時よとまれ、君は美しい

English translation: Visions of Eight

00:58 Oct 20, 2007
Japanese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Japanese term or phrase: 時よとまれ、君は美しい
What does this mean, and what would be a corresponding saying in English?
Kit
English translation:Visions of Eight
Explanation:
You may already know this, but this is the Japanese title of the Henry Mancini film "Visions of Eight."

Although I haven't seen the film, the literal translation of the Japanese title would be: "Stop, o time. You are beautiful", where "you" is most likely not time, but a seperate person. The part before the comma is an apostrophe to time, and after an address to an individual. A more natural phrasing might be:
"Time be still, for she is beautiful."
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4 +2Visions of Eight
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3 +1You can stop even time, you are so beautiful...
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Visions of Eight


Explanation:
You may already know this, but this is the Japanese title of the Henry Mancini film "Visions of Eight."

Although I haven't seen the film, the literal translation of the Japanese title would be: "Stop, o time. You are beautiful", where "you" is most likely not time, but a seperate person. The part before the comma is an apostrophe to time, and after an address to an individual. A more natural phrasing might be:
"Time be still, for she is beautiful."


    Reference: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%...
proto
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agree  casey: Very nice.
4 hrs
  -> cheers, Casey!

agree  RieM: 知りませんでした。o beautiful!
19 hrs
  -> Thank you!

neutral  Leochan: Note to Asker をご覧ください
1 day 1 hr
  -> Note to Askerにて英語で事情を説明させていただきました。リンクありがとうございました。参考になりました。
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
You can stop even time, you are so beautiful...


Explanation:
It's very poetic, so translation becomes a poetic interpretation here...I have a few more translations, such as "Your beauty stops even time", "Stop, Time, for you are beautiful...", etc., but my original translation seems the most evocative and literal...Um um um...

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agree  Leochan
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