Post by Arm on Mar 14, 2007 13:50:47 GMT -5
I don't know if someone else already posted a translation of the opening narration, but as I haven't been able to find any, I thought why not translating it myself ? 
By the way, english isn't my native language (I'm french), so it's possible you may find a couple of grammatical errors
Actually, the original french script written by Falcom sounds very awkward in general as if it was written by somebody who had translated with babelfish (although the sentences aren't grammatically wrong.)
The voice in the sequence is very hard to understand, too (In the beginning, I wasn't even sure if the person was speaking french or another language due to the strange accent) .
Consequently, even if I tried to remain as close as possible to the original, sometimes, it was necessary to adapt, rather than doing a litteral translation of an already awkward sentence. As this translation is based on the french voice, some slight differences compared to the japanese subtitles are a possibility.
Jadis, il y avait un grand pays légendaire qu'on appelait Ys
Sur l'intervention des déesses jumelles et des Six Saints, ce grand pays prospérait.
Les déesses avaient un trésor précieux:
La perle noire. Elle avait des sortes de pouvoirs mystérieux.
Avec la magie, on pouvait faire des miracles.
Avec le cleria, on pouvait amplifier ce pouvoir magique.
Grâce à eux, on croyait que le pouvoir d'Ys durerait une éternité.
Mais soudain, un désastre frappa Ys.
Beaucoup de monstres démoniaques sont apparus
et ont commencé à envahir Ys.
Les forces diaboliques eurent tôt fait de ravager les terres,
Et tous les habitants furent acculés dans le Temple de Salomon
On aurait dit la Fin du Monde.
Ce fut alors la Perle Noire qui sauva Ys de la ruine
car elle souleva le temple en l'air.
Mais, aussitôt apres ce soulagement fugitif, les démons construisirent une autre tour
Et une nuée de monstres ailés partirent en direction du sanctuaire...
Ys menaçait de tomber !
Pire encore, un évènement imprévu arriva dans le Temple de Salomon.
Quelle histoire ! Les déesses jumelles, Les descendantes d'Ys,
disparurent.
Dans une situation désespérée, les six saints prirent une résolution.
Pour constituer une équipe de recherche, ils organisèrent une sélection
parmi des chevaliers et des sorciers.
Enfin, les saints les envoyèrent à la terre dévastée.
In days of yore, existed a legendary country known as Ys.
With the intervention of the Twin Goddesses and the Six Saints, this great country was prosperous.
A precious treasure was kept by the Goddesses :
The Black Pearl. A stone known for its mysterious powers.
With magic, one could create miracles.
With the Cleria, one could amplify this magic power.
Thanks to these, it was believed the power of Ys would last for an eternity.
Yet, disaster strucked Ys all of a sudden.
Legions of demonic monsters appeared and began to invade the kingdom.
It didn't take long for the evil forces to reduce the land to ruins.
Then, all the fleeing inhabitants were driven back to the Temple of Salomon.
Those events looked like as what could be described as the end of the world.
It is the Black Pearl that saved Ys from ruin, as it rose the Temple to the Heavens.
Yet, this situation didn't last long, as soon enough, the demons built another tower.
And a swarm of winged monsters headed in direction of the sanctuary...
Ys was on the brink of collapse !
Even worse, an unforeseen event occured at the Temple of Salomon.
The Twin Goddesses, descendants of Ys, disappeared.
In this desperate situation, the Six Saints took up a resolution.
In order to form a group to look for the Goddesses, they decided to choose amongst the kingdom's bravest knights and wizards.
At last, the Saints sent those warriors in direction of the scorched land.
By the way, english isn't my native language (I'm french), so it's possible you may find a couple of grammatical errors Actually, the original french script written by Falcom sounds very awkward in general as if it was written by somebody who had translated with babelfish (although the sentences aren't grammatically wrong.)
The voice in the sequence is very hard to understand, too (In the beginning, I wasn't even sure if the person was speaking french or another language due to the strange accent) .
Consequently, even if I tried to remain as close as possible to the original, sometimes, it was necessary to adapt, rather than doing a litteral translation of an already awkward sentence. As this translation is based on the french voice, some slight differences compared to the japanese subtitles are a possibility.
Jadis, il y avait un grand pays légendaire qu'on appelait Ys
Sur l'intervention des déesses jumelles et des Six Saints, ce grand pays prospérait.
Les déesses avaient un trésor précieux:
La perle noire. Elle avait des sortes de pouvoirs mystérieux.
Avec la magie, on pouvait faire des miracles.
Avec le cleria, on pouvait amplifier ce pouvoir magique.
Grâce à eux, on croyait que le pouvoir d'Ys durerait une éternité.
Mais soudain, un désastre frappa Ys.
Beaucoup de monstres démoniaques sont apparus
et ont commencé à envahir Ys.
Les forces diaboliques eurent tôt fait de ravager les terres,
Et tous les habitants furent acculés dans le Temple de Salomon
On aurait dit la Fin du Monde.
Ce fut alors la Perle Noire qui sauva Ys de la ruine
car elle souleva le temple en l'air.
Mais, aussitôt apres ce soulagement fugitif, les démons construisirent une autre tour
Et une nuée de monstres ailés partirent en direction du sanctuaire...
Ys menaçait de tomber !
Pire encore, un évènement imprévu arriva dans le Temple de Salomon.
Quelle histoire ! Les déesses jumelles, Les descendantes d'Ys,
disparurent.
Dans une situation désespérée, les six saints prirent une résolution.
Pour constituer une équipe de recherche, ils organisèrent une sélection
parmi des chevaliers et des sorciers.
Enfin, les saints les envoyèrent à la terre dévastée.
In days of yore, existed a legendary country known as Ys.
With the intervention of the Twin Goddesses and the Six Saints, this great country was prosperous.
A precious treasure was kept by the Goddesses :
The Black Pearl. A stone known for its mysterious powers.
With magic, one could create miracles.
With the Cleria, one could amplify this magic power.
Thanks to these, it was believed the power of Ys would last for an eternity.
Yet, disaster strucked Ys all of a sudden.
Legions of demonic monsters appeared and began to invade the kingdom.
It didn't take long for the evil forces to reduce the land to ruins.
Then, all the fleeing inhabitants were driven back to the Temple of Salomon.
Those events looked like as what could be described as the end of the world.
It is the Black Pearl that saved Ys from ruin, as it rose the Temple to the Heavens.
Yet, this situation didn't last long, as soon enough, the demons built another tower.
And a swarm of winged monsters headed in direction of the sanctuary...
Ys was on the brink of collapse !
Even worse, an unforeseen event occured at the Temple of Salomon.
The Twin Goddesses, descendants of Ys, disappeared.
In this desperate situation, the Six Saints took up a resolution.
In order to form a group to look for the Goddesses, they decided to choose amongst the kingdom's bravest knights and wizards.
At last, the Saints sent those warriors in direction of the scorched land.
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