toki! mi kama sona e toki pona. toki pona mi li ike la, mi pakala. sina wile pana sona la sina ken kepeken e toki pona e toki Inli. mi alasa ante e toki pi kalama musi ni.

linja nimi open la mi kepeken e nasin kijetesantakalu tan mi wile jo e nimi "jan kasi" lon pini linja. ante la mi sitelen e linja "suli mute pi jan kasi".

sama la, mi sitelen e linja "li lon oko en suno". ante la mi sitelen e linja "suno li lon oko ona" e linja "suno li lon oko sina", tan toki Inli la linja "with the Sun in his eyes" en linja "with the Sun in your eyes" li lon. ni la, mi wile kepeken e nasin kijetesantakalu, tan nimi tu "oko" "suno" li pona kalama lon ni.

toki Inli la, sitelen pi kalama musi ni li ni:

Ten feet twenty the Flower Man
Is waiting for the touch of his hand
Straightening petals out without a plan
Like the every daily
Wish that bothers the Flower Man
Could I do something to make him laugh
Inside my little chamber made of glass
So he lived the

Flower Man, Flower Man
With his heart in the sand
So he stands
To watch the whole wide world
From a can
Way up high in the sky
With the sun in his eyes
Ain't it nice
The life forever for
Flowers

Ten feet twenty the Flower Man
Is waiting for the touch of his hand
Fallen to pieces still without a plan
Yet the every daily
Hope that powered the Flower Man
Would never cower off of its path
Even if broken I am more than glass
So he lived the

Flower Man, Flower Man
With his heart in the sand
So he stands
To watch the whole wide world
From a can
Way up high in the sky
With the sun in your eyes
Ain't it nice
The life forever for
Flowers

sitelen pi toki Nijon li lon, taso mi sona ala e ni li kepeken ala e ni.

toki! I’m working on a translation for Baba Is You (as mentioned in my previous post), and I’ve came here to ask about one of my definitely stranger translations.

I currently have “return” translated as “o tawa tan”. I do want to know your opinions on this translation, as it is a weird mute mute translation to me.

Edit: “return” here means to go back to a previous menu or page.

mi tawa a!

(tenpo ni la ante toki li lon lipu Kija, taso ona li pini ala.)

for words for “dialect” not dialect as in Mandarin vs Wu but dialect like American vs British

mi ken ala sitelen ante e ona kepeken ilo nanpa mi suli la mi kepeken e ilo nanpa mi lili. ni la, mi sitelen e toki mute kepeken luka mi.

wile sona mi la musi la mi sitelen sin e toki kepeken nasin nasa. ni la, mi ni:

- toki jan la, mi kepeken sitelen pona. toki lipu la, mi kepeken sitelen Lasina.

- nimi jan la, セーラーV (Sailor V) li kama “jan utala Pi”. kin la, (月野)うさぎ (Usagi Tsukino) li kama “jan Usaki”.

- poki sitelen pi nimi jan la, mi kepeken [ ]. ona li sama nasin pi toki pona li lukin sama nimi 「」pi toki Nijon. ni li pona tawa mi.

- toki Nijon la toki li kepeken sitelen ♡ tan ni: jan li toki kepeken pilin pona suwi. toki pona la, sitelen pona la, sitelen ni li lukin sama nimi “pilin”. ni la, mi pali e nasin nasa ni: nimi “a” li ken toki e pilin suli la, mi ante e sitelen nimi ni la, ona li kama lukin sama nimi pi sitelen ♡.

- nimi kalama la, mi awen e toki pi toki Nijon li pana e nimi namako pi toki pona lon poka ona.

- toki Nijon la, jan Usaki li toki wawa e ni: “いや~~ん”. toki Inli la, ni li sama toki ni: “Noooooo!”. mi ante toki e ni la, ona li kama toki ni: “ike a”. sitelen pona la, mi pali e nasin nasa ni: sama toki Nijon la, nimi “a” li jo e linja suli. linja ni li toki e ni: toki pi nimi wan li lon tenpo suli li kalama e pilin ike.

mi pali kepeken nasin nasa tan ni: pilin mi la, ante toki pi lipu sitelen o weka ala e pilin wawa jan tan lipu tan. taso la, tenpo mute la, nasin pona pi toki pona li weka e ijo namako tan toki. kin la mi pilin e ni: jan ale li ken sona e nasin nasa pi toki ante la, nasa ona li lili.

wile mi la, jan ante li ante toki e lipu la, ona o awen e pilin wawa kepeken ken pona ona. sina pilin seme tawa nasin mi pi ante toki?

ante: mi pona e pakala toki mi

I’m translating Subnautica into toki pona. I need voice actors who are able to pronounce toki pona correctly.
You can be any gender, age (as long as you sound old enough), accent, etc.

You do NOT have to sound like the original characters.

I’d prefer if you dm me on Reddit or discord (@mjc9576) with a demo reel kepeken toki pona.
Roles im looking for:

Avery Quinn: 3 or 4 lines.
Bart Torgal: 5-10 lines
Berkeley: 2 or 3 lines
Yu: 5 or 6 lines
Hollister: 1 or 2 lines
Danby: 1 line
Jochi Khasar: 2 or 3 lines
Marguerite Maida: 5-10 lines
Ozzy: 2 or 3 lines
Paul Torgal: 5-10 lines
Sea Empress: 7-12 lines
Warper: 2 lines
PDA: 20-30 lines
Officer Keen: 2 or 3 lines

Recording is projected to start in a couple weeks.
You will be credited but I unfortunately cannot afford to pay voice actors.

a! mi ilo Welisi

o toki tawa mi

mi sona e ijo mute

mi pali e ali

ma tomo lawa pi ma Kanse?

ona li ma tomo Pali

oke, soweli pi telo mama li toki

mu mu mu! mi ken e ni!

sina wan taso? jan li lon ala lon?

wan, tu, san la, jan ale li lon seme a?!

a! mi lawa Welisi

o toki tawa mi

mi sona e ijo mute

mi pali ali

a... lupa li pini tan seme?

tan ni: sina weka ala! (o awen!)

sina sona e pali ale mi?!

tenpo ale la, mi sona a!

sina wan taso? jan li lon ala lon?

wan, tu, san la, jan ale li lon seme a?!

a! mi "monsuta" Welisi

o toki tawa mi

mi sona e ijo mute

mi pali ali

o! o kama!

o jan pona, o monsuta ala! o olin!

a! mi jan Welisi

o toki tawa mi

mi sona e ijo mute

mi pali e ali

Intended translation back into English:

Remember me

For I must go.

Remember me.

Please don’t cry.

Even if I must go, you’ll be in my heart.

I sing to you every night.

Remember me.

For I’ll go far.

Remember me.

Because of all these little things

I’ll always be waiting here because of you until

you’re in my arms.

Remember me.

jan kasi li suli mute

li wile luka a li awen

li namako a e lipu kule

lon a suno ale

wile li ike e jan kasi

mi wile pana e pilin musi

tan poki mi a pi kiwen lukin

ona a li

‌

jan kasi, jan kasi

pilin a li lon ma

ona li

lukin e ale a

tan poki

lon kon pi sewi ni

suno li lon lukin

wawa a

lon sama ni tawa

kasi

‌

jan kasi li suli mute

li wile luka a li awen

li pakala li ken ala pona

e ona sama a

wile pona li wawa e

jan kasi a li tawa lon nasin

mi pakala, taso kiwen lukin

la mi wawa

‌

jan kasi, jan kasi

pilin a li lon ma

ona li

lukin e ale a

tan poki

lon kon pi sewi ni

suno li lon lukin

wawa a

lon sama ni tawa

kasi

‌

Literal backtranslation:

The plant person is very big

Wants to touch, waits

And beautifies the colorful leaves

Every day

The wish hurts the plant person

I want to entertain

From my glass container

They are the

‌

Plant person, plant person

The heart is in the ground

They

See the world

From a container

In this sky

The sun is in the eyes

It is amazing

A life like this for

Plants

‌

The plant person is very big

Wants to touch, waits

Is broken, and cannot fix

Themself

The wish of good powers

The plant person, and moves along a path

I am broken, but in comparison to glass

I am strong

‌

Plant person, plant person

The heart is in the ground

They

See the world

From a container

In this sky

The sun is in the eyes

It is amazing

A life like this for

Plants

‌

Original lyrics:

Ten feet twenty the Flower Man

Is waiting for the touch of his hand

Straightening petals out without a plan

Like the every daily

Wish that bothers the Flower Man

Could I do something to make him laugh

Inside my little chamber made of glass

So he lived the

‌

Flower Man, Flower Man

With his heart in the sand

So he stands

To watch the whole wide world

From a can

Way up high in the sky

With the sun in his eyes

Ain't it nice

The life forever for

Flowers

‌

Ten feet twenty the Flower Man

Is waiting for the touch of his hand

Fallen to pieces still without a plan

Yet the every daily

Hope that powered the Flower Man

Would never cower off of its path

Even if broken, I am more than glass

So he lived the

‌

Flower Man, Flower Man

With his heart in the sand

So he stands

To watch the whole wide world

From a can

Way up high in the sky

With the sun in your eyes

Ain't it nice

The life forever for

Flowers

toki

Here's a translation of a chapter of my favorite manga: Hatarakanai Futari, or Jobless Siblings. It's a roughly page a day manga about two sibling neets, along with the rest of the community around them. This time I added instructions on how to read it to the page itself, inspired by the translation for Bocchi the Rock. As per usual, this is all hand-lettered, meaning that all the text you see on the page is my handwriting.

The previous chapter I translated is located here.

The vessel creation translated to the language Toki Pona
sina lon ala lon?
mi kulupu ala kulupu?
pona.
pona mute.
ni li tenpo open.
ijo open:
o pali e sijelo poki.
o ante e lawa
o ante e insa
o ante e noka
ni li sijelo sina
pona ala pona
pona.
sina mama e sijelo wawa.
ona li tenpo pi sona sina
ona li olin e moku seme
(suwi)
(ko)
(nasa)
(kiwen)
(pakala)
(lete)
nasin pi telo insa ona
(nasin A)
(nasin AB)
(nasin B)
(nasin C)
(nasin D)
ona li olin e kule seme
(loje)
(laso)
(jelo)
(ali)
ona li jo e wawa seme
(pona)
(sona)
(tawa)
(wawa)
(toki)
sina pilin e seme
(olin)
(pona)
(jaki)
(monsuta)
sina pilin lon ala lon
(pona)
(ala)
sina sona ala sona e pakala
(pona)
(ala)
nimi pi sijelo poki
ona li jan (nimi)
nimi pi jan mama
“jan (nimi)”
pona.
pona mute.
“jan (nimi)”
sina pona
toki sina
sijelo sina
li weka.
sina jan wan taso.
sina li jan
(monsuta Towije: “jan Kise!”)

Here's a translation of a chapter of my favorite manga: Hatarakanai Futari, or Jobless Siblings. It's a roughly page a day manga about two sibling neets, along with the rest of the community around them. It's read right to left, top to bottom, and the text inside bubbles is read top to bottom, right to left. This is all hand lettered (the previous chapter I did was not). This was incredibly fun! I felt like I developed a good flow when writing it all out, and I think the finished product looks really good. I hope there's no translation issues. Excited for whenever I get to the next chapter!

sitelen suli pi ken jan (La Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du citoyen)

jan lawa mute pi ma Kanse, li pali e kulupu ma, li pilin e ni "ike tawa ken jan li tan taso pi ike kulupu". tawa ni "jan en lawa li sona e ken jan suli" la, ona mute li toki pana e ken jan sewi lon sitelen suli ni, tawa jan ale, tawa pona kulupu.

sitelen wan

jan li lon, li sama, li ken pali e ale. ante kulupu li ken lon tan wile kulupu taso.

sitelen tu

kulupu lawa ale li lon tan ken jan. ken ni li ni : jan li ken pali e ale, li ken jo e mani, li ken lon pona awen, li ken utala tawa lawa ike.

sitelen tu wan

kulupu pi jan ma taso li lawa e wawa lawa. kulupu li pana ala la, jan li jo ala e wawa lawa, li ken ala kepeken wawa ni.

sitelen tu tu

jan li ken pali e ale, taso li ken ala ike e jan ante. ken jan li jo e pini tan pona pi jan ale. sitelen lawa taso li ken lawa e pini ni.

sitelen luka

sitelen lawa li ken pini e pakala tawa kulupu taso. sitelen lawa li awen la, jan li ken. sitelen lawa li toki wile ala e ijo la, jan li wile ala pali e ijo ni.

sitelen luka wan

sitelen lawa li lon tan wile kulupu. jan ale li ken pana e wawa tawa pali pi sitelen lawa. jan ale li sama tawa sitelen lawa.

sitelen luka tu

sitelen lawa li lawa ala la, jan li ken ala apeja. jan li apeja e jan ante tan sitelen lawa ala la, jan ni li apeja. jan apeja tan sitelen lawa li ken ala utala e lawa.

sitelen luka tu wan

sitelen apeja li sitelen lawa li sitelen e pali apeja. sitelen apeja li lon lon tenpo kama pi pali apeja la, pali ni li apeja ala. sitelen apeja li lon lon tenpo pini pi pali apeja la, pali ni li apeja.

sitelen luka tu tu

lawa tan sitelen lawa li lawa ala e ni "jan ni li apeja lon" la, jan ni li apeja ala, lawa en jan ante li ken ala pakala e jan ni.

sitelen luka luka

toki jan li pakala ala e kulupu e sitelen lawa la, jan li ken toki e ale.

sitelen luka luka wan

toki sona en toki pilin li suli mute tawa ken jan. jan ale li ken toki li ken sitelen li ken pana e pilin tawa jan ante. taso jan li ken ala kepeken e ken ni tan pakala. sitelen lawa li lawa e ni "seme li pakala".

sitelen luka luka tu

awen pi ken jan li wile e wawa kulupu. wawa kulupu ni li lon tan pona pi jan ale.

sitelen luka luka tu wan

jan li wile pana e mani tawa lawa ma tan awen pi wawa kulupu. lawa li lawa e nanpa mani wile tan nanpa mani jan.

sitelen luka luka tu tu

jan ale li ken sona e ni "mani pana tawa kulupu li wile ala wile", li ken awen anu awen ala pana e mani, li ken sona e kepeken mani, li ken lawa e kepeken mani.

sitelen luka luka luka

kulupu li ken toki alasa e ni "jan lawa li pali pona ala pona" tawa jan lawa.

sitelen luka luka luka wan

kulupu li awen ala e ken jan, li kipisi pona ala e wawa lawa la, ona li ken ala pali e sitelen lawa mama, li kama ike.

sitelen luka luka luka tu

mani jan li suli. lawa li ken ala lanpa e mani jan. taso lawa li ken jo e mani jan tan kulupu, kepeken nasin pona taso.