ARM Backup/Ar Portal translation/Toukousphere/Issue 40

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Lady Shurelia and Jakuri's Technical Service Center

	え、えっとー…	U-umm...
	ほら、恥ずかしがっている場合じゃないですよ？今日気の利いたことを言えなければ、次は１ヶ月半後ですからね。 とっても貴重なんですから。	Hey, you have no reason to be embarrassed, right? If you don't say something clever today, we won't have another chance until the next issue, and that's in two weeks. That's why it is so important.
	そ、そうかもしれないけど、そもそもこの前振りって、そんなに重要なものなのかな？ むしろ、それより少しでも設定の話をした方が、みんな喜ぶんじゃない？	Y-you might be right about it, but is the introduction so important here? Rather, wouldn't it make everyone happier if we focused a little more on the talking about the setting?
	フレリア…あなた、予想以上に大人ね…。 伊達に７００年以上生きていないわね。	Frelia... you're more mature than I imagined... I see having lived for over 700 years isn't just for show, huh?
	あはは、そういわれるとちょっと嬉しいかも！ 私も、７００年以上生きてきたことが無駄な事じゃなければいいな、っていつも思ってたし。 でも確かに、こうやって知識をつけられたんだから、無駄じゃなかったんだよね。	Ahaha, I think I feel happier from hearing that! I always thought too that it'd be great if living that long wasn't for something useless. But it's true that since I could get so much knowledge thanks to it, wasn't useless.
	…！！！	...!
	にやり。	*grins*
	ここではアルトネリコの世界観などの技術的な質問に、徹底的に真面目に答えるコーナーよ。 「本気で知りたい！マジに回答してくれ！」という質問が有る人は、このコーナー宛てへの投稿をお勧めするわ。 その時は、本文に必ず「テクニカルサービスセンター宛」と書いて送って。 書いてないと、見落とすわよ。	This is the corner where we thoroughly and seriously answer questions about technical aspects of the Ar tonelico world. If there's anyone out there that has questions of the type "I really wanna know! Please answer seriously!", then send them here. When you do send them, make sure to write somewhere "For the Technical Service Center". If you don't do that, we'll ignore your question.

テクニカルサービスセンター宛 メタファルスの年表では3067年にネオ・エレミアより飛空艇（ニーズ？）が到着した事になっていますが、ソルシエールの年表では3067年は空港建設が反対され、3097年にようやくネオ・エレミア空港が完成し、初の遠距離航空機が飛び立ったと記されています。 後のミュールの反乱時に逃げてきた人々の到来年は、ソルシエールの反乱が起きた年代と合致するので、二つの地方で大きく年の数え方がずれてるわけではなさそうなのですが、何故そこだけ30年も差が出ているのでしょうか？ (eryo)

For the Technical Service Center. There's an entry on the Metafalss timeline that says that an airship from Neo Elemia (Neath's?) arrived in year 3067 AD, but that's contradicted by the Sol Ciel timeline by saying that the Neo Elemia Airport was completed in 3097 AD, and that the first long-distance airship took off from it. As the later parts of both timelines have no large discrepancies on the year the refugees from Neo Elemia came to Metafalss running away from Mir's Rebellion and the year in which said rebellion began, why there's a 30 year difference only on that part? (eryo)

これに関しては、しっかりお伝えしなければなりません。アルトネリコ２の設定資料集にも書かれておりますが、年表に一部修正が入っています。 正確には、アルトネリコ１の設定資料の方の不備で、アルトネリコ２の設定資料集の年表が正しい設定です。色々混乱させてしまい申し訳ありません。 ですので、3067年にネオ・エレミアより飛空艇が到着、が正しい設定となります。

This is something we have to tell you all about now. That timeline was also published in the Ar tonelico 2 setting materials collection book, and part of it received some corrections. To be exact, there were some inaccuracies in the Ar tonelico 1 setting materials collection book, so the timeline in the Ar tonelico 2 book is the correct one. Sorry for having confused you. Therefore, the fact that an airship from Neo Elemia arrived at Metafalss on 3067 AD is correct.

おめでとうございます、シュレリア様。 フレリア様はD-セロファンの欠如で永遠の「13歳」であることが設定資料集で分かりました。だからシュレリア様の妹で問題ありません（笑） ところでフレリア様はD-セロファンを戻すと、16歳まで成長できるのでしょうか？ (Dee)

Congratulations, Lady Shurelia! I know thanks to the setting materials collection book that Lady Frelia is an eternal "thirteen" because she doesn't have her D-Cellophane. So there's no problem with her being your younger sister. By the way, would it be possible for Lady Frelia to grow up to 16 years old if the D-Cellophane was given back to her? (Dee)

そうなんだよね。Dセロファンは別にどっちでもいいんだけど、１３歳相当に見られるのがちょっといやかな。 本当はもっと長い年月生きているのに、結構いつもお子様扱いになっちゃうから。でもそれは私の性格もあると思うから、あまり強くは言えないけど…。 Dセロファンを戻したら、また成長が開始するのかな？実はそれって今までやったこと無いから、わからないんだよね。 せっかくだから、一度戻してみような。そしたらまた成長するかもしれないもんね。 そしたらあと２～３年待っててね。その頃には結果が出てると思うから、その頃教えるよ！

That's right. I'm kinda whatever about the D-Cellophane, but I don't wanna be seen like a 13 years old all the time. That's because I'm always being treated like a kid even though I've actually lived for much longer. But I think that's because of my personality, so I can't really protest much against it... If I got the D-Cellophane back, maybe I'd start growing again? Since that actually hasn't happened yet, I don't know. But at least Id like to try getting it back once. That way I might grow a little more again. Then let's just wait for two or three years. By then we'd see the results, and I'd like to show them off to everyone!

テクニカルサービスセンターのお嬢さん方へ 新しくサーバーに追加された、新約パスタリエについて教えてください。以前、「『律』は好みで変えるくらいで、オリカは中央正純律、彌紗やミュールは古メタファルス律が好き」とありました。アルファ律はソル・シエールでしか使えない、ともありました。 想音動詞はインフェル・ピラでしか使えないとして、新約パスタリエの名詞はどうなのでしょう？　やはりメタ・ファルスでしか使えないのでしょうか？ （おにの）

This is for the girls in the Technical Service Center. Please, tell me about the New Testament of Pastalie, the Note that was just added to the 'server. Until now, we were told that "The Notes used on a Song change depending on personal preferences: Aurica likes to use the Central Standard Note, Misha and Mir like using the Ancient Metafalss Note". And of course, that the Alpha Note could be used only within Sol Ciel. Does this mean that the Emotional Verbs and the nouns exclusive to New Testament of Pastalie can be used only through Infel Phira? They can only be used within Metafalss? (Onino)

そうね。確かに「律」は今では趣味の一環でしか無いけど、新約パスタリエだけは特殊ね。 前回でも話したとおり、新約パスタリエは「インフェル・ピラ」でしか使えないわ。それは想音動詞でも名詞でも同じ。 だから当然、インフェル・ピラでしか使えない、新約パスタリエで作られた名詞、というものが存在するわね。 ヒュムノサーバーで調べてみると分かるけど、新約パスタリエの名詞は語頭に「LYA」などの文字をつけると少し意味が変わったりするのよ。 でもこれは、他の律の名詞には通用しないし、インフェル・ピラ以外の詩魔法サーバーでは解読できない。 要するにこの名詞は、インフェル・ピラ…すなわちI.P.D.にしか使えないというわけ。

Yeah. It's true that right now, the usage of the [Notes] depends entirely in the preferences of the singer, but the New Testament of Pastalie is the only special exception to it. Like it was said in the previous issue, the New Testament of Pastalie can be used only through Infel Phira, and that goes both for its Emotion Verbs and exclusive nouns. That's natural, given that these nouns and verbs were created in Infel Phira, and as such, can only be used through it. You should try checking up the Hymmnoserver so you can understand it better, but some of the New Testament of Pastalie nouns have letters such as [LYA] appended at the beginning, which changes their meanings a little. This means that contrary to the nouns of the other Notes, they can't be used outside of Infel Phira, given that no other Song Server is able to decode these words. These nouns have to be obligatorily used in Infel Phira... which also means that only the IPDs are able to use them.

テクニカルサービスセンター宛 フレリアの塔はフレリアが謳うこと建造されていて、しかも未完成と聞いたのですが、フレリアと塔の関係、詩魔法発動の仕組みはどうなっているのですか？ソルシエールの塔の力でフレリアも詩魔法を使うのか？天上球ソルマルタに秘密が？フレリア自身のオリジンとしての力？ コンダクターアクティべーションやリムが詩魔法の産物と劇中で言われていたと思うのですがどうなのでしょうか。 （匿名）

This goes to the Technical Service Center. We know that Frelia's Tower was built through Frelia's singing, and even though we heard that it was left incomplete, what's the relationship between her and the Tower, and what was the structure of the Song Magic execution used for its construction? Frelia's Song Magic used the power from the Tower located in Sol Ciel? Or was it some secret from the celestial sphere of Sol Mata? Or were these the powers that Frelia herself had as an Origin? I wondered how that would work, since I think we were told in the game that both the Conductor Activator and the Rim were the product of Frelia's Song Magic. (Anonym)

ソル・マルタは「第一塔」って所から導力をもらって稼働しているよ。 私が創っていた第二塔は、最終的にはどうかわからないけど、現状は詩魔法サーバーとしての力は持っていないの。 だから、第一塔から遠距離層波の応用で導力をもらっているんだよ。 第一塔とソル・マルタは直線で結べる空間上の二点に存在しているから、エネルギーである導力波は第一塔から発振し、空間を伝ってそのままソル・マルタに届くの。 もちろん、その導力束の中に人間が入っちゃったら干からびちゃうけど、あの高度だから殆どそんなことはあり得ないしね。 昔は導力は航空管制で管理されていたから、導力束に突っ込んじゃうって事故は無かったみたいだよ。

Sol Marta receives the Symphonic Power for its operation from the First Tower. However, the Second Tower I created currently doesn't have the powers of a Song Server, although I don't know the reasons behind it. So, we receive Symphonic Power sent from the First Tower by putting to practical use the LDSW theories. Sol Marta and the First Tower are connected by a straight line as two points on the space, and the Dynamic Waves containing energy sent from the First Tower can be easily transmitted through the space until they reach Sol Marta. And of course, while these bundles of Symphonic Power would dissipate if any people entered in their traveling range, that's pretty much impossible due to the great altitude at which they travel. The airways were controlled by the Symphonic Power flows long away too, so there never were any incidents of interference with these energy bundles.

テクニカルサービスセンター宛です。 メタファルスでは400年前に、小型の大地の心臓を作る技術が完成していました。この技術は現在失われているのでしょうか？ 例えば100人のレーヴァテイルがちまちまと大地の心臓を作り続ける、あるいは死期を悟ったレーヴァテイルが自ら大地の心臓になるなどして多くの心臓を生み出せば、フレリアの塔の周りだけでもアルシエル地表の自然再生が可能になるのではないでしょうか？ (きむら秀一)

For the Technical Service Center. A technique for creating a small Heart of the Land was completed on Metafalss 400 years ago. But was this technique lost to time? For example, they could have 100 Reyvateils creating small Hearts of the Land, or they could turn themselves into Hearts of the Land when they felt they were going to die, in order to produce many of them. If they did so, wouldn't it be possible to revive the nature in Ar Ciel's surface, even if it was just around Frelia's Tower? (Kimura Shuuichi)

まあ、確かに貴方の言うことは理屈的には正しいわね。 ただ、貴方の言っているメタファリカαについてだけど、あれを１つ作るために小型のインフェル・ピラのようなものが１つ必要なのよ。 当時は実験用のインフェル・ピラとして作られたわけだけど、それを１つ作るのにも大変な予算が必要よ。 更に、それによってもたらされる大地がせいぜいみくりの森程度では、途方もない数の大地の心臓が必要じゃない。 そもそもまずは地表に行かなければならないわけで、それによって出来る大地は表層の薄いところの点でしか無く、さらには容赦なく外部から襲いかかる「死の雲海（毒の大気）」を退けなければならない。 考えるだけで疲れてくるわね…。

Well, it's that what you're saying is theoretically correct. Still, you'd need something like a mini Infel Phira in order to make something like the Metafalica-α you're talking about. Furthermore, the best you could get from planting them on a land would be something on the level of Mikry Forest, so you'd need a ridiculous amount of Hearts of the Land. And since this means you'd need to get to the surface in the first place, and due to that, the points where you'd be able to place them in the land would be only a select few. And you'd also need a way to repel the "Sea of Death (poisonous atmosphere)" that would be relentlessly attacking you from the outside. Just thinking about this is making me exhausted...

	というわけで、今回のテクニカルセンターはこれでお終いです。 次回も濃い話題を沢山お待ちしていますからね。それでは、ごきげんよう！	And so, this Technical Center comes to an end. Next time we'll also wait for lots of deep questions! Well then, good day to you!
	お姉ちゃん、始めと締めの言葉はいつも元気いいよね！	You're always so energetic for the introduction and closing, sis!
	もういっそのこと、始めの言葉と終わりの言葉専門でいいんじゃないの？	Rather, isn't it great that she's a specialist at openers and closers?

Editor's Postscript

３月中旬からフェスタも始まり、来週にはドラマCDも発売、４月に入ればWEBラジオ…と、まだまだアルトネリコは広がっていきます。 その１つとも言える存在になったこのトウコウスフィアも、新しい担当キャラ登場で、今までと違う展開を見せていきます。 そうそう、ちょっと面白いユーザー参加型企画も４月に控えていたりします。どうぞお楽しみに！その時には、皆さんも是非参加してくださいね！ それでは、また！ (土屋)

We'll start the Festa midway through March, the Drama CDs will get released next week, and we'll have the Web Radio as April begins... so Ar tonelico will continue expanding. And this Toukousphere, which is also one of these existences we discuss about, will also have new characters appearing in it, so I'll show you all some developments that are unlike everything you've seen so far. That's right, in preparation for April, I've made a few interesting projects where our users can participate! Please look forward to them! And make sure to take part in them when the time comes! Well then, see you later! (Tsuchiya)