HERE IS MY LITTLE CROSS-LANGUAGE GUIDE FOR PEOPLE (LIKE MYSELF) WHO ARE WATCHING EPISODES OF SAILOR MOON IN A LANGUAGE THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. (YET?) IT HAS CHARACTER NAMES, PLANET NAMES, AND SOME WORDS OF PHRASES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THE SHOW SOMEWHERE. WITH THE CHARACTER NAMES THE FIRST LINE WILL HAVE THE FIRST NAME AND THE SECOND LINE WILL HAVE THE LAST NAME IN BRACKETS (WHERE AVAILABLE). FOR CANTONESE TRANSLATIONS I WILL HAVE THE LITERAL ENGLISH MEANING OF THE CANTONESE WORDS IN SQUARE BRACKETS (WHERE AVAILABLE). ENGLISH JAPANESE CANTONESE FRENCH SERENA USAGI TOE *2 BUNNY (TSINKO) (YUET-YEAH)*2 (RIVIÉRE) AMY AMI AH-MEI *6 MOLLY (ANDERSON?) (MIZUMO) (SUI-YEAH) *2 RAYE REI LAI *2 RAYA (HINO) (HINO) (HIRO) LITA MAKOTO JUN KUM *2 MARCY (KINO) (MOK YEAH) *2 (MAURANE) MINA MINAKO MEI-NO-GEE *2 MATHILDA (AINO) (OI-YEAH) *2 DARIEN MAMORU WAI *2 BOURDU RENE CHIBI-USA DAU-DANG-TOE *2 & *6 LA PETITE CAMILLE [PEA NAIL RABBIT] MOLLY NARU NOI LOU *6 NANOU (BAKER) (OSAKA) MELVIN UMINO HO YE LEUW *6 MARC (GURIO) SAMMY SHINGO CHARLIE ANDREW MOTOKI TOMI (FARUHATA) LIZZIE UNAZUKI YI DAI LAY SIU JA JULIETTE (FARUHATA) [ITALIAN GIRL] ????????? HARUKA YIU *2 FRÉDÉRIQUE (TEEN WONG) *2 ????????? MICHIRU MON *2 MYLÉNE (SOY WONG) *2 ????????? SETSUNA SYLVANA ????????? HOTARU AH YING *6 OLIVIA (TOME) (WILLIAMS) LUNA LUNA LO-NAH *1 LUNA ARTEMIS ARTEMIS AH-LEI-TIH-MISS-AH*1 ARTÉMIS MOLLY NARU MELVIN UMINO ????????? PHAROH 90 PHROLINE-MO-GOW-SUPT *4 MERCURY MERCURY SOY-SINGH *1 [WATER-STAR] MARS MARS FOH-SINGH *1 [FIRE-STAR] JUPITER JUPITER MOK-SINGH *6 [WOOD-STAR] VENUS VENUS GUM-SINGH *1 [GOLD STAR/METAL STAR] NEPTUNE NEPTUNE VONGH-HOI-SINGN*1 [SEA KING/GOD STAR] URANUS URANUS TIEN-VONGH-SINGH*1 [HEAVEN KING/GOD STAR] STAR SINGH TUXEDO MASK TUXEDO KAMEN LAY FOUK MOH HAH SEEN SAHNG MOON TSUKI YEET LEUGH *1 ROSE MEUW GWAY FAH *1 ENGLISH YINGMAN *3 PRINCESS GOONG CHI *1 SILVER CRYSTAL GINZUISHO SOY-JING *1 POWER LIK LEUNG *1 CAT NEKO MAOW WHAT? NANI *5 MUT_YEUH/WAAAY?? (LONG "A" SOUND) MONSTER/DEMON YOUMA YEUMOH PRETTY SOLDIER BISHOUJO SENSHI MAYH SIU NOY JEEN SEE HANDSOME YAU YING *1 SCHOOL HAWK-HAU GO HAY (NOT TOO MUCH STRESS ON THE A SOUND) HOLY GRAIL SINGH BEUW PURE HEART SOEN JUN NOI SUM TALISMAN SUM LUM SOY JING [SOY = WATER] SORRY DOI-MMM-GEE *3 [COMMENT: THIS ONE IS EASY TO REMEMBER JUST THINK:] [DOI - HITOSHI DOI ^_^ ] [MMM - MMM, POPTARTS! ^_^ ] [GEE - OH GEE! DIC CANCELED SAILOR MOON! :-o ] [O.K., IT'S CHEESY BUT IT WILL PROBABLY STICK ^_- ] WONDERFUL OR TERRIBLE----------HO-LEI-HOI *1 (YES IT CAN MEAN BOTH!) NOTES REGARDING CANTONESE TRANSLATIONS: *1 WAS ACCOREDING TO LANNY *2 WAS ACCOREDING TO MARK SPRAGE [YOU KNOW, THE FANDUBBER! :-) ] *1&2 MARK AND LANNY WERE IN AGREEMENT SO I CAN BE MORE SURE IT'S CORRECT! *3 IS BASED UPON MY OWN (LESS THAN EXTENSIVE) KNOWLEDGE OF CANTONESE FROM THE PIMSLEUR TAPES. *4 I FORGET WHERE I GOT IT *6 WAS FROM A CHINESE/AMERICAN WHO (AT THIS TIME) WANTS TO REMAIN ANNONYMOUS {HE GOT HIS CANTONESE TAPES FROM ME SO I KNOW WHERE IT'S FROM} NOTES REGARDING JAPANESE TRANSLATIONS: *5 WAS ACCORDING TO SLAWEK SZMATLOCH (HAMSTER) [NOW HOW ABOUT SOME POLISH TRANSLATIONS & NAMES HAMSTER ^_-] NOTES REGARDING WEIRD FRENCH STUFF: TO TYPE AN "É" HOLD THE ALT KEY AND TYPE 144 TO TYPE AN "é" HOLD THE ALT KEY AND TYPE 130 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK LANNY AND MARK FOR THEIR INPUT! :-) DISCLAIMER: IF YOU WANT TO LEARN A LANGUAGE PICK UP A LANGUAGE TAPE. PIMSLUER HAS A VERY GOOD SET OF LEARN CANTONESE TAPES. THE ABOVE GUIDE IS JUST A SUPPLIMENT FOR WHEN WATCHING SAILOR MOON. GLEN A. PEARCE glenap@autobahn.mb.ca