Talk:Suzumiya Haruhi:Volume1 Chapter7

References & Translators Notes

Absolute Zero

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_zero

Absolute zero is a fundamental lower bound on the temperature of any macroscopic system. It is a temperature of 0 K, −273.15°C, or −459.67°F. It is unachievable in practice but it exists as a limit for real physical phenomena, and it was inferred by extrapolation from kinetic theory, and from other considerations in theoretical physics.

--The naming game 19:00, 4 May 2006 (PDT)

Editors' Notes

Classroom scene - Where Haruhi is asking Kyon about Mikuru's next costume

I feel that the 2rd last sentence of that section:

While fanning her with my book, she yelled, "I'm so bored!"

Is a bit ambiguous - Is Kyon fanning her with his book, or did Haruhi fan herself with Kyon's book? Kyon refusing to fan her a few lines earlier seems add to the confusion.

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Well... I don't feel it is ambiguous at all (if she were fanning herself, it would be worded "while fanning herself with my book...") --Proto

Well, Kyon did say he refused, but probably decided to fan Haruhi anyway seeing how depressed she is.

--Kinny Riddle

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Here's Kinny's translation from Chinese:

"You look like an idiot."

Haruhi scolded. Hey, weren't you the one changing the subject? But I guess I really did look like an idiot, so I didn't argue with her. While fanning her with my book, she yelled,

"I'm so bored!"

She drooped downwards like a cartoon character.

The whole passage, in the original Japanese, is:

「マヌケ面」

と決めつけた。お前が話を振ったんだろうが。多分その通りだろうから抗議するつもりはないが。セーラー服の胸元から教科書で風を送り込みながら、

「ほんと、退屈」

ハルヒは口を見事なへの字にした。　まるでマンガのキャラクターみたいな。

Which reads as follow in romaji:

"manuketsura"

to kimetsuketa. omae ga hanashi o futtandarou ka. tabun sono toori darou kara kougi suru tsumori wa nai ga. seiraafuku no munamoto kara kyoukasho de kaze o okurikominagara,

"honto, taikutsu"

Haruhi wa kuchi o migoto na heno-ji ni shita. maru de manga no kyarakutaa mitai na.

I make this out as:

"You look like an idiot."

Haruhi decided. Hey, weren't you the one changing the subject? But I guess she was right, so there was no point arguing with her. While fanning the breast of her school uniform with a textbook,

"I'm so bored!"

Haruhi's mouth was perfectly like a heno-ji. She looked like a cartoon character.

So what's a heno-ji, I hear you ask...? It's a children's drawing, full name へのへのもへじ (henohenomoheji) made with those hiragana characters, to form a figure of a human face. Have a look at this Wikipedia page, which shows how it's made.

I've edited the text to reflect this.

--Freak Of Nature 08:02, 5 May 2006 (PDT)