Minji ([info]minjii) wrote in [info]hetalia,
2009-09-24 04:09:00
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[Scanlation] September 24th's Nordic Strips

Though there already has been a post made moments ago with a combination of someone's work with an anon's translation... after much discussing with the people who aided [info]dawnelkin and me with this, there is kinda "no way" I couldn't put this up (especially after the 4+ hours spent on this /TURTLE SPEED, GO!). What sets this scanlation apart from the previous one is that we've got most of the sound-effects (sorry for my bad block lettering~), small text, and the author's notes down. Also obviously different takes on what the characters are saying. So hope you enjoy this version as much as the other.

EDIT: Strips have been updated! Includes changes/correction to Sweden's first set of lines, to the last panel in strip 1, and the first few in strip 2, and added better organized notes from the scanlators.




Original may be found here.

Translation: [info]dawnelkin
Editing/text: [info]minjii
Many thanks to [info]chinomi, [info]picnicbird, and many others at the Hetalia IRC for the help and support. ♥
We're open to editing suggestions, and accepting help on the few sound effects that have been left untranslated, etc.
Would be very much appreciated! Thanks! Also, no hot-linking please.







AUTHOR'S NOTES:
Indigenous People of Iceland
When Norwegians first landed on Iceland, there was a legend that there lived an Icelandic monk. For a long time, people believed the story that there were indigenous people in Iceland, but this legend too appears to have been proven to be untrue by the latest investigation results that the oldest signs of life belonged to the Norwegians. But just the fact that such a vast piece of land remained uninhabited for such a long time is somehow quite an amazing story in itself.

Heavy Drinkers
Denmark is Northern Europe's top drinker. The world's top drinker seems to be Luxembourg, but do they really drink that much!?


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Editor's Notes:
1. "Onii-chan" is a most endearing form of "brother" among all possible variants, and possibly the most embarrassing/personal.
The reason we left it in was cause the word was the very root of the jokes in these strips.
That, and it's a little hard to find English equivalents to the word and still keep the feelings in tact.

2. "Svi" is based on Sweden's Icelandic name "Svíþjóð". Using "Swe" reminds me of a pig call.

3. It is possible that the four bubbles surrounding Norway (and Iceland) come from each Nordic- asking Iceland to call them "onii-chan".
Telling from Iceland's responses to each, the order (right to left) might be Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland.

4. "We're mature adults, right?" can also be literally translated to "We're old enough to know better, right?"

5. In most well known statistic articles or websites (most dated 2003-2008), Denmark is known to be the top drinker among the Nordics.
However, it's being contested by Finland and recent articles suggesting it. But I won't get into that.
Tags: official: scanlation

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[info]dawnelkin

September 24 2009, 08:26:25 UTC 2 years ago

Yayy, thanks for your fabulous editing :) *tackleglomps*

[info]minjii

September 24 2009, 08:27:34 UTC 2 years ago

Thank YOU for putting up with my constant spamming. ;__; /hugs;;;

[info]hagane_no_mame

September 24 2009, 08:42:13 UTC 2 years ago

So it was excavation! The kanji was so small and crowded I could not read it well, and excavation didn't sound right at first so I wasn't sure. But I'm glad it was excavation lol.

In the bubble Iceland talks about the descendants of the phantom inhabitants though...

[info]minjii

September 24 2009, 08:49:24 UTC 2 years ago

That bubble has been one of the most problematic actually..! It's good to hear your input. Gonna see what others think before a change, I guess.

[info]hyogalover

September 24 2009, 08:45:39 UTC 2 years ago

why is Sweden called SVI?

[info]minjii

September 24 2009, 08:47:24 UTC 2 years ago

Good question. There was a "majority vote" with our peers asking for "Svi" and it could be because in Icelandic, Sweden is called "Svíþjóð"!

[info]hyogalover

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[info]eur0philia

September 24 2009, 08:47:05 UTC 2 years ago

ROFL.

ONII-CHAN.

ROFL.

[info]ayupachi

September 24 2009, 08:52:20 UTC 2 years ago

awwww, Ice, you're so cute :3♥

Oh, Denmark XDD♥

[info]one1110

September 24 2009, 08:52:54 UTC 2 years ago

*crying in tears because of the cuteness*
Then my currently OTP is a brotherly one. Damn me, pervert.

[info]ashleeny6

September 24 2009, 22:25:35 UTC 2 years ago

Don't worry, you're not the only one in this situation.
x3

[info]aimaru

September 24 2009, 08:56:12 UTC 2 years ago

Oh man. I was just hoping someone would translate this. And you did so quickly. Thanks!

I love how all the fubin are heavy drinkers. 8(

[info]iraya_sama

September 24 2009, 09:07:39 UTC 2 years ago

gasp, they're brothers? @___@

ONII-CHAAAN~!

*dies*

[info]greatmastercami

September 24 2009, 09:16:58 UTC 2 years ago

YESSSSS!!!!

FUCK YEAH! THE NORDICS!!! 8D *happy happy*
oh, Ice~ You're so cute when you're stuborn =w= ~♥
And Denmark, awesome as always xD

[info]shinobu_k

September 24 2009, 09:20:03 UTC 2 years ago

FUCK YEAH! NORDIC STRIP MAKE MY LIFE!!! THANKS FOREVER *________*!!!!! ONII-CHAN XDDDDD!!

[info]sonchin

September 24 2009, 09:36:45 UTC 2 years ago

YES! THANK YOU
You just made my day <3 I just wish that every time I fail in maths there'd be a new Nordic strip translated to cheer up my day..

[info]hima_chu

September 24 2009, 09:48:11 UTC 2 years ago

I WANT A PUFFIN TOO

[info]monochrome_rock

September 24 2009, 10:01:07 UTC 2 years ago

NORDIIIIIICS~~

*dying of happiness*

Aw, Ice is so CUTE.

[info]aseies

September 24 2009, 10:07:29 UTC 2 years ago

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH

ASLKDJFKLSJFSLASLKJFKLS

*HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THIS STRIP FOR, LIEK, BEFORE THE IDEA CAME*

[info]funny_smilyo_o

September 24 2009, 10:10:52 UTC 2 years ago

Waaaa. Nordics. I really love them. Finland is sooo cute. And finaly we know something about Denmark and Norway. Thank you very much! Chu~

[info]sakura_clamp

September 24 2009, 10:15:46 UTC 2 years ago

kyaaaah!!!<3<3<3
Thx so much!!! Fin-kuun and su-san!<3
Ice-kun is so great!!!*w*

[info]bombaygin

September 24 2009, 10:18:42 UTC 2 years ago

So precious! Man, is it just me, or do both Norway and Iceland look a little depressed at the idea of being brothers? (Damn, I ship Denmark x Norway something bad, but sometimes I can't help but think Iceland totally has a thing for Norway.)

Denmark, you adorable goon. And Sweden, being strange and silly! I just love those silly Nordics!

[info]iybankun

September 24 2009, 21:21:54 UTC 2 years ago

UGH, IKR?! Iceland is gay for Norway, I know it.

[info]narwhal123

1 year ago

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[info]rabieskatten

September 24 2009, 10:22:02 UTC 2 years ago

I'm so happy and laugh so much I start to cry, right now ;w; i LOVE THE NORDICS!!! Thank you for this, god, now I'll go die by the happiness! <3

[info]starshards

September 24 2009, 10:24:03 UTC 2 years ago

Brb.
Shipping Denmark x England pretty hard right now.

Also.
ilu gaise.
Thank you. <3 <3 <3

[info]pomino

September 24 2009, 14:39:04 UTC 2 years ago

Pitiful Trio ftw?

I think so X3

[info]spleekula

September 24 2009, 10:27:50 UTC 2 years ago

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~ It's such happy times .
Thank you so much for the quick translations~
I love the Nordics, and I LOVE ICELAND!!! He is so adorable and he has bolted my my favorite character list to number three 8D
This is just how I'd imagine the Nordics to act. Denmark just SPARKLES in every frame he his in, zomg
I like that you used Svi, it's perfect. Hehehe, and it is true that everything in Iceland has originated in Norway.
I see Norway and Iceland's relationship to be sort of like USUK. America likes to be independent and doesn't admit that he is England's brother. Norway and Iceland seem to be just like this...Iceland, tsundere, maybe? skoskf
sosifoieg and again so cutttteeeeeeeeeeee

[info]ashleeny6

September 24 2009, 22:35:35 UTC 2 years ago

Gah! You've just enlightened me. XD
I agree with the whole USUK thing, I never would've thought of it that way if I wasn't nosy and liked to read other people's opinions.

[info]lans_x

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[info]gomimushi

September 24 2009, 10:45:15 UTC 2 years ago

... ohgod. Niichan <3

[info]gomimushi

September 24 2009, 10:50:04 UTC 2 years ago

Why am I feeling like Iceland doesn't want to call Norway Nii-chan because he has a thing for him? :(

It's probably not quite like that, but why else would it be "Norway is the home where his heart is" on the original bio..... ahaha.

Maan, do I have to change how I play Iceland again..? XD

[info]minjii

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[info]xhielle

September 24 2009, 10:58:31 UTC 2 years ago

Woah...thank you for the translation..

I'm starting to like Norway hihih...
He's expressionless when he's getting mad and bullying their youngest..XD

[info]apathy_irath

September 24 2009, 11:02:43 UTC 2 years ago

Nordic strip. 8D Great to see that there's been another one. Their canon personalities still fit them really well, I think. (I might be getting confused, but is Iceland the one who's supposed to be calling Norway 'onii-chan'? It seems that way from the excavation stuff, and it kind of fits them that way, but I seem to have gotten mixed up there. Sorry for the question).

Thanks very much for scanlating and sharing. =3

[info]pharaoh_dust

September 24 2009, 11:02:52 UTC 2 years ago

YAY! Thank you for editing and posting this! =D ♥♥♥

[info]masterfranny

September 24 2009, 11:04:38 UTC 2 years ago

oh, what an awesome thing to wake up and check the comm, and see a new series of scanslations X3 and on the nordics, too! i love them more now that they're been featured somewhere! *hearts*

oh, and my opinion of norway totally changed. o.o

(and oh, ice-chan, you're such a tsundere X3)

this is just amazing. :D

thank you for this translation and editing and everything i love you. *worships*

[info]box_of_doom

September 24 2009, 11:13:25 UTC 2 years ago

*o*

*massive amounts of giggling*

*showers you with salmiakki in gratitude* (That is appropriate gratitude, correct?)

[info]minjii

September 24 2009, 13:38:17 UTC 2 years ago

But I already have my own. D8

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