Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project/ja-en

This translation is intended for people who already know English and are learning Japanese. It is not intended to be used to learn English, because the sentences in English may use strange or awkward wording in order to illustrate the vocabulary and grammar of the original Japanese.

Intro

Japanese

フロリダビーチでバカンスを　たのしんでいるタートルズ・・・

English

The turtles are enjoying a vacation at Florida Beach...

This is a case of taigendome (体言止め), ending a sentence with a noun to emphasize it.

Japanese

「エイプリルのリポートが　はじまるぞ！」

English

"April's report is starting!"

Japanese

「ここニューヨークでは、はんざいが　ふえるばかりで・・・・・」

English

"Here in New York, crime keeps rising, and...

Japanese

「な、なんだ！？」

English

"W-what's this?"

Japanese

「タートルズよ！　みるがいい！！」

English

"Turtles! Pay attention!"

Japanese

「タートルズよ、エイプリルと　マンハッタンは、あすかった。」

English

TODO — Missing text

Japanese

「とりもどしたければ、おれのところへ、こい！！！」

English

If you want to get them back, come to my place!

取り戻したければ is the conditional form of 取り戻したい, which is the desiderative ("I want") form of 取り戻す.

The comma after へ is unnecessary (though the one after とりもどしたければ isn't unusual). It seems that this game prefers to use commas rather than spaces after phrases to make the all-kana text more readable.

Stage 1 - Beach

Japanese

レッツゴー！　タートルズ！！

English

Let's go, turtles!

Stage 2 - Ocean

Japanese

カワバンガ！　めざせマンハッタン！！

English

Cowabunga! Head for Manhattan!

TODO — Unusual word order

Stage 3 - Bridge

Japanese

あしもとに、ちゅういせよ！！

English

Watch your step!

せよ is one of the imperatives of する. More common is しろ; using せよ gives it more of an air of authority (like a military command).

Stage 4 - New York

Japanese

そらのうえの、マンハッタン！！

English

Manhattan up in the sky!

Stage 5 - Sewer

Japanese

ちかにせんにゅう、げすいどうでファイト！！

English

Let's sneak into the underground sewers and fight!

Stage 6 - Technodrome

Japanese

エイプリルを、さがせ！！

English

Look for April!

Rescued April

Japanese

「ありがとう、タートルズ！！」

English

"Thank you, turtles!"

Japanese

「マンハッタンとうの、じょうくうに、クラングのうちゅうせんが、あるわ。」

English

"Krang has a spaceship in the skies above Manhattan Island."

Japanese

「みて！！　シュレッダーがにげるわ！」

English

Look! Shredder's getting away!

Stage 7 - Building

Japanese

のがすか、シュレッダー！！

English

Are we really letting you escape, Shredder?

か, when used with the plain form, typically adds an incredulous tone.

Stage 8 - Spaceship

Japanese

さいごのたたかい、あいことばはカワバンガ！！

English

The final battle. The password is 'cowabunga'!