Lyrics and Translations (Studio48)

Can somebody please tell me what the difference between a softsub and a hardsub is? I have no idea.

Thanks

 

Soft subs refer to those separate sub files you load onto your player. Hard subs are subs which are incorporated into the videos. I very much prefer soft subs~ for PVs at least.

An example of hard subs would be the stuff translated by Aitakatta. The benefit of hard subs is that it's much tougher for people to rip off your subs. It's also much easier for people who have no idea how to load soft subs. On the down side you can't turn them off.

 

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Yeah I hate having to download low quality versions of a PV when I already own the DVD. But another benefit of hard subs though is that the timing is spot on. For soft subs, it is timed to a particular video so encodes of different framerates won't work with it.

 

gideon123 thank you very much now I understand ithe song, ^ ^oh btw is it okay to use this for my fansub release in the future? and of course a proper credits ^ ^

 

This thread's been picking up lately with comments and whatnot from other people! And I've noticed the view count for this thread increasing rapidly as well! Awesome!

Sorry that I've been away for a while (college's been a killer this past week), so I'll take some time to address a few comments from other people.

If you can wait a while, I can take on the job!

I've noticed a lot of PV's in general don't necessarily have anything to do with the lyrics of the song. Maybe the PV you imagined still can work.

I personally don't mind that you make hardsubs out of my translations. Just give proper credit where it's due, and I'll be happy! However, I do know that people have either expressed interest in or have already used some of my translations for their subtitle projects, so there may be a possibility of repeated works.

You're very much welcome! As for using my translations for your fansub release in the future, I don't mind. But like I said earlier there might be some repetition since other people have either expressed in or have already used some of my translations for their projects. Nevertheless, just give proper credit where it's due, and I'll be happy!

I hope I managed to answer everything. If I've missed anything, by all means feel free to let me know! And without further ado, here's the next translation! I hope you guys like it!

“JESUS”
Original lyrics by Mr. Akimoto Yasushi
Translation by gideon123

Suddenly I burst into tears
The late night siren
The forest of tall buildings
I am a stray sheep

I chased after you
Until I came here
The city doesn’t sleep
The neon lights are poison

The one who passes by
Is either an angel or a devil
Those eyes are like knives
Like wolves’ concealed fangs

Save me, Jesus
Come around to me soon
Protect me, Jesus
I don’t want to be consumed
Save me, Jesus
I look completely surrounded
Protect me, Jesus
Impatiently temptation approaches

I ran and escaped
From the empty underground shopping center
The shutters are lowering
A certain death for me

Even my cell phone is out range
In this secret room of concrete
This room I’m in
I know not of its location
Is love’s way out to the right?
Or is it to the left?
Instinctively I make a choice
Because it’s as secret even to Papa and Mama

You are Jesus!
Appear like the wind!
Jesus of love!
Hold me with your tender arms!
You are Jesus!
I want you to find me
Jesus of love!
A crisis that can’t wait for even a second

Save me, Jesus
Come around to me soon
Protect me, Jesus
I don’t want to be consumed
Save me, Jesus
I look completely surrounded
Protect me, Jesus
Impatiently temptation approaches

You are Jesus!
Appear like the wind!
Jesus of love!
Hold me with your tender arms!
You are Jesus!
I want you to find me
Jesus of love!
A crisis that can’t wait for even a second

*TRANSLATOR'S NOTE - I submitted this to haruna_hamasaki for her AKB48 lyrics website, but for those who still haven't seen the translation yet, here it is. I've looked it over several times, and I think it stands up well under scrutiny, though I may make minor changes occasionally without due notice. Nevertheless, if there are any errors, please let me know so I may make the proper corrections. For those looking for the original Japanese and romanji lyrics, you can find them at haruna_hamasaki's website - http://www.akb48-lyrics-paradise.co.nr/

 

LOL @ Jesus lyrics. That song gets more and more rediculous.

Thank you!


@ Alaksandus -- Thanks for the explanation. So, if I watch a DVD and I can turn the subtitles on and off, those are "softsubs?" If they are permanently embedded in the video, then it is a "hardsub" and there's no way to change it?

Can you compare it to layers in Photoshop? You can have separate layers (turning them on and off as you please) which would be like having softsubs, but once you merge the layers or flatten the image, it is like a "hardsub?"

 

Yup, it's just like that. Ha I never thought of explaining them like layers. Softsubs can be turned on and off they are just like those on the DVD player (in fact you can burn softsubs with your videos onto DVDs and they will work that way). Whereas hardsubs are flattened onto the video.

 

As requested by yumestarlet, here's the next translation! I hope you guys like it!

“Kimi wa pegasus” – “You are a Pegasus”
Original lyrics by Mr. Akimoto Yasushi
Translation by gideon123

The wings on your back
Give in
This dream abruptly ends
Even though I stretch out this hand,
It’s “Good-bye” even to love’s vestige

You appear more crestfallen
Than a pearl
The loneliness within my chest
You’re seeing through it, right?
In the cracks of the chest
Where nobody was buried,
Only a deep despair came and went from view

Fly through the sky
Oh Pegasus
What’re your thoughts?
Are you deciding on separating?

On your own
You cast aside your wings
And fall down headfirst
The heart bleeds
For this romance, red like the setting sun
If the two of us
Can’t meet by chance,
Without parting from you
I’ll look up to the sky
Always I believed in the legend

This love that can’t be mended
Illusion’s knife
Without knowing, it damages it
It has been cut
With more experience,
I further understand
I’ve made a mistake on this one and only path

That figure
Oh, even though it can’t be seen
If it’s there,
Now, I understand

The wings on your back
Give in
This dream abruptly ends
Even though I stretch out this hand,
It’s “Good-bye” even to love’s vestige
From the start,
You were Pegasus I’ve drawn
With the best of my imagination
One that no one’s seen
A punishment that continues to remember love

The wings on your back
Give in
This dream abruptly ends
Even though I stretch out this hand,
It’s “Good-bye” even to love’s vestige
From the start,
You were Pegasus I’ve drawn
With the best of my imagination
One that no one’s seen
A punishment that continues to remember love

*TRANSLATOR'S NOTE - I submitted this to haruna_hamasaki for her AKB48 lyrics website, but for those who still haven't seen the translation yet, here it is. I've looked it over several times, and I think it stands up well under scrutiny, though I may make minor changes occasionally without due notice. Nevertheless, if there are any errors, please let me know so I may make the proper corrections. For those looking for the original Japanese and romanji lyrics, you can find them at haruna_hamasaki's website - http://www.akb48-lyrics-paradise.co.nr/

 

Warning - "Dakedo..." translation below*

*Since Tatami Mats expressed that he doesn't want to see a translation for the song, I've put up an appropriate notice indicating that I have worked on it. However, anyone interested is by all means free to scroll down.

So yeah, here's the next translation! I hope you guys like it!

“Dakedo…” – “However…”
Original lyrics by Mr. Akimoto Yasushi
Translation by gideon123

On campus, the chime for the end of school rings
A colorless sky
The baseball team is searching for a missing ball

By the bike rack at the corner,
I line up on the other side of the wall
Without being able to speak
So as to return the CD I always asked to borrow,
I came here with a façade

However…

“I liked you”
I wanted to say it in the end
The trees in my chest sway in the wind
“I liked you”
My voice couldn’t come out
As though that moment went unnoticed
I smiled

That the town isn’t far away
You showed me
Without the distance,
You’ll disappear
Tomorrow

The pool that shifted the waters
Glistens and shines
Like the future…
Nothing began
Only time rusts the wire screen

However…

“Even if I could say it now…”
My heart is shouting
Memory is always a forgotten thing
“Even if I could say it now…”
The tears seem to overflow
The sunset dazzled my eyes
I hung my head in shame

“I liked you”
I wanted to say it in the end
The trees in my chest sway in the wind
“I liked you”
My voice couldn’t come out
As though that moment went unnoticed
I smiled

*TRANSLATOR'S NOTE - I submitted this to haruna_hamasaki for her AKB48 lyrics website, but for those who still haven't seen the translation yet, here it is. I've looked it over several times, and I think it stands up well under scrutiny, though I may make minor changes occasionally without due notice. Nevertheless, if there are any errors, please let me know so I may make the proper corrections. For those looking for the original Japanese and romanji lyrics, you can find them at haruna_hamasaki's website - http://www.akb48-lyrics-paradise.co.nr/

**Since Tatami Mats expressed that he doesn't want to see a translation for the song, I've put up an appropriate notice indicating that I have worked on it. However, anyone interested is by all means free to scroll up.

Warning - "Dakedo..." translation above**

 

I originally hated this song when I first started translating songs by AKB48 because some parts were too awkward for me at the time to figure out. However, after working through it all and comparing my work to someone else's, I've managed to come up with my own unique and hopefully comprehensive translation - and I've also grown to appreciate the song a little more now.

But yeah! Without further ado, here's the next translation! I hope you guys like it!

“Doku RINGO wo tabesasete” – “Let me eat the poison apple”
Original Lyrics by Mr. Akimoto Yasushi
Translation by gideon123

Because I’m a girl, my heart is always racing
I stole an arrow from an angel like ‘Zoom Zoom’
Over there I shot it in the middle
The curious energy bubbles over

Stand on tip-toes
Wink!
What a love’s
Graduation

I want to try the poison apple
Run! Run! Run!
Bite into the circle
The skin and core, too…
Even if my tummy hurts
Nonchalance!
Surely I won’t be disgusted

There are ghosts and aliens
But even if that stuff a lie, it’s all good
Imagine the things important to you
If you can’t do that, there’s no point of living

I close my eyes
Kiss!
I’m searching for
Treasure!

I want to try the poison apple
Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!
I change
Myself now
I don’t you want to regret
Ever!
I won’t hate eating it

I want to try the poison apple
Run! Run! Run!
Bite into the circle
The skin and core, too…
Even if my tummy hurts
Nonchalance!
Surely I won’t be disgusted

*TRANSLATOR'S NOTE - I submitted this to haruna_hamasaki for her AKB48 lyrics website, but for those who still haven't seen the translation yet, here it is. I've looked it over several times, and I think it stands up well under scrutiny, though I may make minor changes occasionally without due notice. Nevertheless, if there are any errors, please let me know so I may make the proper corrections. For those looking for the original Japanese and romanji lyrics, you can find them at haruna_hamasaki's website - http://www.akb48-lyrics-paradise.co.nr/

 

Thanks for the translations

 

Thank you so much for all of those translations!

 

Dakedo... is such a beautiful song Thank you for all of your hard work, gideon!

 

I never imagined that Doku Ringo wo tabesasete would be such a deep song Thanks a lot for your work!

 

Wow, it feels like an eternity since I've last posted here (damn college)!

hope you guys like it!

“Mail no namida” – “Mail’s tears”
Original lyrics by Mr. Akimoto Yasushi
Translation by gideon123

Mail’s tears
Even though they overflow,
My words are the only thing
You never seem to notice

Because it’s an uncertain love,
You don’t know how to listen
An unexpected event,
With the feel of that meaning,
Makes a detour around love

The September wind
Passes by
At the intersection I notice
Walking with you
A girl I don’t know
A question of my heart

Mail’s tears
Without little pictures
An idea of a different instance
I always hide somewhere
Mail’s tears
An invisible thought
A part where I appear to cry
On purpose I cheerfully
Slap with both hands
The person I love

When we talk on the phone,
I seem clumsy
That connection up until today
Until I get rid of it,
I can’t be sure of love

With a woman
It was just a walk
Even though it was nothing,
My own feelings
To the point of becoming bitter,
I look for an answer

Mail’s knock
“Today, what were you doing?”
To the very end, I hit the characters
With all my strength
Mail’s knock
I wait for a reply
That I worried
As though I laugh
My groundless fears
I wish I could take back

Mail’s tears
Without little pictures
An idea of a different instance
I always hide somewhere
Mail’s tears
An invisible thought
A part where I appear to cry
On purpose I cheerfully
Slap with both hands
The person I love

*TRANSLATOR'S NOTE - I submitted this to haruna_hamasaki for her AKB48 lyrics website, but for those who still haven't seen the translation yet, here it is. I've looked it over several times, and I think it stands up well under scrutiny, though I may make minor changes occasionally without due notice. Nevertheless, if there are any errors, please let me know so I may make the proper corrections. For those looking for the original Japanese and romanji lyrics, you can find them at haruna_hamasaki's website - http://www.akb48-lyrics-paradise.co.nr/

 

Okay, the title's literal translation is "The future's door," but I figured it'd be better to say "A door to the future." I might change it in the future if I feel appropriate to do so.

But yeah, here's the next translation! I hope you guys like it!

“Mirai no tobira” – “A door to the future”
Original lyrics by Mr. Akimoto Yasushi
Translation by gideon123

If I close my eyes,
It’s probably visible there
Light leaks out from inside my eyelids

Everyone,
Somewhere in that chest
Is the exit that continues until tomorrow

If on this road we walk upon
I feel worried,
I’ll try opening that door

The wind stirs
The flowers sway
A new world that rose up to love
No old footprints anywhere
The wind stirs
The flowers sway
Only the future is waiting
No matter the sadness,
We can put it behind us

Ahead on the road
The walls rise up and close
To those heights
Even if I give up,

The other side
I think about
I gather the strength to try going there

I have the self-confidence
“The dream comes true”
Let’s chant that charm

The birds sing
The many trees dance
No matter where on the blue sky,
There are no clouds up there in the background
The birds sing
The many trees dance
Only hope is living
The walls of the bygone days
We’re climbing over

The wind stirs
The flowers sway
A new world that rose up to love
No old footprints anywhere
The wind stirs
The flowers sway
Only the future is waiting
No matter the sadness,
We can put it behind us

The birds sing
The many trees dance
No matter where on the blue sky,
There are no clouds up there in the background
The birds sing
The many trees dance
Only hope is living
The walls of the bygone days
We’re climbing over

*TRANSLATOR'S NOTE - I submitted this to haruna_hamasaki for her AKB48 lyrics website, but for those who still haven't seen the translation yet, here it is. I've looked it over several times, and I think it stands up well under scrutiny, though I may make minor changes occasionally without due notice. Nevertheless, if there are any errors, please let me know so I may make the proper corrections. For those looking for the original Japanese and romanji lyrics, you can find them at haruna_hamasaki's website - http://www.akb48-lyrics-paradise.co.nr/

 

I found this song to make more sense when sung from the point of view of a guy, even though a bunch of girls sing it. However, everyone else is free to imagine the song's lyrics to represent whatever feels right to them.

Anyway, here's the next translation as requested by Alaksandus! I hope you guys like it!

“Boku no uchiage hanabi” – “My launched fireworks”
Original lyrics by Mr. Akimoto Yasushi
Translation by gideon123

On a night of the summer festival,
I happened to see you
Scooping up goldfish
In all earnestness
A delicate yukata figure
Beneath the incandescent lamp
The back of your frolicking self
Your boyfriend next to you
Secretly holds, right?

For some reason I suddenly
Am unneeded there
As though I was completely in love with you…

The launched fireworks are sad, right?
Far too fleeting
Pretty lights of a moment from bygone days
The launched fireworks are sad, right?
At the sky’s far side,
The opening flowers
Quietly vanish

As for the love
Inside my chest,
I was putting up an unnoticed façade
I thought that
We’re friends
You were visible in the distance
I felt jealous

I stray from my circle of friends
And walk alone among the crowd
The Japanese festival band
Can be heard from far away
I become too sad
Everyone lives on
Telling lies to themselves
Always I was hiding
Our true feelings

At school I know about that side of you
The face without make-up that can’t be seen
More, more, more
I grew to like you

The launched fireworks still rise
To the far side of the sky
The instance opens up my heart
The launched fireworks still rise
Always after the summer passes,
I turn into an adult

This unrequited love
Seems to go on
You’re with somebody…
By myself,
My love
Looks like toy fireworks

The launched fireworks are sad, right?
Far too fleeting
Pretty lights of a moment from bygone days
The launched fireworks are sad, right?
At the sky’s far side,
The opening flowers
Quietly vanish

As for the love
Inside my chest,
I was putting up an unnoticed façade
I thought that
We’re friends
You were visible in the distance
I felt jealous

*TRANSLATOR'S NOTE - I submitted this to haruna_hamasaki for her AKB48 lyrics website, but for those who still haven't seen the translation yet, here it is. I've looked it over several times, and I think it stands up well under scrutiny, though I may make minor changes occasionally without due notice. Nevertheless, if there are any errors, please let me know so I may make the proper corrections. For those looking for the original Japanese and romanji lyrics, you can find them at haruna_hamasaki's website - http://www.akb48-lyrics-paradise.co.nr/