Sekiro Translation Errors

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2	First meeting with Emma: Present Healing Gourd	Yes. Is there a way to improve it?	薬師としてのたすけとは？	What do you mean, 'assist me as a doctor'?		Me
3	Presenting prosthetic tool to the Sculptor for the first time	... Seems you know this prosthetic very well.	随分と詳しい。	Seems you are very familiar with killing.		EpicNameBro
4	Eavesdrop before Ogre miniboss	Ashina sure has a funny way of preparing for war...	変わっちまったなあ、葦名の戦も…	The way Ashina leads it's wars sure has changed... /or/ Ashina sure has changed the way it leads it's wars...	変わった can mean 'changed' and 'wierd, quirky', but 変わっちまった, which is a shortened version of かわってしまった can only mean changed.	Me
5	Pot Noble Harunaga	Maybe... Just maybe...	もし…　もし…	Hey... Hey...	In this case translating もし to 'maybe' is a google translate level translation	https://rosie.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/famicom/1554848583/962-n
6	Pot Noble Harunaga	Hey, you there. Do you, perhaps...	そこのお主…　もし…	Hey, you there. Hey...		Me
7	Eavesdrop next to the Shinobi Axe item	... We burning this temple next, boss?	兄貴、次はこのお堂ですかい?	We looting this temple next, boss?	The whole conversation is about stealing, not a burning in sight	Me
8	Hirata Estate, Anayama, 1st time speaking	Keep your eyes peeled out there, huh? And, ya know, don't let the door hit ya on the...	よそを、あさってくだせえ	So, could you go look somewhere else.	Someone was probably thinking how to translate this, but forgot to actually finish translating, because those are 2 different versions of the translation. Also the subs for this line go by so fast, they're impossible to read.	Me
9	Hirata Estate, Anayama, 2nd+ time speaking	Hey, good sir. Keep your eyes peeled out there.	ねえ、旦那、よそを、あさってくだせえよ	Hey, good sir. Could you go look somewhere else.	Yeah, he's saying that he's already looting this place, so go do your looting elsewhere	Me
10	Hirata Estate, unnamed girl inside a house that gives you an Antidote Powder	(panting) ...Y-you're the young lord's! Oh, thank goodness.	…あなたは、若様の！ああ、よかった…	...Y-you're the Young Lord's! Oh, thank goodness.	This is a nitpick, but let me say this, what the heck is that (panting) supposed to be? It's really hard to take the dialogue seriously when there's (panting).	Me
11	Lady Butterfly prefight cutscene	Leave us. Who... are... Do what must be done.	行ってくださいそなたは… 為すべきことを、為すのです	Go. What are you... /or/ What about you? I shall do what must be done.	The original translation makes no sense, what would Wolf even be implying that Kuro should do, considering that at that moment Wolf has no idea about Immortal Severance, or really anything that would make him say "Do what must be done".	u/E-Kon
12	Ashina Castle, Fujioka, after completing request	You're a real friend, friend. I owe you.	…旦那、相当の手練れなんだな。助かったぜ	... You really are quite skilled. I owe you.	They translated 手練れ as "skilled" the 1st time we talk with him. Kind of implies that he was watching Wolf slaughter all those innocent samurai. Fitting behavior for an info broker. Also implies that the 1st time he was praising Wolf, he was just sucking up to him.	Me
13	First meeting with Kumano Junzaemon	...your manners could use some work. No matter. If you're a shinobi, I won't press any further.	…これは、御無礼を忍び衆ならば、さもあろうこれ以上、仔細は聞きませぬぞ	Oh, I apologize, ...that's only natural, if you're a shinobi. I won't press any further.	He's being polite and apologizing for pestering you. After all, it's normal that a shinobi to has secrets and won't tell them to a mere moat guard.	Me
14	Kuro's remnant in Moon-view Tower	Wolf, you said to me once-- "Do what must be done." But I have yet to discover what it is that I must do. I don't understand. Why was I granted this power...?	狼よ、お主は言ったな「為すべきことを、為せ」とそれが未だ、見出せぬ分からぬのだ竜胤は、なにゆえ私に授けられた…		Kuro seems to misremember what Wolf told him 3 years ago at the Hirata Estate. Possibly because he was confused from the illusions, plus a long time has passed. This line of dialogue might be why the translators got confused about Lady Butterfly's prefight cutscene.	Me
15	Old Grave, 2 guards talking about Blackhat Badger	Hey, you didn't see a little scoundrel come running through here, did you? We're after one, and I'm fairly sure he came this way... Hmm... what was he wearing? He had a black hat on! Short little guy! Hmm... thing is, nobody's passed this way at all. Only thing that did looked like some kind of animal... a raccoon? Maybe a badger? Couldn't say for sure. You sure you didn't mistake that animal for your criminal? Oh come on... ugh. Forget it!	お主、らっぱ者を見なかったか？このあたりに、逃げてきたはずなのじゃが… ほーん…　そいつは、どんな格好だあ？黒い笠じゃ！　黒笠の小男じゃ！ほーん…　だが、このあたりを通ったものは、おらぬがなあタヌキか…　あるいはムジナか何かと見間違えたんじゃねえのかい？くっ…　もうよいわっ！	Hey, did an intruder come running through here? We're after a spy, and I'm fairly sure he came this way... Hmm... what does he look like? He had a black hat on! Little guy with a black hat! Hmm... thing is, nobody's passed this way at all. You sure you didn't mistake some animal for your "intruder"? Maybe a raccoon... or perhaps, a badger? Ugh. Forget it!	Nowadays らっぱ means hooligan; scoundrel, but back in the Sengoku period it had a different meaning, which should have been used here. It meant spy. "Short little guy" made me lol. I wonder if this was an intentional attempt at a funny? The EN lines starting from "Hmm... thing is..." and ending with "criminal?" are broken up incorrectly resulting in a 4 sentence block flashing by, followed by a 1 sentence block lasting for too long. The line "Hmm... thing is, nobody's passed this way at all. Only thing that did looked like some kind of animal..." in the EN translation explicitly states that the reporting guard saw something. There's nothing like that in the original, he's just taking a piss out of the other guard by asking if he didn't mistake an animal for a spy. Headcanon: he knows Blackhat Badger, so didn't report him. Then smugly mocks the other guard by actually saying that he may have seen a "badger"... a Blackhat Badger.	Me
16	Ashina Castle, Genichiro 1st cutscene	...is that so.	…そうか	... I see.	Minor, but his "is that so" makes him sound like he doesn't care and is being a dick about it.	Me
17	Ashina Castle, Genichiro 1st cutscene	He will risk his life to take me home.	命を賭し、主を必ず取り戻す	He will risk his life to free me.	His home got burned down to the ground, and he doesn't leave Ashina Castle after we free him, so "take me home" doesn't make sense.	Me
18	Ashina Castle, cutscene after Genichiro's defeat	Shinobi of the Divine Heir... (!)	御子の忍びよ…	Shinobi of the Divine Heir...	(!)	Me
19	Ashina Castle, cutscene after Genichiro's defeat	Yes... indeed.	ああ……、ああ……		Not 100% sure about this one, but based on how it sounds in Japanese I think that he's just moaning.	Me
20	Sculptor, after Genichiro's defeat	The Divine Heir... You saved him.	御子様を… お救いすることができた	The Divine Heir... I managed to save him.		Me
21	Basket man, 1st time speaking	......Y-You... Are you an honorable person? [...] You ARE an honorable person.	……あ、あんたぁ… まともな人かい？ [...] あんたは、まともなお人だよお	......Y-You... Are you sane? [...] You ARE sane!	まとも also means decent/honest as well, but come on, he's clearly asking if Wolf's insane like the rest of the villagers or not!	Me
22	Armored Warrior death	Roberrrrrrt!!	ロバアァーーーート！	Robertoooooo! /or/ Lobatoooooo!	The Portuguese, and those on Portuguese missions were pretty much the only foreigners in Japan during that time. Lobato is rarely used as a name, but... Ugh! Miyazaki, help us!	A lot of people
23	Senpou Temple, Nice Monk, 1st time speaking	She must be lonely... Trapped in that room by herself... she must be so lonely...	寂しかろ…　独り籠もって、寂しかろ…	She must be lonely... holed up in that room by herself... she must be so lonely...	"Trapped" implies she is being held in that room and can't escape. There are no such implications in the original dialogue. Not sure "holed up" is the best, though, since it may imply "hiding". こもる also has the following meaning: 一定期間社寺に泊まりこんで勤行や祈願をする。参籠する。おこもりする。But I think the common meaning is the correct one... or maybe DEEPEST LORE?!	Me
24	Senpou Temple, Nice Monk, cont.	It's my fault... The child, she's confined within the Inner Sanctum.	儂のせいじゃ…　あの子は、奥の院に籠もってしもうた	It's my fault... The child, she's holed up within the Inner Sanctum.	Same as above.	Me
25	Great Serpent Shrine, Tengu	Who are...	これは…	Who is this? /or/ Who is...	He's asking about the corpse of the Lone Shadows ninja.	Me
26	Injured gunman outside the Guardian Ape cave arena	My neck... My neck...	首が…　首が…	His head... His head...	He was terrified by a headless ape. That happens.	LORDKELVIN
27	Ashina Castle, Kuro, after speaking with Emma about the Mortal Blade	So the Mortal Blade will allow my blood to flow. ... As you wish. Hmm... Shall we give it a try? The Mortal Blade was never meant to be drawn. There is no knowing how it will affect you. Burning the incense may help protect you from such harm.	不死斬りならば、私の血を流すことが、叶うのだなはいふむ…　試しに、やってみぬか？不死斬りは、本来は、抜けぬ刀障りがあるやも、しれませぬ香を焚く…　そのときで、よろしいかと	So the Mortal Blade will allow my blood to flow. ... Indeed Hmm... Shall we give it a try? The Mortal Blade had never been drawn before. There is no knowing how it will affect you. Shall we put it off until we burn the incense?	"As you wish" is a bit disconnected. "The Mortal Blade was never meant to be drawn" is disconnected from the next sentence, too. "Burning the incense may help protect you from such harm" - no, it won't. Considering the next sentence: "Yes... If you insist, then that is what we shall do.", I wonder if my "Shall we put it off until we burn the incense?" flows well...	Me
28	Eavesdrop on Kuro, after ^	Do... What must be done.	為すべきことを、為すまでだ	I must just... do what must be done.	Made it a bit more obvious that he's giving himself a pep talk, while actually shitting bricks.	Me
29	Anayama, after giving him salty info and resting	Which is why I have a favor to ask of you, good sir. What is it? Looting battlefields, that's the job. That's a great way to refresh my stock, right?	そこで、旦那にお願いしたいことがありやす何だ戦場漁りのための、人手それが欲しいんでさ	Which is why I have a favor to ask of you, good sir. What is it? What I need is a helper. For looting battlefields.	Minor: "Looting battlefields, that's the job" doesn't flow well from the previous sentence. While Anayama doesn't actually say "thick" in the original dialogue, he does say 一つ in relation to the helper he's asking for, which is quite rude. I don't know if using "thick" was done intentionally to show this rudeness, but it does show it pretty well.	Me
30	Sunken Valley Cavern, Blackhat Badger	Ashina, you know... She reeks of charred corpses and gunpowder something fierce.	葦名は、いま… ずいぶん、キナ臭えことになってる	Ashina, you know... She's starting to reek of charred corpses and gunpowder.	Unfinished translation?	Me
31	Kotaro, after completing White pinwheel quest	The rejuvenated children...?	変若の御子たち…か	Children of the Rejuvenating Waters...?	Should be the same as everywhere else.	Me
32	Emma and Isshin eavesdrop	He can only swing the blade but a few more times... And when that happens, the Tengu will be no more.	刃を振るえるのも、あと幾度か… その時まで、天狗は終いじゃ	The Tengu can only swing his blade but a few more times... Until the time comes, he shall rest.	"He" in the EN translation refers to the Tengu, but because the previous sentence is about Genichiro it's best not to use "he" to avoid confusion. He's saying that he won't go Tengu-ing people around, and instead preserve the last of his strength until he truely needs it.	Me
33	Sculptor, Monkey Booze	And I'd listen to the howl of my partner's whistling finger while I drank. Howl...? It was from his unique ring...	そして、あやつの、泣き虫の指笛を聞いた泣き虫…? 変わった指輪があってな…	And I'd listen to the howl of my partner's whistling finger while I drank. Howl...? It was from her unique ring...	Here she is referenced in gender-neutral, which is common in Japanese, while the Slender Finger item clearly states that it was the finger of a young woman.	Me

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2	Long vowel inconsistencies: Senpou Temple, but not Kurou; Dojun and Doujun, Dosaku and Dousaku are spelled both ways				Most of the time you want to pick one way and stick with it. Alternatively use vowels with a line above them to signify long vowels (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū).	A lot of people
3	Lady Butterfly health bar text; achievement description; Memory, Remnant, Phantom Kunai item and prosthetic tool name and description	Lady Butterfly	まぼろしお蝶	Phantom Butterfly	The only time she is called simply お蝶 (Lady Butterfly, or just Butterfly) is when Wolf calls her that. There are more mentions of Phantom Butterfly then of just Butterfly.	Me
4	Long-arm Centipede Giraffe miniboss name	Giraffe	ジラフ	Jirou	If old orthography is used ジラフ is pronounced as Jirou, which is an actual JP name	u/allkindsoffaps
5	O’Rin of the Water miniboss name	O’Rin of the Water	水生のお凛	Lady Rin of Mibu	Mibu is mistranslated in a couple of places, and this is one of them	u/chrislam
6	Ujinari Mizuo miniboss name	Ujinari Mizuo	水生氏成	Ujinari Mibu	Mibu is mistranslated in a couple of places, and this is one of them	u/chrislam
7	Divine Dragon boss name	Divine Dragon	櫻龍	Sakura Dragon	Probably best to translate to Dragon of the Everblossom	u/chrislam
8	Lone Shadow group	Lone Shadow	孤影眾	The Lone Shadows	眾 means group, so Lone Shadow is basically the name of the unit/group they're a part of	u/chrislam
9	Lone Shadow Longswordsman miniboss name	Lone Shadow Longswordsman	孤影眾太刀の足	Sword Foot of The Lone Shadows	Some may think that Sword Foot is lame, I kind of do, but if you think about martial arts movies, there's a whole lot of Sword Fists, Foots, Legs, etc. His leg strikes are being compared to that of a tachi, a Japanese sword that was slightly longer than a katana.	u/chrislam
10	Lone Shadow Masanaga the Spear-Bearer miniboss name	Lone Shadow Masanaga the Spear-Bearer	孤影眾槍足の正長	Masanaga, Spear Foot of The Lone Shadows	The Spear-Bearer... that doesn't wield a spear. His leg strikes are compared to that of a spear though.	u/chrislam
11	Memorial Mob group	Memorial Mob	供養衆		There's a lot of meaning packed into 供養, so I haven't decided how I would personally translate it. That said, 眾 means group, but translating it as Mob is kind of wierd. They're far too organized and on the same page to be a mob, and they're also not together in one place. Mob is wierd.	Me
12	Shichimen Warrior miniboss name	Shichimen Warrior	七面武者	Seven-Faced Warrior	They have seven faces. Why this was left untranslated is a mystery.	LORDKELVIN
13	Red Carp Eyes description	A carp that lived in the Mibu Village Pond. It has two red eyes. Carp with only eyes that are red cannot become "masters". Though they're considered incomplete creatures that lack the ideal number of scales, their eyes are said to be everlasting.	水生村の池の底に棲む鯉その赤い目玉二つ目だけ赤い鯉は、「ぬし」の成りそこないだ鱗が足りぬ半端者。その身は錦に染まらぬが目玉は赤く、常しえに朽ちぬ	Two red eyes of a carp that lived in the Mibu Village Pond. Carps that only have red eyes are failures that couldn't become "masters". Halfwits that couldn't gather enough scales. They are lacking in luster, however their red eyes are everlasting.	Bad grammar and sentence structure. Misleading translation. Didn't translated a part of the description at all. Their scale/skin colors/pattern are being compared to a brocade.	Me
14	Black Scroll description	I beseech you, make offerings for the Dragon's Blood...	竜胤を供物に乞い給え…	I beseech you, make offerings of the Dragon's Heritage...	Poke the Dragon's Heir is what this means. He opened the gate because he actually does this.	Me

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2	Find ' "cemetery" is misspelled as "cemetary" at least twice in the English subtitles.'	u/howlgrimmer
3	Check Genichiro's Ahina Castle cutscene	Me
4	Check dialogue with Emma and Kuro after defeating Genichiro	Me
5	Check Owl's Ashina Castle cutscene and dialogue	Me
6	There was a mistranslation in Isshin's cutscene, when he says the Sekiro was always an asshole (Shura Ending)	Me
7	Check what JP sources say about whether Ujinari is Mibu or Mizuo	u/KyraTaylor

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1	When	Change	Why
2	2019/05/21	Added "Lovato"; Added a note to "Seems you are very familiar with killing"	Additional research into "ロバト"; Inspiration from u/KyraTaylor.

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	A	B
1	https://www.reddit.com/r/Sekiro/comments/b9n0pr/sekiros_got_some_great_lore_but_its_gated_behind/	Has some interesting info about Minamoto
2	https://www.reddit.com/r/Sekiro/comments/bl0df2/english_translation_feels_lazy/	Has good examples of inconsistency
3	https://pastebin.com/PRdUrnwv	List of translation errors/oddities. Mostly correct
4	https://rosie.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/famicom/1554848583/962-n	Japanese people loling at the EN translation
5	https://engankyo.hatenablog.com/	Japanese lore seeker

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
1	Timestamp	Dialogue or Item Name/Description	When is it encountered?	English text	Japanese text	Explain problem; provide potential solution	What is it?	English text	Japanese text	Explain problem; provide potential solution