because the word order is so different. even the names are the other way around! but i think i've found a solution:
涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱
loves to -atic your problems
- xe/xir + it/its [NO THEY]
30+ ★ queer [&] neurodiverse
nonwhite ★ clinically disastrous ★ purveyor of too much media ★ govt assigned cagab is information you're not entitled to
account made 15/02/'24
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in reply to @corhocysen's post:
Question from someone who just started learning Japanese, would "Suzumiya Haruhi 's Melancholy" work?
kind of, but then the name is still in japanese order instead of having the given name first as is common in the west.
"'s" also kind of implies ownership in a way that i don't think の does? but i mean, i'm hardly an expert, i started learning japanese like 9-10 months ago
well, it's katakana... and idk why exactly, but honestly my experience is that Japanese names just sort of tend to be written in some specific way that doesn't necessarily make any sense, and the best you can do is replicate what someone tells you it is. kanji also tend to use strange readings in names, that you don't encounter in other contexts, for example.
in this case i just went with how it's written in the poster for the show that's on myanimelist. i think that's the same logo as it is in the intro to the show itself
oh also just in case it wasn't clear 「涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱」 is just the name of an anime series and "the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya" is the official english name lol. so i didn't just translate it myself
the good news is if you just gloss each word separately and add annotations to help you put the words in the correct order, you've invented 英語の漢文