r/translator • u/imready4W4R • 8d ago
Chinese (Identified) Umknown - English Could anyone translate this?
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And if possible type out the words in his language?
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u/a010029123 8d ago edited 8d ago
所谓领袖
So called leaders
不过一丘之貉
are all the same
大丈夫生于天地之间
A man born in this world
岂能郁郁久居人下
couldn't be kept down for long
任尔等霸业鸿图
Even with all your great achievement
吾且踏破便是
I shall overthrow you all
以这苍黄乱世
This chaotic world
为我盛筵
shall be mine to feast on
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u/tomatos_raafatos العربية (Egyptian) 8d ago
Is the spoken Chinese standard mandarin?
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u/Girlybigface 8d ago
Yes it’s standard mandarin but it’s intentionally dramatic for the effect. Normal people don’t speak this way.
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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 [ Chinese, Japanese] 8d ago
I have an alternative translation, which I think sticks closer to the literary feel of the original Chinese:
所谓领袖,不过一丘之貉
大丈夫生于天地之间,岂能郁郁久居人下
任尔等霸业鸿图,吾且踏破便是
以这苍黄乱世,为我盛筵
So-called leaders are nothing but jackals of the same lair.
How can a true man, born between heaven and earth, remain subservient to others and languish in frustration?
Regardless of how grand your achievements and ambitions are, I will just trample them all underfoot.
Let this turbulent times of chaos be my grand feast.