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その目は千里先を見通す

English translation: those eyes can see a thousand leagues

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Japanese term or phrase:その目は千里先を見通す
English translation:those eyes can see a thousand leagues
Entered by: sumire (X)

09:52 Jul 12, 2007
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Japanese term or phrase: その目は千里先を見通す
侍映画の中で、2人の侍が対座して会話をしています。一方の話し手が山に住む「天狗」を描写するのに言ったセリフです。英国の観客が対象ですので、イギリス英語のふさわしい表現を教えて下さい。またセリフですので時間の枠があります。
sumire (X)
United States
those eyes can see a thousand leagues
Explanation:
league is an old fashioned term of distance equal to three miles. It should be well known to English speakers and goes well with with fantasy and mythology. (For example "thousand league boots"). "Thousand League Eyes" was the translation for a figure in Chinese mythology
http://americanairlines.wcities.com/en/record/152,129549/86/...
so you could also have "(he has) thousand league eyes"
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paul_b
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:02
Grading comment
Thank you, Paul !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +6those eyes can see a thousand leagues
paul_b
4those eyes can foresee far into the future
Ruth Sato


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
those eyes can see a thousand leagues


Explanation:
league is an old fashioned term of distance equal to three miles. It should be well known to English speakers and goes well with with fantasy and mythology. (For example "thousand league boots"). "Thousand League Eyes" was the translation for a figure in Chinese mythology
http://americanairlines.wcities.com/en/record/152,129549/86/...
so you could also have "(he has) thousand league eyes"

paul_b
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you, Paul !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sigmalanguage
54 mins
  -> Thanks.
agree  Roger Johnson: good!
2 hrs
agree  SAKIFUKU (X): Love it!
5 hrs
agree  dchild
6 hrs
agree  KathyT: Definitely prefer your original "those eyes can see a thousand leagues" over "(he has) thousand league eyes" [D'OH!]
6 hrs
agree  Nobuo Kameyama
12 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
those eyes can foresee far into the future


Explanation:
I agree with Paul, but I just wanted to offer another suggestion to give you some ideas to work with.

Ruth Sato
United States
Local time: 03:02
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: ありがとう、Satoさん！

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