Translating from the Japanese Wikipedia

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Translating from the Japanese Wikipedia
Topic Started: Oct 20 2008, 12:15:27 AM (363 Views)
enigmaopoeia	Oct 20 2008, 12:15:27 AM Post #1
DOLPHINATSU WILL KILL U! Posts: 3,667 Group: Marquess Member #1 Joined: 04/23/06 Gender: Female ♀	I was kinda curious and decided to translate a bit from the Japanese Wikipedia for Clock Tower 2. So here's some details that we may or may not know about. Oh yeah, these are not the best of translations, most of them pulled out from the online translator and I tried my best to accurately translate them: - Helen Maxwell's character is modeled after Gillian Anderson, famous for The X-Files. In the early development of Helen, she was originally modeled after Sigourney Weaver. This was changed for the reason that, "I wanted to do a more beautiful woman." - In the Clock Tower 2 Adventure Novels, they made Tim a huge fan of horror movies. - As a famed Cultural Anthropologist, Professor Sullivan wrote a thesis titled "The Fundamental Structures of Relatives Who Observe Incest Taboo" at the age of 16 years old which was published in an anthropology textbook. Sullivan is a risk enthusiast and Jennifer's reasoning was, "Because conversations took too long." - The Burroughsclan: In the beginning of the 15th century, a Margrave from the the Barseyclan Autocracy took territory of the borderlines which happens to be mainly those from the English nobility. Over the course of 5 centuries, they had already ruled the borders of Scotland. They later immigrated to Norway from England in 1912. - Theodore Burroughs: Founder and Castellan of the Burroughsclan. After returning from the Hundred Years War, he was extremely afraid of death to the point where he started to worship the heresy. The foundation of the belief demanded that offerings of death and fear be presented to their God, Theodore did so by kidnapping and slaughtering the children in the territory which gave him the fearful title "The Cannibalistic Burroughs". - The Burroughsclan's Castle: A castle from which it stands on cliffs facing northern England and the English Channel. Halfway into the 15th century, when Theodore Burroughs who was the Castellan at that time returned from the Hundred Years War, he started building it. The militant exterior resembles that of the Bodiam Castle in East Sussex. - The Son of the Great Father: Death and fear are entities in the beliefs of the cultists from the Burroughsclan's religion. In the existence like with angels in theology, it is said that the Door would open when you are in possession of a giant pair of scissors. After the Son is born through the woman's womb, he will take on the appearance of an enormous infant called a "Chrysalis" until 10 years after his birth, then he would become an adult. However, he lacks the function to reproduce and they become "The Apostle of the Great Father". He would be in possession of powerful psychic abilities, his flesh nullifies every physical impact. - Quentin Burroughs: The 13th generation Castellan of the Burroughsclan. He was opposed to the heresy being practiced founded by Theodore during the 4th century. He believed that if he were to destroy the son of the Great Father born into his own generation, that would then totally eliminate all heresy. Later the heretics assassinated him. - "Little John From The Castle" is a children's folk tale, it was a song about the monster from their area. SOURCE: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC2
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Lime	Oct 20 2008, 12:24:04 AM Post #2
eye dee kay Posts: 4,407 Group: Subordinate Member #33 Joined: 01/07/07 Gender: Female ♀	Ah, this extra info is so cool! Where did they get it from, though? The novels or from somewhere else? [citation needed]
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enigmaopoeia	Oct 20 2008, 12:31:32 AM Post #3
DOLPHINATSU WILL KILL U! Posts: 3,667 Group: Marquess Member #1 Joined: 04/23/06 Gender: Female ♀	I think it's a compilation from the Clock Tower 2 Official Guidebook and the Clock Tower 2 Adventure Novels. EDIT: I just thought of something, maybe it's just me, but when I read: "In the existence like with angels in theology, it is said that the Door would open when you are in possession of a giant pair of scissors." To me, I thought about that if you open the pair of scissors where it looks like the shape of a "X", it reminded me of a pair of wings. Since they mentioned angels, maybe their religion see the opened pair of scissors as a sort of makeshift wings? o.o;;
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Consul	Oct 20 2008, 04:12:48 PM Post #4
Posts: 108 Group: Granite Orphan Member #15 Joined: 08/27/06	Well, you learn something new every day. Edit: You know what, this makes me want to see a prequel to Clock Tower games.[redit][/redit] Edited by Consul, Oct 20 2008, 04:15:31 PM.



KazeTaco	Oct 20 2008, 04:20:28 PM Post #5
DESHI. Posts: 1,600 Group: Hospital Director Member #32 Joined: 01/05/07	So Edward can't have kiddies, eh? That's really interesting... and he's an adult too, hm? Wow... ... Eternal shota.
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Lime	Oct 20 2008, 05:17:34 PM Post #6
eye dee kay Posts: 4,407 Group: Subordinate Member #33 Joined: 01/07/07 Gender: Female ♀	KazeTaco Oct 20 2008, 04:20:28 PM ... Eternal shota. OH YOU.
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enigmaopoeia	Oct 20 2008, 06:09:26 PM Post #7
DOLPHINATSU WILL KILL U! Posts: 3,667 Group: Marquess Member #1 Joined: 04/23/06 Gender: Female ♀	ROFLMAO @ Kaze's comments. Oh God, that is what I first thought too when I translated that! >V< I'm like, "Damn, it must've really sucks to be Dan right now." So... that just puts Bobby on the spotlight now. Can Bobby have children since Dan cannot? Does Bobby age normally because we're assuming that Dan would stay as an eternal!shota? Then it makes me want to think further -- if Bobby IS able to reproduce, maybe it was Dan's job to become the true Scissor Man? Therefore his job was to open the Doors and if so, why couldn't Theodore done it before, and his ancestors and forefathers? Don't tell me they waited until the 20th century for Mary and Simon to get it right... And I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the whole timeline. >3< I also fixed some translations above, such as "Over the 5th century" to "Over the course of 5 centuries".
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ChocolateChipCookieLover	Oct 20 2008, 06:17:45 PM Post #8
Posts: 174 Group: Granite Orphan Member #301 Joined: 08/31/08 Gender: Female ♀	Wait. If the kid born from this great father is supposed to become a huge monster that looks like a baby, then what happened to Bobby? Sure he's butt ugly but he's normal size.



enigmaopoeia	Oct 20 2008, 09:52:03 PM Post #9
DOLPHINATSU WILL KILL U! Posts: 3,667 Group: Marquess Member #1 Joined: 04/23/06 Gender: Female ♀	Well, Bobby is the younger brother to Dan. Probably the powers were only granted to that of the first born child. They don't say much about twins being in the Burroughsclan family. So I wonder if Mary only intended to have one child, Dan, and Bobby wasn't even expected? Wouldn't make sense why Bobby wields the scissors and not Dan...
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ChocolateChipCookieLover	Oct 21 2008, 06:30:15 AM Post #10
Posts: 174 Group: Granite Orphan Member #301 Joined: 08/31/08 Gender: Female ♀	enigmaopoeia Oct 20 2008, 09:52:03 PM Well, Bobby is the younger brother to Dan. Probably the powers were only granted to that of the first born child. They don't say much about twins being in the Burroughsclan family. So I wonder if Mary only intended to have one child, Dan, and Bobby wasn't even expected? Wouldn't make sense why Bobby wields the scissors and not Dan... Huh. I thought Bobby was the older one.. Now I'm confuzzled :wacko:



Lime	Oct 21 2008, 07:59:49 AM Post #11
eye dee kay Posts: 4,407 Group: Subordinate Member #33 Joined: 01/07/07 Gender: Female ♀	ChocolateChipCookieLover Oct 21 2008, 06:30:15 AM Huh. I thought Bobby was the older one.. Now I'm confuzzled :wacko: Nope, Dan is. (Doesn't it say so in the game manual?)
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enigmaopoeia	Oct 21 2008, 09:43:34 AM Post #12
DOLPHINATSU WILL KILL U! Posts: 3,667 Group: Marquess Member #1 Joined: 04/23/06 Gender: Female ♀	The instruction manuals don't talk about Bobby or Dan because it'll be a spoiler. But the guidebooks for the game all state that Bobby is the younger brother and Dan is the oldest.
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Lime	Oct 21 2008, 09:44:30 AM Post #13
eye dee kay Posts: 4,407 Group: Subordinate Member #33 Joined: 01/07/07 Gender: Female ♀	Oooooh. I guess I got the two mixed up.
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wayc	Feb 5 2009, 06:49:38 PM Post #14
Posts: 47 Group: Mummy Member #370 Joined: 02/03/09 Gender: Male ♂	Oh man! I can't believe Helen was modeled after Gillian Anderson! XD I had a huuuuuge Agent Scully crush in 2002 - 2005. And now in 2008 I started developing a crush on Helen not even knowing they had a DIRECT similarity. I like intelligent, well-dressed, hard-working, independent 30 year old women. X_X Help me. XD



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