Elated Thirteen Swords - Ch. 1 - A Youngster Looking for Trouble
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I figure I might as well mention some notes about translating the names and titles of the trio of criminals.
Dongfeng Wei's title is "欲面刀郎" - I believe it is using 郎 as the archaic form of referring to a person, then 欲面刀 can either mean wants to cut faces, wants to cut noodles, wants to noodle knife, etc. Not too sure on this one.
Ya Suo's title is "魔改镇关西" - as far as I can tell this is a reference to a chapter in the classic "Water Margin" called "拳打镇关西 (Punching Zhen Guanxi)" where Zhen Guanxi is the nickname for a character who is a butcher. Only the first two characters are different, with 魔改 meaning "magically changed" or "demon change" so I went with "demonic butcher". I don't think these titles will end up mattering that much either way.
Lastly Jin Yunan's title is "美瞳金刚" - of which 美瞳 (měitóng) refers to contact lenses, which I think also kind of refers to how they make one's eyes bulge a bit? Since this character's eyes are drawn bulging, I went with "bug-eyed".
Dongfeng Wei's title is "欲面刀郎" - I believe it is using 郎 as the archaic form of referring to a person, then 欲面刀 can either mean wants to cut faces, wants to cut noodles, wants to noodle knife, etc. Not too sure on this one.
Ya Suo's title is "魔改镇关西" - as far as I can tell this is a reference to a chapter in the classic "Water Margin" called "拳打镇关西 (Punching Zhen Guanxi)" where Zhen Guanxi is the nickname for a character who is a butcher. Only the first two characters are different, with 魔改 meaning "magically changed" or "demon change" so I went with "demonic butcher". I don't think these titles will end up mattering that much either way.
Lastly Jin Yunan's title is "美瞳金刚" - of which 美瞳 (měitóng) refers to contact lenses, which I think also kind of refers to how they make one's eyes bulge a bit? Since this character's eyes are drawn bulging, I went with "bug-eyed".
