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Cid talking his encounter with Dion

Maehiro Kazutoyo wrote the original story and screenplay in Japanese (cited in the credits of FF16 and FF16 Ultimania), so I want to share some of the nuances of the Japanese version to an English speaking audience. Key differences in bold.

JP->EN

Cid

神殿は…あの橋の先にある

しかし　ろくな修復もされてないとはよほど人手が足らんらしい

The temple (with the mothercrystal heart)…it’s ahead of the bridge there

But it looks like they’re so short staffed that they haven’t repaired it (the hole in the wall)

Clive

まさか…あんたがあれを？

You don’t mean…You made this? (referring to the hole in the wall)

Cid

ああ　前に忍び込んだときは橋の手前で　バハムートのドミナントと鉢合わせてな

追いかけられて仕方なくだ

Ya, last time I snuck in, I bumped into the Dominant of Bahamut right before the bridge

I was being chased, so I had no choice

Clive

よく逃げ切れたもんだ…

I don’t know how you got away…

Cid

さっさと済ましちまおう

Let’s get this over with quickly

(after some combat)

Clive

そういえば聞いたことがある

ドレイクヘッドのクリスタル神殿には聖域を守る番人がいると

Speaking of which, I heard that there’s a guardian that protects the temple of the crystal at Drake’s Head

Cid

前に俺が潜り込んだときにはお目にかからなかったんだがな

I didn’t meet them the last time I snuck in

EN->JP

Cid

There. That’s our way into the inner sanctum.

You’d think they’d have patched that up by now. A sorry state the empire’s in.

あそこだ。あれが内陣への入り口だ。

もう修復されてるはずだが　残念な帝国だ

Clive

Wait… You don’t mean…

まさか…つまり…

Cid

Aye, my little game of hide and seek with Bahamut ended here–at tragic cost to this remarkable architecture.

Don’t blame me. He started it.

ああ　バハムートとのかくれんぼはここで終わった

俺を責めるなよ。彼が始めたんだ。

Clive

But how did you make it out alive?

でも、どうやって生きて帰れたのだ？

Cid

I walked. You should try it.

歩いたよ。お前も試してみて

(after some combat)

Clive

When I was in the imperial army, soldiers assigned to the Glass Gate would tell stories about something they called the Guardian.

俺が帝国軍にいた頃、グラスゲートに配属された兵士たちはガーディアンと呼ばれるものの話をしていた

Cid

Can’t say I saw anything like that when I was last here. Then again. I can’t say I made it this far.

俺が前にここに来たときは、そんなものは見たことがなかった。だが、ここまで来れたとは言えないな

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Dion to Clive after Harpocrates' Quest

Maehiro Kazutoyo wrote the original story and screenplay in Japanese (cited in the credits of FF16 and FF16 Ultimania), so I want to share some of the nuances of the Japanese version to an English speaking audience. Key differences in bold.

JP->EN

生きた証を残したいなど…少し感傷が過ぎたか

恩師に引き合わせてくれた礼だ　取っておいてくれ

…恩に着るよ

About wanting to leave proof of my life…am I being a little too sentimental?

As thanks for bringing me to see my former mentor, please take this

…I am indebted to you/I feel grateful*

*恩に着る means to indebted be to, but it also carries a sense of being grateful

ーー

In Japanese, Dion implies that he leaves the wyvern tail with Harpocrates because he wants to leave evidence of his life (since Harpocrates likened Dion to the wild wyvern tail), which implies that Dion believes he will die.

EN->JP

Our roots do not define us…No wonder my stepmother didn’t like him.

For reuniting me with memories I had thought long lost.

I shall not forget this.

我が根は自分を定義しない...継母が彼を嫌ったのも無理はない

その昔失ったと思っていた思い出に再会させてくれた礼だ

余はこのことを忘れない

ーー

アナベラがハルポクラテスを嫌っているという話は、ゲームとUMの中でこれだけだと思います

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Harpocrates to Dion about the wyvern tail

Maehiro Kazutoyo wrote the original story and screenplay in Japanese (cited in the credits of FF16 and FF16 Ultimania), so I want to share some of the nuances of the Japanese version to an English speaking audience. Key differences in bold.

Harpocrates' thoughts on the wyvern is slightly different between Japanese and English. In Japanese, he emphasizes that, "Everything up until now has made you bloom into the person you are today," whereas he English, he emphasizes that, "But they do not define it…just as yours do not define you."

I think the Japanese idea is a very common piece a wisdom given to many young people in East Asian culture - the idea that one should embrace everything of one's past, even the sins. All our experiences make us who we are, and in Dion's case, good people can do bad things, and embracing that truth may help Dion be proud of the man he is.

JP->EN

…これは　野生の飛竜草

…This is a wild Wyvern Tail

飛竜草は厳しい環境に置かれたとき　稀有な色の花を咲かせます

When Wyvern Tails are placed in a harsh environment, it causes it to bloom into a flower of a rare color

その根に猛毒を持つとは思えぬほど　美しい花を咲き誇らせるのです

It is hard to believe its roots hold a deadly poison when it blooms into such a beautiful flower

殿下　あなたはこの花と同じ

Your Highness, you are like this flower

これまでのすべてが　今のあなたを咲かせている

Everything up until now has made you bloom into the person you are today

誰が責め苛もうと　どうぞ　あなただけはご自身を誇られますよう

No matter how much you are tormented by what people do/say, please, I hope you can be proud of yourself

再会の記念にー殿下にお渡し…できればと…

To commemorate our meeting again, I’d like to give Your Highness this…if possible…

EN->JP

Because it is unique to those found in the wild. Something in the harsh environments in which they grow lends them this…striking hue.

それは野生しかで見られないものです。厳しい環境の中で育つ何かが、この印象的な色合いを生み出しています。

Their roots are indistinguishable from those of their hothouse cousins--but once they bloom, the difference is immediately apparent.

その根は温室栽培の種類と見分けがつかないが、花が咲けばその違いはすぐにわかります。

In this flower, I see you, Your Highness. この花の中に、殿下が見えます。

Its roots were the roots of a wyvern tail, with all that implies. But they do not define it…just as yours do not define you. その根は飛竜草の根であり、それが意味するものすべてを含んでいる。しかし、それはそれを定義するものではありません。あなたと同じです。

I want you to have it–that it might remind you of this truth. この真理を思い起こさせるために持っていてほしい。

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Clive + Joshua last words - PART 2

Maehiro Kazutoyo wrote the original story and screenplay in Japanese (cited in the credits of FF16 and FF16 Ultimania), so I want to share some of the nuances of the Japanese version to an English speaking audience. Key differences in bold. Joshua's dialogue in Japanese reveals that, "over half my body is petrified" :((((((

I always cry during this scene...

JP->EN

Clive

ジョシュア…！

やめろ…死にたいのか…！

Joshua…!

Stop…do you want to die..?!

Joshua

いいんだ　兄さん…身体の大半は石化してる

どのみちもう　助からない

It’s fine, brother…my body is mostly petrified

In any case, I can’t be saved

Clive

やめろ…！

Stop…!

Joshua

兄さんは　ぼくのナイトだ

ずっと守ってくれるんでしょう？

頼むね…

僕の想いと　この世界を…

ありがとう　クライブ

兄さんでいてくれて

Brother, you are my Shield

You will always protect me, won’t you?

Please…

My thoughts, and this world…

Thank you, Clive

For being my brother

EN->JP

Clive

No–! Joshua–!

Don’t— Don’t do it, you’ll—

いやだ！ジョシュア！

ダメだ…するな！お前は…

Joshua

Enough, Clive…My body is too far gone.

If the wound does not take me the curse will.

もういい、クライブ…身体はもう限界だ

傷で死なければ、石化で死ぬ

Clive

No…

いやだ…

Joshua

I have always been proud…

…to call you my Shield.

But now…

It is the world that needs you…

Thank you, Clive.

For being my brother.

僕はいつも誇りに思っている...

…兄さんを僕のナイトと呼ぶことを。

しかし今…

この世界が兄さんを必要としている…

ありがとう、クライブ

兄さんでいてくれて

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Clive + Joshua last words - PART 1

Joshua's explanation of the relationship between Ultima and Clive is very different between Japanese and English. Maehiro Kazutoyo wrote the original story and screenplay in Japanese (cited in the credits of FF16 and FF16 Ultimania), so I want to share some of the nuances of the Japanese version to an English speaking audience. Key differences in bold.

JP->EN

Joshua

すべてを焼き尽くす　イフリートの火…

すべてを再生する　フェニックスの火…

それを併せ持つのがアルテマだと思っていた…

でも…そうじゃない…

分かったんだ…

なぜ　奴が兄さんを器にできないか…

The fires of Ifrit, which consume everything…

The fires of Phoenix, which restore life to everything...

I thought that with these two things, it would be Ultima…

But that’s not it…I know now…

Why he(Ultima) can’t use you as a vessel

Clive

もういい！しゃべるな！

That’s enough! Stop talking!

Joshua

聞くんだ　クライブ

アルテマは神として…自ら作り出した人々の…信仰を集めた…

つまり…奴は願望の受け皿…人の想いを託された者だ…

Listen to me, Clive

As a god, Ultima gathered faith from the people he created…

That is to say…he is the recipient of wishes…of people’s thoughts…the being that people entrusted their thoughts/wishes to…

Clive

まさか…！

(surprise)

Joshua

そうさ…奴の中には数多の思念が渦巻いている…

強固な自我を…つくり上げるまでに…

まったく　とんだ皮肉さ…

あんなに人の自我を否定しておいて

僕たちと同じなんだから…

そして…兄さんも多くの想いを託されてる…

“人が人として生きられる場所”をつくりたいというシドや仲間たちの想い…

少しでも多くの人を救いたいという　ロズフィールド一族の想い…

兄さんをそばで守りたいという　ジルの想い…

その想いが…強いほど...

託された者の自我も強くなる…

兄さんとアルテマは…互いに強固な自我を持つがゆえに…決して溶け合うことができないんだ..!

だから兄さんに…僕の想いも託すよ…

この力で…奴を超えて…！

兄さんなら　きっと奴を倒せる…！

That’s right… there are many thoughts/wishes swirling inside him(Ultima)...until a strong Ego is built up…

What terrible irony…To deny people’s Ego to that extent…He is the same as us…

And…brother, you have also been entrusted with so many thoughts.

The thoughts of Cid and his friends, of wanting to create “a place where people can live as human beings…”

The thoughts of the Rosfield family, of wanting to save as many people as possible…

The thoughts of Jill, of wanting to protect you at your side…

These thoughts…the stronger they are…

The stronger the person they are entrusted to becomes…

Brother and Ultima…you both have strong Egos…

Therefore, you can never melt together…!

So for that reason…I will also entrust my thoughts to you…

With this power…you will surpass him…!

If it’s you, brother, you can definitely defeat him…!

*想い - a concept that encompasses many meanings: thoughts, wishes, desires, feelings, even love and affection

EN->JP

Joshua

The one possessed of the destructive flames of Ifrit…

And the healing flames of the Phoenix…

This I once believed would be Ultima’s true form.

But I was wrong.

I see it now…

Why you will never become Ultima’s vessel…

イフリットの破壊の炎...

そして　フェニックスの癒しの炎...

これがアルテマの本当の姿だと思っていた。

でも、間違えた。

今分かってる…

なぜ兄さんはアルテマの器になれないのか...

Clive

I don’t care! Just hold on!

構わん！しっかりして！

Joshua

Listen to me, Clive.

You remember the murals? People once knew that Ultima was their god…That he created them…

And they worshiped him. Prayed to him. Looked to him for guidance.

In vain.

In vain…for he did not listen. Did not acknowledge our will. And so we strayed from his path to forge one of our own.

So absorbed was he in his own desires–

So driven by his own will alone–that he shunned the one thing that could have made him truly powerful.

Faith. The same faith people now place in you.

Faith that you will fulfill their dream, Cid’s dream, of creating a better world for us.

Faith that you will follow in Father’s footsteps, and save those who need saving most.

Faith that you will answer Jill’s plea…to save yourself.

The difference is, Clive, that you chose to listen. And that is what has steeled our bonds.

Bonds that helped you stand firm when Ultima’s pull was at its strongest. 

His power may be absolute…

But so is ours…and so will yours be.

With my light in your heart…

…not even a god might stop us.

聞くんだ　クライブ

壁画を覚えてるかな？かつて人々はアルテマが神だと知っていた...アルテマが人を創っ���のだと...

そして　人は奴を崇拝した。奴に祈った。奴に導きを求めた。

だが、無駄だった。

無駄だった...聞く耳を持たなかったから。

奴は僕たちの意志を認めなかった。だから僕たちは、奴の道から外れて自分たちの道を切り開いた。

奴はあんなに自分の欲望に没頭していて…

自分の欲望に溺れ、自分の意志だけに突き動かされた。自分を真に強力にする可能性のあるものを避けた…

信仰。みんな今、兄さんに託すのと同じ信仰。

兄さんが皆の夢、シドの夢、僕たちのためにより良い世界を創るという夢を叶えてくれる信仰。

父の足跡をたどり、最も救いを必要とする人々を救う信仰。

ジルの懇願に答えてくれる信仰...兄さんが自分を救ってくれることを。

アルテマと違うのは、クライブ、君が耳を傾けることを選んだということだ。それが僕たちの絆を強くした。

アルテマの力が最も強かったとき、その絆が兄さんを支えた。アルテマの力は強大だが…

僕たちの力も...兄さんの力も強大になる。

兄さんの心に僕の光があれば...神でさえ僕たちを止めることはできない。