, so after a while the nurse just told me 'just go to sleep already.' But then it got so boring that I started fiddling with the light so I could see what they were working on but I couldn't see anything. So that one manga where the guy could see his own appendix being taken out is all just a lie."
"......."
"Then after surgery, the nurse lady said that the anesthesia might wear out by tonight so it might hurt and I'll feel nauseous so she asked my mom to stay with me for the night, but I just ended up snoring that night and my mom said she got exasperated and left so I dunno if it wore off. She also said that when you go to the bathroom you should drag your feet in a certain way so you don't put too much pressure on your stomach, but it doesn't hurt that much so I don't see why I have to. I walk around just fine and everyone else who's in here for the same thing keeps asking me if I really just had surgery or not. Did you ever have your appendix removed, Waya, Isumi-san?"
"Uh, not me. What about you, Isumi-san?"
"When I was in elementary school I did, but I had to walk around like everyone else."
"What happened when the anesthesia wore off?"
"I remember hurting so much that I threw up."
"And the walking?"
"I had to hold onto my sides and kind of drag my feet when I walked..."
"Shindou... you really are dense. Not only in your head but your body too..."
"What's that supposed to mean?!"
Hikaru said, making a face at Waya.
"Gomen gomen,"
Waya said as he reached over to ruffle Hikaru's hair.
"Oh yeah, Shindou, we got The Weekly Go -- wanna read it?"
"Nah, that's okay, I got my own."
"But it just came out today!"
"Yeah, I ran out of the hospital for a little while to get it."
"......."
"I got caught by a guy advertising something there, but when I told him I was in the hospital he let me go really quick."
"Sh...SHINDOU, YOU IDIOT!!"
Waya snapped.
"Tch, Waya didn't have to get so mad about it..."
Hikaru said while looking at the the week's special feature. He couldn't help it -- he was just so bored!!
"I wonder if Touya's going to come late today..."
That was his boyfriend [lit., lover] that spent time every day to come and visit and bring food ever since Hikaru was hospitalized. But today he didn't come.
"I'm sorry I'm not Akira-kun, Shindou."
"Ah, Ogata-san..."
And surprisingly enough, one of the major title holders was here to visit him (a lower dan).
Especially after all the trouble he caused in Shibuya the other day.
"Thanks for driving us last time, Ogata-san."
"Y....yeah, don't mention it."
It was actually Ogata's curioisity that did him in the last time, but he didn't want to say that.
"But the food really does suck, doesn't it."
Since he was talking to Ogata, Hikaru tired to make his words a little bit more polite.
"Everyday is the same old gruel..."
"I anticipated that. Here."
Ogata, knowing that Hikaru was always ready to eat just about anything (maybe even hospital food), brought a cake.
"Wow! It's a get-well cake! I've always wanted one of those!!"
"......."
Ogata wondered what the hell exactly a get-well cake was, but decided not to press the point since Hikaru was so thrilled to have it.
"Can I eat it now?"
"It's your cake; do whatever you want with it."
"Okie-dokie."
And as Hikaru completely forgot to keep the polite tone towards Ogata and put the first piece in his mouth--
"O...Ogata-san."
"What's wrong?"
"I, I feel sick....."
"Shindou!!"
And the Mysterious Okappa Alien appears! [note: okappa = his haircut]
"What's wrong, Shindou, why do you feel sick?!"
Akira looked at the cake in front of Hikaru and glared daggers at Ogata.
"Ogata-san, did you poison him?!"
(Why do I need to poison him if I'm visiting him for being in the hospital? Besides, what's the point in poisioning Shindou?)
Ogata wanted to ask that very badly, but in the face of Akira's emotional intensity and the fact that he was currently focused on Hikaru's sudden status change, he decided not to.
"Shindou, I'll call the nurse now, so hold on."
And then...
After the nurse was called.
"Ara, the IV drip is going faster than normal. I wonder why that is?"
Akira didn't miss the look that the nurse shot Hikaru. It was the same look that one would give a problem child prone to frequent pranks.
And so all of Hikaru's exploits of the day and his messing with the IV was revealed.
A blood vessel in Akira's forhead burst.
"FUZAKERU NA!!!"
Akira's shout echoed through the hospital room.
"How can you raise the speed of the drip?! Do you know what you're doing?!"
"B-but... they said I can't move for over thirty minutes with this on and I'm tired of staying still! I did it yesterday and it was fine, so today..."
"The drip is meant to match your pulse rate! If you raise that you overburden your heart and then you'd be in an even worse position than you are now!"
"Well I'm sorry I didn't know that bit of common knowledge!!"
"Don't try to turn the argument back at me! It's no laughing matter if you die from shock after being hospitalized for appendicitis, and besides, you can't even imagine the huge mess that everyone will have to deal with afterwards!"
"Ahh, that's it! I'm leaving!"
"Not until you're released a week from now you're not!! Your stitches haven't even been taken care of yet!"
"........"
Ogata was silent.
He was glad it wasn't his cake that did it, but nevertheless, why did his timing have to be so terrible?
They were an odd pair, the two of them. Always have, always will be.
Deciding to leave them while they were still fighting,
"Well, take care...."
Ogata muttered, facing the inattentive pair and walked out the door. He decided to buy some live goldfish feed at the pet store to lift his mood a little.
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Author's Notes:
This is based the author's true story.
I called the nurse when I started feeling sick, but when she asked "why is the IV so fast?" I couldn't say anything.
The anesthesia, running out of the hospital, and way to walk are all true too.
Everyone, be good kids and not mess with the IV like that. You can really die from it.
Ignorance is a scary thing. Hahahahah... it's only a laughing story because I'm alive now, but...
The top things that I have a hard time translating over are the sentences that:
* Sound redundant in English but not in Japanese.
* Refer to sounds, actions, or body language not found in English.
* I couldn't quite understand.
* Express a lot of politeness while using improper words (ie, Shindou).
* Sound funny in Japanese, but has no humor in English.
(Trust me on this one -- when I say an instance I thought as funny in English, I wonder why it was funny to begin with.)
To compensate, I tried to combine sentences, add a little more description where some would be needed, and added touches of humor in the lines. I also took a more liberal approach to the translation and decided to pretty much wing it, so the word flow should be nicer.
Dictionary.
ita - (from itai) ow, ouch. (General exclamation of pain.)
gomen - sorry
======================================================================
Arashi wo Yobu Otoko 2
by Satsuki Asuka
"I...itatatatata."
Finished with his match that day, Hikaru was on his way to go home with Waya when he suddenly doubled over in pain.
"Sh..Shindou? What's wrong?!"
Waya scrambled back to Hikaru.
Cold sweat blotted his forehead and he looked as if he were about to faint in agony.
"My.. my stomach hurts!"
And thus Shindou Hikaru was sent to emergency treatment for an acute case of appendicitis.
~*~*~
"You really scared us back there, you know."
"Sorry 'bout that Waya."
"But I'm glad that you didn't get peritonitis too, Shindou."
"Thanks, Isumi-san."
Hikaru laughed it off since he was allowed to leave in ten days, but everyone was still recovering from the backlash that hit the ki-in [Go institute] when Touya Akira heard that he had suddenly collapsed after a match. Akira had pulled Isumi by the lapels of his shirt and demanded to know which hospital Hikaru had been taken to. Poor Isumi had been close to tears after the interrogation.
---- I had nightmares for a week. ----
Isumi had confided to Kadowaki over a drink much later.
"But the IV hurts more than anesthesia. My arm still hurts from when they stabbed me with the needle. It also felt kind of weird when it kept tugging at me during surgery, so I kept whining 'it hurts, it hurts,' even though it really didn't, so after a while the nurse just told me 'just go to sleep already.' But then it got so boring that I started fiddling with the light so I could see what they were working on but I couldn't see anything. So that one manga where the guy could see his own appendix being taken out is all just a lie."
"......."
"Then after surgery, the nurse lady said that the anesthesia might wear out by tonight so it might hurt and I'll feel nauseous so she asked my mom to stay with me for the night, but I just ended up snoring that night and my mom said she got exasperated and left so I dunno if it wore off. She also said that when you go to the bathroom you should drag your feet in a certain way so you don't put too much pressure on your stomach, but it doesn't hurt that much so I don't see why I have to. I walk around just fine and everyone else who's in here for the same thing keeps asking me if I really just had surgery or not. Did you ever have your appendix removed, Waya, Isumi-san?"
"Uh, not me. What about you, Isumi-san?"
"When I was in elementary school I did, but I had to walk around like everyone else."
"What happened when the anesthesia wore off?"
"I remember hurting so much that I threw up."
"And the walking?"
"I had to hold onto my sides and kind of drag my feet when I walked..."
"Shindou... you really are dense. Not only in your head but your body too..."
"What's that supposed to mean?!"
Hikaru said, making a face at Waya.
"Gomen gomen,"
Waya said as he reached over to ruffle Hikaru's hair.
"Oh yeah, Shindou, we got The Weekly Go -- wanna read it?"
"Nah, that's okay, I got my own."
"But it just came out today!"
"Yeah, I ran out of the hospital for a little while to get it."
"......."
"I got caught by a guy advertising something there, but when I told him I was in the hospital he let me go really quick."
"Sh...SHINDOU, YOU IDIOT!!"
Waya snapped.
"Tch, Waya didn't have to get so mad about it..."
Hikaru said while looking at the the week's special feature. He couldn't help it -- he was just so bored!!
"I wonder if Touya's going to come late today..."
That was his boyfriend [lit., lover] that spent time every day to come and visit and bring food ever since Hikaru was hospitalized. But today he didn't come.
"I'm sorry I'm not Akira-kun, Shindou."
"Ah, Ogata-san..."
And surprisingly enough, one of the major title holders was here to visit him (a lower dan).
Especially after all the trouble he caused in Shibuya the other day.
"Thanks for driving us last time, Ogata-san."
"Y....yeah, don't mention it."
It was actually Ogata's curioisity that did him in the last time, but he didn't want to say that.
"But the food really does suck, doesn't it."
Since he was talking to Ogata, Hikaru tired to make his words a little bit more polite.
"Everyday is the same old gruel..."
"I anticipated that. Here."
Ogata, knowing that Hikaru was always ready to eat just about anything (maybe even hospital food), brought a cake.
"Wow! It's a get-well cake! I've always wanted one of those!!"
"......."
Ogata wondered what the hell exactly a get-well cake was, but decided not to press the point since Hikaru was so thrilled to have it.
"Can I eat it now?"
"It's your cake; do whatever you want with it."
"Okie-dokie."
And as Hikaru completely forgot to keep the polite tone towards Ogata and put the first piece in his mouth--
"O...Ogata-san."
"What's wrong?"
"I, I feel sick....."
"Shindou!!"
And the Mysterious Okappa Alien appears! [note: okappa = his haircut]
"What's wrong, Shindou, why do you feel sick?!"
Akira looked at the cake in front of Hikaru and glared daggers at Ogata.
"Ogata-san, did you poison him?!"
(Why do I need to poison him if I'm visiting him for being in the hospital? Besides, what's the point in poisioning Shindou?)
Ogata wanted to ask that very badly, but in the face of Akira's emotional intensity and the fact that he was currently focused on Hikaru's sudden status change, he decided not to.
"Shindou, I'll call the nurse now, so hold on."
And then...
After the nurse was called.
"Ara, the IV drip is going faster than normal. I wonder why that is?"
Akira didn't miss the look that the nurse shot Hikaru. It was the same look that one would give a problem child prone to frequent pranks.
And so all of Hikaru's exploits of the day and his messing with the IV was revealed.
A blood vessel in Akira's forhead burst.
"FUZAKERU NA!!!"
Akira's shout echoed through the hospital room.
"How can you raise the speed of the drip?! Do you know what you're doing?!"
"B-but... they said I can't move for over thirty minutes with this on and I'm tired of staying still! I did it yesterday and it was fine, so today..."
"The drip is meant to match your pulse rate! If you raise that you overburden your heart and then you'd be in an even worse position than you are now!"
"Well I'm sorry I didn't know that bit of common knowledge!!"
"Don't try to turn the argument back at me! It's no laughing matter if you die from shock after being hospitalized for appendicitis, and besides, you can't even imagine the huge mess that everyone will have to deal with afterwards!"
"Ahh, that's it! I'm leaving!"
"Not until you're released a week from now you're not!! Your stitches haven't even been taken care of yet!"
"........"
Ogata was silent.
He was glad it wasn't his cake that did it, but nevertheless, why did his timing have to be so terrible?
They were an odd pair, the two of them. Always have, always will be.
Deciding to leave them while they were still fighting,
"Well, take care...."
Ogata muttered, facing the inattentive pair and walked out the door. He decided to buy some live goldfish feed at the pet store to lift his mood a little.
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Author's Notes:
This is based the author's true story.
I called the nurse when I started feeling sick, but when she asked "why is the IV so fast?" I couldn't say anything.
The anesthesia, running out of the hospital, and way to walk are all true too.
Everyone, be good kids and not mess with the IV like that. You can really die from it.
Ignorance is a scary thing. Hahahahah... it's only a laughing story because I'm alive now, but...