Translation Notes
I started working on this because I was bored and looking for an excuse to improve my Japanese. And I really like Log Horizon and wanted to play LHTRPG with my friends, but the existing translations were incomplete or difficult to introduce people with.
Log Horizon TRPG (or LHTRPG or LHZ for short) seems to be intended to operate as a global system with exchangeable character sheets, where lots of characters can play in a shared setting. The same way a real MMO would work.
Players outside Japan may not have access to the community resources to play in the same manner, so use your tabletop improv skills.
Translation Guide
Variations in Translation
I tried to keep the content as similar as possible section for section, paragraph for paragraph, table for table. Some sentences are combined or split apart for flow.
The subclasses/occupations I just pulled from the fan wiki for the Anime.
The skills and items tables I pulled from the existing translation, which seemed to be sufficient.
Character Creation
- プレイヤー名
- Player Name
- 種族
- Race (literally "tribal group"), e.g. human, elf, half-alv.
- 性別
- Gender (And yet still, inevitably, there'll be that one guy who writes down "lots")
- アーキ職業
- Archetype, literally "arch-occupation"
- メイン職業
- Class, sometimes "Main Class". Literally "main occupation"
- サブ職業
- "Occupation" or "Subclass", literally "Sub-occupation"
- 能力基本値
- Base Ability Score
- 能力値
- Ability Modifier — Literally "Ability Score" not to be confused with Base Ability Score above.
- 技能値
- Ability Attributes — one of the 11 scores derived from the ability modifiers.
- 最大HP
- MaxHP — Literally "maximum HP"
- 初期因果力
- Starting Fate
- 因果力
- Fate or Fate Power or Fate Points.
- 攻撃力
- Attack Power
- 魔力
- Magic Power
- 回復力
- Restoration Power
- 物理防御力
- Physical Defense
- 魔法防御力
- Magic Defense
- 行動力
- Initiative, sometimes "Action"
- 移動力
- Movement
- 武器の射程
- Weapon Range
- 所持品
- Inventory Item
- 装備品
- Equipped Item
- 所持品スロット
- Inventory Slot
- 装備品スロット
- Equipped Slot
- 手スロット
- Hand Slot
- 防具スロット
- Armor Slot
- 補助装備スロット
- Accessory Slot
- 鞄スロット
- Bag Slot
Archetypes (アーキ職業)
- 戦士職
- Warrior
- 回復職
- Healer
- 武器攻撃職
- Weapons Master
- 魔法攻撃職
- Mage
Ability Attributes (技能値)
- 運動直
- Athletics (STR)
- 耐久直
- Endurance (STR)
- 解除直
- Disable (DEX)
- 操作直
- Operation (DEX)
- 知覚直
- Perception (POW)
- 交渉直
- Negotiation (POW)
- 知識直
- Knowledge (INT)
- 解析直
- Analysis (INT)
- 命中直
- Accuracy (best)
- 回避直
- Evasion (DEX)
- 抵抗直
- Resistance (POW)
Types of Actions/Skills
- 種族特技
- Race Skills: skills that may only be learned by players of a specific race
- アーキ職業特技
- Archetype skills: skills that may only be learned by players of a specific archetype
- メイン職業特技
- Main Class Skills: skills that may only be learned by players of a specific class
- 共通特技
- Common Skills — Skills that may be learned by any adventurer
- 基本動作
- Basic Actions — Actions known by all adventurers
- 基本動作の一覧
- List of Basic Actions
- 戦闘特技
- Combat Skills — skills that may only be used in combat.
- 一般特技
- General Skills — skills that may be used in various situations, even outside combat.
Skill/Datablock Components
- 判定
- Check
- 対象
- target. e.g. The target of an attack.
- 選択
- Pick or P. Literally: "selection", "choice", "option". Term used in descriptions.
- 無差別
- All or A. Literally: "indiscriminate". Term used in descriptions.
- 射程
- Range. Property of most data blocks—the farthest away a target may be in order to be targeted
- 範囲
- Area. Similar in meaning to range, but more like an area of effect.
- ヘイト
- hate: ha-i-to in Japanese. Also called aggro in MMO usage, short for aggravation.
- 効果
- Effect
- 仲間
- Allies, or Friends, since it excludes yourself.
- 味方
- Party, but sometimes also Allies. Includes the user.
- 通常移動
- Normal Movement
- 即時移動
- Safe Movement
- 瞬問転移
- Teleportation
Weapon Types
- 剣
- Blade
- 刀
- Katana (Single-edged)
- 槍
- Spear
- 槌斧
- Hafted
- 鞭
- Whip
- 格闘
- Martial Arts
- 杖
- Staff
- 弓
- Bow
- 投擲
- Throwing
- 固定砲
- Artillery — literally "fixed gun" see Japanese Wikipedia: 攻城砲
Other Equipment
- 軽量
- Lightweight, or sometimes Light
- 魔石
- Magic Stone
- 盾
- Shield
- 楽器
- Instrument
- 重鎧
- Heavy Armor
- 中鎧
- Medium Armor
- 軽鎧
- Light Armor
- 補助装備
- Accessory
- 鞄
- Bag
Character Tags
- 戦闘不能
- Incapacitated
- Rigor
- Decay
- Confusion
- Afflicted
- Staggered
- Dazed
Attack Tags
- 火炎
- Flame
- 冷気
- Cold (or maybe Frost?)
- 電撃
- Shock
- 光輝
- Holy (literally: brightness; splendor)
- 邪毒
- Blight (literally: evil spite)
- 精神
- Spirit (literally: mind; spirit; soul; heart; ethos)
Item Tags
- 片手
- One-Handed
- 両手
- Two-Handed
- 重鎧
- Heavy Armor
- 重鎧
- Medium Armor
- 軽鎧
- Light Armor
Miscellaneous
- セルデシア
- Theldesia
- パーソナルファクター
- Personal Factors: names, genders, subclasses, relationships and friendships, connections, and beliefs; things that only impact roleplaying.
- アクション
- Main Process Action, specifically a Move, Major, Minor, or Instant action. Literally "Action", though that word means something else in this translation.
- 戦闘
- Combat — the combat portion of a scene
- 射線
- Line of sight. Literally "shooting line".
- 瞬間転移
- Teleportation. Literally "Instantaneous transfer".
- 追加
- 未 行動
- pre-action: the timing before an action
- 行動済
- post-action: the timing after an action
- 人物タグ
- Character Tag
- スクエア
- Square or squares (depending on context). One unit in a play grid.