#also considered the more accurate “discerning eyes” but that sounds so mild-mannered
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Translated the opening to Monkey King 2009 for my own brain-itch reasons.
戏妖怪玩魔鬼
Toying with demons, playing with monsters
金箍棒你平是非
With the Golden-Hooped Staff, you settle all dispute!
戏妖怪玩魔鬼
Toying with demons, playing with monsters
金箍棒你平是非
With the Golden-Hooped Staff, you settle all dispute!
火眼金晴看天下
With piercing eyes, see the whole of the world
眨眨眼不皱眉
Wink without a care
戏妖怪玩魔鬼
Toying with demons, playing with monsters
金箍棒你平是非
With the Golden-Hooped Staff, you settle all dispute!
火眼金晴看天下
With piercing eyes, see the whole of the world
眨眨眼不皱眉
Wink without a care
小小猴头大另类
This littlest monkey is a baffling sort
天上地下有口碑
Known across heaven and earth
手中如意是宝贝
Magic treasure in hand
天地之间我怕谁
"In all of Heaven and Earth, who do I fear?"
美猴王好完美
The Handsome Monkey King is perfect
花果山石生金辉
The stone of Flower Fruit Mountain birthed golden splendor
美猴王真俊美
The Handsome Monkey King has beauty!
美就美在有作为
Beauty is found in the accomplished.
天地之间我怕谁
"In all of Heaven and Earth, who do I fear?"
#'translated' - term used loosely#posted so I can look at it later and laugh at myself#mhw09 personal#头大另类 - my mortal enemy#I still don't know what the hell that's supposed to mean#'tiny monkey head-spinning/frustration-headache-inducing eccentric/strangeness' WHAT#went with 'baffling sort' because 'little headache-inducing freak of a monkey' is so needlessly hostile lol#anyway full disclosure I really want to add an “and” to connect the piercing eyes line with “wink without a care”#“with piercing eyes look upon all the world and then wink without a care”#because that's metal as hecks#not exactly what it says though so I resisted#also considered the more accurate “discerning eyes” but that sounds so mild-mannered#and the literal “fiery eyes and golden pupils” sounds cool but is a major mouthful#so#piercing it is#平是非 is also a little hard to get across#literally something like 'balances right and wrong'#'makes even right and wrong'#with a sort of...'suppress' connotation#a bit of 'I don't care who started it I'm going to finish it!' vibes#but ~literary~#I'm sure there's a better and more accurate way to deal with that but I dunno what it is#anyway this was good studying for the day I'm done now
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