Abh clan names

Finally got the first volume of TokyoPop's English translation of the original Seikai novels (aka Crest/Banner of the Stars). My first flip-through was pretty rocky, what with all the conlang vocab sprinkled throughout, but I think I'm starting to get a better handle on things by cross-referencing with the manga; the anime could probably use some repeat viewing too, since it's been a while since I watched the OVAs.

One particular problem is that the three different media don't share a consistent system of transliterating the conlang. Most of the hardcore fans seem to prefer a relatively literal system, but the licensed media prefer phonetic spellings. I'm making a foolhardy attempt at drawing up a concordance on paper, but it's not going to be a happy process.

However, an unexpected point of interest is that according to a Korean fansite, the nomenclature of the Abh noble clans is drawn from the same 28-constellation cosmology that Fushigi Yuugi is based on, except for the Imperial family of the Ablïarsec (given the phonetic spelling "Abriel" in all three media translations); their name is based on the sun goddess Amaterasu. ( Read more... )

Abh personal names

Aha, finally found the detailed explanation I thought I remembered reading a while back. Too bad the licensed material doesn't have an equivalent so far.

And to give an idea of how widely the official versions vary from the literal ones...( Read more... )