Project Umbrella Translation
LETTER ADDRESSED TO NIKOLAI FROM SERGEI
Nikolai, it is belated, but here is my reply.
The deal you brought to me would indeed bring vast wealth and possibilities.
An exceptional exchange it would be... But I must admit, I had my doubts.
It's not that I'm reluctant to let them go.
I'm also aware of the fact that, to Umbrella, these ten soldiers, who've been on the verge of death with me since my military days, are only "worth" as much as they'll pay.
Laugh all you want, Silver Wolf, we stood on the same battlefields.
It saddens me.
As a man, I feared this choice.
They're my alter egos whom I took under my wing.
They intend to turn these men with hearts and minds into living dead biological weapons...
But right now my heart is filled with unwavering determination.
Progress requires obedience and noble sacrifices at the risk of life and limb.
If our motherland is to be restored as a great superpower one day, I'll endure any hardship and spare no expense in blood.
Even if this body of mine were to be chopped with an axe, it matters not.
I swear it.
I'll set out on the path to become conqueror of the new century, as I carve my shameful flesh and shed lamenting blood.
The answer is "da."
Silver Wolf, I'll grant your wish.
Sergei Vladimir
Nikolai, it is belated, but here is my reply.
The deal you brought to me would indeed bring vast wealth and possibilities.
An exceptional exchange it would be... But I must admit, I had my doubts.
It's not that I'm reluctant to let them go.
I'm also aware of the fact that, to Umbrella, these ten soldiers, who've been on the verge of death with me since my military days, are only "worth" as much as they'll pay.
Laugh all you want, Silver Wolf, we stood on the same battlefields.
It saddens me.
As a man, I feared this choice.
They're my alter egos whom I took under my wing.
They intend to turn these men with hearts and minds into living dead biological weapons...
But right now my heart is filled with unwavering determination.
Progress requires obedience and noble sacrifices at the risk of life and limb.
If our motherland is to be restored as a great superpower one day, I'll endure any hardship and spare no expense in blood.
Even if this body of mine were to be chopped with an axe, it matters not.
I swear it.
I'll set out on the path to become conqueror of the new century, as I carve my shameful flesh and shed lamenting blood.
The answer is "da."
Silver Wolf, I'll grant your wish.
Sergei Vladimir
Official Japanese Transcript
ｾﾙｹﾞｲからﾆｺﾗｲに宛てた書簡
ﾆｺﾗｲ､遅れたが返答だ｡
お前が持ってきたその取引は､確かに莫大な富と可能性をもたらす｡
交換条件としては破格だろう…が､正直なところ､迷いはあった｡
手放すのが惜しくなったのではない｡
ｱﾝﾌﾞﾚﾗにとっては､軍時代からの死線を共にした10人の兵に､彼らの下した｢価値｣しかないという事実も判っている｡
同じ戦場に立った銀狼よ､笑うがいい｡
私は悲しいのだ｡
私は､人としてこの選択を恐れていた｡
彼らは私が手塩にかけた分身だ｡
意思もあれば心もある人間を､生ける屍の生体兵器に変えようというのだから…｡
しかし､揺るがぬ決意が今､この胸中にある｡
前進には､命を賭した遵奉､尊い犠牲が必要だ｡
いつの日か我が祖国が大国として復活するなら､私はどんな苦難にも耐え､血の対価を惜しまないだろう｡
たとえこの身を斧で切り刻まれても構わない｡
誓おう｡
慟哭の血を流し､慙塊の肉を削りながら､私は新世紀の覇者となる道に踏み出す｡
返答は｢ﾀﾞｰ(YES)｣｡
銀狼よ､お前の望みに応えよう｡
ｾﾙｹﾞｲ･ｳﾗｼﾞﾐｰﾙ
ﾆｺﾗｲ､遅れたが返答だ｡
お前が持ってきたその取引は､確かに莫大な富と可能性をもたらす｡
交換条件としては破格だろう…が､正直なところ､迷いはあった｡
手放すのが惜しくなったのではない｡
ｱﾝﾌﾞﾚﾗにとっては､軍時代からの死線を共にした10人の兵に､彼らの下した｢価値｣しかないという事実も判っている｡
同じ戦場に立った銀狼よ､笑うがいい｡
私は悲しいのだ｡
私は､人としてこの選択を恐れていた｡
彼らは私が手塩にかけた分身だ｡
意思もあれば心もある人間を､生ける屍の生体兵器に変えようというのだから…｡
しかし､揺るがぬ決意が今､この胸中にある｡
前進には､命を賭した遵奉､尊い犠牲が必要だ｡
いつの日か我が祖国が大国として復活するなら､私はどんな苦難にも耐え､血の対価を惜しまないだろう｡
たとえこの身を斧で切り刻まれても構わない｡
誓おう｡
慟哭の血を流し､慙塊の肉を削りながら､私は新世紀の覇者となる道に踏み出す｡
返答は｢ﾀﾞｰ(YES)｣｡
銀狼よ､お前の望みに応えよう｡
ｾﾙｹﾞｲ･ｳﾗｼﾞﾐｰﾙ