ARM Backup/Ar Portal translation/Toukousphere/Issue 45

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Lady Shurelia and Jakuri's Technical Service Center

	えー、こほん。 前回の最後に、今回から３人が１回ずつ一人で担当する、という事に決まりました。 今回の第１回目は私です。昔一人でやっていた懐かしい思い出が蘇りますね。	Yes... *cough* At the end of the previous issue, it was decided that one from us three would be given the duty of answering all questions this issue. This issue is the first one we'll be doing this, and it's my turn. Since a person I knew from long ago is coming to help too, that's surely going to make a lot of nostalgic memories come up.
	それで、一人だけゲストを呼んでいいことになっていますので、今日一緒に答えていただける素敵なゲストを紹介しますね！	Leaving that aside, it would be a good idea to call our only guest. So let me introduce the wonderful guest who will answer the questions with me!
	こんにちは。	Hello.
	オババ様です！	Granny!
	……オババはやめて。 というか…あなたに言われると、少なからず戦慄を覚えるわね。私がオババなら、あなたは…	...Don't call me granny. But that said... it gives me tremendous shivers to get called that by you. So if I'm granny, you'd be...\
	私は１６歳ですよ？ きゅっきゅっ！！	I'm just 16 years old, you know? Kyuukyuu!!
	…あなた、本当に変わらないわね。まあいいわ。 このコーナーはアルトネリコの世界の法則や技術的な質問に、真面目に回答するコーナーみたい。 興味がある人は、質問は必ず一人１つずつにして投稿してちょうだい。 あと、オババはやめて。	...You really haven't changed at all, huh? But well, let's leave it at that. It looks like this is the corner where we seriously answer technical questions about the Ar tonelico world and explain its physical laws. Interested people, please do make sure to only send one question per person. And don't call me granny.

テクニカルサービスセンター宛です。 実際のところ、ルカがＤセロファンをフレリア様に返したら本当にフレリア様の衰弱は止まるのでしょうか。私は、余分な力の流出がなくなるだけで塔の維持には力を使うから衰弱は止まらないのではないかと思っていますが…。最近ちょっとツンデレ要素を見せ始めたフレリア様、どうか教えて下さい。 (WAD)

For the Technical Service Center. If Luca actually gave back the D-Cellophane to Lady Frelia, would that actually stop Lady Frelia's weakening? I thought that wouldn't stop her weakening because it was supposed to come from using so much power just to maintain the Tower, but well... And it's only me, or Lady Frelia has started showing off some tsundere traits? Please tell me.

残念ながら今日はフレリアはいないから、私が代わりに答えるわね。 ちょっと勘違いしているみたいだから最初に正しておくと、Dセロファンを元に戻してもフレリアの衰弱とは全く関係ないわ。あの話は、ルカが自分の意志でDセロファンを返しているだけで、衰弱が止まるようにという理由で返したものではないから。フレリアの衰弱を緩和するには、現状ではリムなどをパージするしかないみたいね。数十年後にはそれを実行するみたいだけど。 …ちなみに、分かっている風に書いてるけど、実際は数回前にフレリアが言っていたことをもう一度言っているだけだから。

Unfortunately, Frelia isn't here today, so I'll answer your questions in her place. It seems you have some misunderstandings, so I'll explain to you how things are from the beginning. Returning the D-Cellophane to Frelia has nothing to do with her weakening. In that conversation, Luca was only saying she would be giving the D-Cellophane back from her own volition, not because she was doing it to stop Frelia's weakening. Apparently, the only thing that could alleviate Frelia's weakening right now would be the purging of structures like the Rim. However, it seems they are actually going to carry that out within a few decades. ...By the way, while I might look like I know everything about what I'm saying here, I'm actually only repeating once again what Frelia said in a previous issue.

個人個人が紡ぎだすヒュムノスワードですが、これはその完全にその個人専用のものであって他人は詩っても効果が発動しないのでしょうか？ 例えばシュレリア様がミシャの金丹の歌詞とメロディーを完璧に覚え、誰かを癒したいと想いを込めて詩っても、魔法として発動することはないのでしょうか？ (eryo)

I know that every individual Reyvateils creates her own Hymmnos Words, but are they completely exclusive to that particular person? They wouldn't show off any effects even if they were sung by other person? For example, if Lady Shurelia memorized completely the lyrics and melody to Misha's Cinna, would the Song be completely ineffective even if she sang it while putting on it her feelings of healing someone? (eryo)

よく勘違いされるみたいだけど、ヒュムノスワードの真髄は、聞こえてくる「歌」ではなくて、その謳っている「想い」なの。 要するに、表面に見えている…いえ、聞こえている「歌」を真似ても、その想いは真似ることが出来ないでしょ？それはすなわち「効果を発揮しない」という事なの。 もっと厳密に言えば、「ヒュムノスワードを謳う」ことと「歌を唄う」ことは、表面上は同じに見えてもレーヴァテイルのプロセスとしてみたら全く違う事なのよ。 どういう事かは、もう一つ下の質問に回答しているから、そっちも一緒に参考にして。

You seem to be misunderstanding this greatly, as the true form of the Hymmnos words aren't the "songs" you can hear, but the "feelings" of the person singing it. In short, even if you imitated the "song" you can see with your eyes... sorry, hear with ears, you wouldn't be able to imitate the feelings forming it, right? Therefore, it "would have no effect". More strictly speaking, while on the surface "singing a Hymmnos Word" and "singing a song" might seem to be the same, for the Reyvateils they are completely different processes. Anyway, I've also answered a related question just below, so please make sure to reference it too.

テクニカルサービスセンター宛てです。 率直に質問しますが、ＲＴでも音痴の人っているんですか？ (銀紅葉)

For the Technical Service Center. Please answer me this honestly: are tone-deaf people even among the Reyvateils? (Ginkouha)

	いるわね。上の回答の続きにもなるけど、レーヴァテイルが「ヒュムノスワードを謳う」ことと「歌を唄う」ことは、見かけ上一緒に見えるけど、レーヴァテイル的には全然違うプロセスで行われている。 具体的には「歌を唄う」場合は人間と同じ、歌を唄おうと思って唄っているに過ぎない。でも「ヒュムノスワードを謳う」場合は、歌い始めて精神を集中させた瞬間から、自身はほぼ全意識をそのヒュムノスワードの想いに持っていかれる。 これは、処理する増幅塔であるアルトネリコに対して処理プロセスを伝送するためで、その付帯事象として「詩」を謳うという行動をとっているに過ぎない。だから、簡単に言えば「ヒュムノスワードを謳っている」時と「歌を唄っている」時とでは、身体の中で使っている器官が全然違うの。わかるかしら。 だから、ヒュムノスワードは誰でも正確無比に、素敵に歌えるけど、普通に唄う歌は音痴というレーヴァテイルは沢山いるわ。 例えばシュレリアも実は音痴なの。普通の歌なんて聴けたもんじゃないから注意して。	There are. This might be a continuation of the question I answered just above, but while on the surface "singing a Hymmnos Word" and "singing a song" might seem to be the same, for the Reyvateils they are completely different processes. More concretely, "singing a song" is exactly the same for them and the humans, so it isn't anything aside of singing when you think you're going to sing. But for "singing Hymmnos Words", from the moment you concentrate to start singing, almost your entire consciousness is taken away by the feelings forming that Hymmnos Word. This is because a process query is sent over to the amplification tower of Ar tonelico, and that action is incidentally represented as singing a "Song", nothing more. Therefore, we could simplify this by saying that you use completely different internal organs when you're "singing a Hymmnos Word" from when you're "singing a song". Do you understand? Therefore, there are many Reyvateils that while they can sing marvelously and with unparalleled accuracy when they are singing Hymmnos Words, they would be tone-deaf when singing normally. As a matter of fact, Shurelia is actually tone-deaf. So I advise you to steer clear from her when she is singing normally.
	そ、そんなことありません！何て事言うんですか！！	I-I'm not! What are you saying!?
	…抗議している暇があったら、あなたも仕事をしたら？	...If you have time to protest, why don't you work instead too?

今回はシュレリア様一人と聞いたので今のうちにどうしても言いたい事があります。シュレリア様！　最近　きゅっ　がまったく出てませんよ？　きゅっ！　が。きゅっのないテクニカルサービスなんて　それこそ　きゅっ！　ですよ。そんなことだからジャクリにやられっぱなしなんですよ。ここらで一発何かしたほうが身のためだと思います！ (嫉妬マン)

Since I heard Lady Shurelia would be alone this issue, there's a lot of things I want to say. Lady Shurelia! Aren't you going to say kyuu anymore? Kyuu! To think of the Technical Service without Kyuu!... that's unthinkable. That's why I think you have been getting deceived by Jakuri. Please, say it once more, for you! (Jealous Man)

ごめんなさい、私の怠慢でした…。そうですよね！ここでやっておかなければ、待っている人に申し訳ありませんからね。それじゃ、遠慮なくやらせていただきますね。 きゅっきゅっ！！私うさこうさこ！！ あなたに食べて欲しいなー。ねーねー、食べて食べてー！きゅっきゅっ！！ …。 むー…なんだか久し振りにやると、ちょっと恥ずかしいですね。

I'm sorry, it's because of my own negligence... That's right! If I don't do it here and now, the people that are expecting it will never forgive me! Well then, I'll do it with no more hesitations. Kyuukyuu! I'm a bunny!! I want you to eat me! Come, come, eat me, eat me! Kyuukyuu!! ... Hmm... it's been so long since I last did this, that it feels embarrassing...

コスモスフィアについて質問です。 ヒロインの皆さんは、コスモスフィアに過去のトラウマや特殊な生い立ち等が反映されて厳しい世界になったりしていますが、そういったものが特にない平和に暮らしてきた普通のレーヴァテイルのコスモスフィアはそれなりにマイルドになったりするのでしょうか？ それともどのレーヴァテイルでもコスモスフィアはヒロイン達同様に厳しい世界になるものなのでしょうか？ (ゴンタ)

I have a question about Cosmospheres. In the case of all heroines, the past traumas and childhood memories are reflected in the Cosmospheres as extremely cruel worlds, but in the case of Reyvateils that have had a peaceful normal life and that didn't suffer like the heroines, wouldn't they have much milder Cosmospheres? Or would the Cosmospheres of all Reyvateil turn into cruel worlds no matter who they were? (Gonta)

例えば、今まで何の苦労もなく、何の不自由もなく暮らしてきた人がいたとして、その人が全く黒い面を持っていないと思う？ そもそも、何の苦労もトラウマもない子なんているのかしら。例えばすごい裕福な生まれの子がいたとして、その子にトラウマや心の傷が無いなんてあり得ない。家から出してもらえない、友達がいない…とか、両親がいつもいない、腫れ物扱いされる…など、こういった事から心の傷が出来たりもするわよね。 更にもう少し譲って、そういう事が全くなく幸せに暮らしていたとしましょうか。でも、他人に対しての思想なんて様々よ。そんな優しそうな子が、実は人を人として見ていなくてペットのように見ているから優しく接しているだけだったとして、それがむき出しになっている精神世界はどんなものかしら。 結論から言えば、精神世界はそんな単純なものじゃない。十年以上生きていれば、どんな境遇でも必ず傷やトラウマは存在するし、喜びも悲しみもあるわ。何も感じずに生きてくる子なんてあり得ないのよ。そう思わない？ 確かにレーヴァテイルの個体差はあるわ。でも、誰が過酷で誰が易しいか、それはダイブするダイバーとの相性も大いにある。だから一概に緩い精神世界、厳しい精神世界…なんていう問いかけ自体がナンセンス、というわけ。

You think that a person wouldn't have a dark side even if they didn't have any hardships or restrictions until now? I have to question if there's even any child who hasn't suffered through any hardships or traumas in the first place. For example, it's impossible for a child who was born in a prosperous family to not have any mental scars or traumas. Not being allowed to leave the house, not having any friends... not having their parents nearby, having a tumor treated... such are events that could create mental scars. And I concede that they might be able to live happily if they don't have any such happenings in their lives. But they would also have all sorts of thoughts about the rest of the people. Children who look as if they were gentle could be actually being like that because they don't see people as humans, but as pets, and thus treat them like that... though I kind of wonder how that would be bared within a Soulspace. Theoretically speaking, the Soulspace isn't that simple. Once they have lived for more than a decade, they will have both sadness and happiness, as well as traumas and scars regardless of what environment they have lived in. It's impossible that a child could live without feeling anything. Don't you think so? And well, it's true there are differences from a Reyvateil to other. But that one will be either crueler or gentler, that will greatly depend on the compatibility she has with the Diver that is Diving into her. Therefore, to ask whether Soulspaces are generally cruel or lenient... is itself nonsensical.

	今日も頑張って働きましたね。	I worked a lot today too!
	…そろそろ本気で管理者世代交代の時期かしら。	...Maybe the time has finally come for the Administrator guard change.
	きゅっきゅっ？ 次回はジャクリ達の番ですね。誰がゲストに来るかお楽しみに！ それでは、また次回！	Kyuukyuu? Well, next time is Jakuri's turn, correct? I'll be looking forward to seeing who she will bring in as her guest! Well then, until next issue!
	あ…ざやか…に…　も…えるみ…ど…り…　…	The...plants... spro... ut... vivid... ly... in... to... small...

Editor's Postscript

アルトネリコファンブックへの沢山の投稿ありがとうございました！述べ１０００通近くの投稿を頂き、先日関係者で激論を交わしながら審査をしました（本当に激論でした）。 だいぶテンションの上がった「インフェルのダジャレ道場」での激論の時に、スタッフの一人が洩らしてしまった言葉が「私達はダジャレ一つに何でこんなに熱い激論を交わしているんだろう…」。思わず笑いが止まらなくなりました（笑）。いや、それからも激論を交わし続けていたわけですが。端から見ていたらシュールだっただろうなぁと思います。 そんな熱い議論によって採用された熱い投稿は、どれもこれも面白いものがイッパイです。早く皆さんにご披露できる日が来ないかと、今から楽しみにしています。 (土屋)

Thank you very much for all your submissions for the Ar tonelico Fanbook! We got about 1000 submissions total, so all the staff members involved on it were examining it as we had heated discussions the other day (and we actually discussed). When the tension greatly rose during the discussion we had about "Infel's Pun Dojo", one of the staff members uttered the following words: "We should be thinking about making puns rather that discussing like fools...". We all instantly started laughing and we couldn't stop. (*laughs*) Nah, we actually continue discussing. Though I think it was quite a surrealistic scene to those who saw it from the beginning. Thanks to these heated arguments, we could pick a lot all the interesting things we could use from your submissions. The day in which we'll show you all which ones were picked can't come soon enough, so please make sure to look forward to it. (Tsuchiya)