frogslator-kaeru

English Translation patch for カエルの為に鐘は鳴る (For the Frog the Bell Tolls).

Translation Notes

Characters

• Alfred Jinbee - アルフレド じんべぇ
• Cellar Man/Cellar Pal - 穴ぐらのオトコ/穴ぐらの友人
• Croakian Army - ゲロニアン軍団 (lit. Geronian Army, "gero-gero" being the Japanese onomatopoeia for the noise a frog makes).
• Dr. Ivan Knit - アレヲ.シタイン (lit. Areo Shitain, a pun on "I want that", impatience, etc).
• Lord Delarin - デラーリンさま
• Madeline - マドレーヌ
• Mandola - マンドラ
• Ore Supply - カザンオールスターズ (lit. "Couthern All Stars", a pun on the band "Southern All Stars" aka "SAS. Localized to parody the English soft rock duo "Air Supply". This adds an addition pun about the fact this is a team of miners not present in the original).
  • Russ - ヘースケ (lit. Heisuke)
  • Graham - コータ (lit. Kouta)
  • Chrissie - マーシー (lit. Marcy)
  • Rex - トディ - (lit. Toddy)
• Polnareff - ポルナレフ
• Princess Tiramisu - ティラミス姫
• Sable Prince - サブレ王子

Places

• A La Mode - アラモード
• Bavarian - ババロア (lit. bavaroise, imported to Japanese from French but Bavarian Cream in English).
• Brown Sugar Island - クロザとう
• Custard Kingdom - カスターど王国
• Eclair Castle - エクレア宮殿
• Eskimo Village - エスキモー村
• Hop Hop - ゲロベップ (lit. "Gerobepp" like "gero" and "hop")
• Ice Cavern -氷のほら穴
• North Cap - 北のみさき
• Meringue Glacier - メレンゲ氷河
• Mille-Feuille - ミルフィーユ
• Port Saltwater - 港町シーミズみなと (lit. "Port Seamizu" a pun on the port town "Chimizu", and "sea", and "mizu" which means water in Japanese. The is localized to "Saltwater" to keep the reference to water and add an additional dessert reference to "Saltwater Taffy" not present in the original).
• Mt. Pudding - フーリン火山 (lit. "Furing Volcano". The Japanese text is clear that the mountain is a volcano while the localization is a bit more coy. But consider that even though Mt. Fuji is technically a Volcano, one wouldn't expect it to explode at any moment).
• Pudding - フーリン (lit. "Furing". A pun on "Furinkazan", the famous banner of Shingen Takeda).
• Snakes' Den - ヘビの穴 (lit. snake hole)
• Syrup Lake - シロップ湖
• Tart Plateau - タルト高原

Things

• Another Weird Potion - 元にもどるクスリ (lit. Change-Back Potion)
• Bronze Sword - せいどうのつるぎ
• Club Key - クラブのカギ
• Diamond Key - ダイヤのカギ
• Diary - 日記ちょう
• Frogslator - バイリンガエル (lit. Bilingua-Frog).
• Golden Sword - おうごんのつるぎ
• Heart Key - ハートのカギ
• Holy Power - せいなる力
• Igari Z - 東京コミックショーZ (lit. Tokyo Comic Show Z. This is comic as in comedy not as in manga. This references a comedic sketch associated with the holidays and new year. The sketch uses snake puppets which interact with the host who wears an arabesque costume perhaps similar to Alfred Jinbee? "Comic Show" feels really out of place in English, so the reference is obscured using the comedian, Igari Chopin's name. The Z is a reference to the anime Mazinger Z).
• Joy Fruit - しあわせのかじつ
• Leather Shield - かわのたて
• Mammoth Controller / Mamicon - マンモス コントローラー (lit. Mammoth Controller. The Famicom pun was not in the original text).
• Mirror Shield - カガミのたて
• Money Bag - げん金
• Nuts - クリ (lit. chesnut, possibly as in dessert with nuts)
• Old Tablet - いにしえのせきばん (lit. Ancient Tablet)
• Power Suit - パワードスーツ
• Hot Springs Egg - おんせんタマゴ
• Iron Shield - てつのたて
• Life Stone - ライフストーン
• Pickaxe - ツルハシ
• Power Stone - パワーストーン
• Prime Nouveau - ワイン1ばんしぼり (lit. "Wine Ichibanbori" a pun off of Kirin Ichibanbori, a beer).
• Saw - ノコギリ
• Silver Sword - ぎんのつるぎ
• Snake Killer - スネークキラー
• Spade Key - スペードのカギ
• Speed Stone - スピードストー
• Spring Bell - はるをつげるベル (lit. "Bell That Rings In Spring")
• Tree Monster - オバケの木
• Weird Potion - あやしいクスリ (lit. "Strange Potion")
• Wine - かいふくのワイン (lit. "Recovery Wine")
• Wooden Shield - 木のたて
• Wonder Ball - イケイケだま (lit. "Groovy Ball". Very difficult to translate. Perhaps it is making fun of how convienient heal points are. The references to the totally 90s candy "Wonder Ball" was added).
• Work Glove - ぐんて
• Z-Flute - Ｚのふえ

Specific Lines

ニョロ Literally means "slither". Localized as "hiss".

ばばんば ばんばんばん ハー ビバノンノン！ From the song "What a Nice Bath!" by the Drifters. Localized as "Splish splash! I was taking a bath..." by Bobby Darin.

レッドスネーク カモン Means 'Red Snake, come on", a famous line said to a snake puppet in the sketch comedy Tokyo Comic Show.

えらいやっちゃ えらいやっちゃ！ 年に1どの はるまつり。 おどるアホぅに みるアホぅ！ 同じアホなら おどらにゃ ソンソン！ From a dance called Awa Odori, performed at the Obon Festival.