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This is a gameblog following my progress through the Nintendo DS game, Professor Layton and the Specter's Flute. Mostly I'm transcribing puzzles so I can use machine translation (Google Translate) to help me better comprehend what the puzzles are actually asking.
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Monday, January 11, 2010

Puzzle 041: Show the Star

ナゾ041 星を見るには
太陽観察のため目に悪くないどういう
色ガラスを2枚制作した。
その色ガラスを使って太陽を観測する
ことができたのだが、この色ガラス
2枚を使えば太陽だけでなく星も見る
ことができるという。
さて、この2枚の色ガラスを使って
できる限り大きな星を見たいのだが、
いったいどうせればいいだろう?

Google Translate
Not bad for what color of glass to produce two pieces of the observation of the sun. But was able to observe the sun with its colored glass, colored glass that these two stars can be seen not only sun and you can use the cards. Now, I want to see these two stars are possible using large sheets of colored glass, you'd be good on?

Notes on Puzzle
You are given two pieces of colored glass (one blue, one yellow). You must arrange them to show a star. You can move and rotate each pane separately.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Puzzle 037: 7 Gold Coins

ナゾ037 7枚の金貨
ここに7枚の金貨がある。
このうち1枚だけを動かして、表が
出ている金貨と、裏が出ている金貨
の数を同じ枚数にしてほしい。
金貨をタッチすれば裏表ひっくり返す
こともできるよ。
さあ、君にできるかな?

Google Translate
Here are seven gold pieces. Of these only one single move, there are tables and gold, I think that's the same number that the number of gold coins out the back. If I can touch the coin flip sides. Now, Can you do that to you?

Notes on Puzzle
You are given 7 coins arranged on a table. 5 are heads up; 2 are tails up. By moving just one coin, you can make the number of coins with heads up and tails up even. Note that you can also flip the coin you are moving, but you can only touch one coin.

Puzzle 033: The Fruit Bearers

ナゾ033 果物を持つ人
町で会った4人が立ち話をするために
持っていた果物を足元に置いた。
とだんに、グレープフルーツを持って
いた人とメロンを持っていた人が走り
出した。でも、バナナを持っていた人と
ブドウを持っていた人は、その場で
呆然と見ていたという。
彼らが立ち話をしようとした場所を
ひらがな4文字までで答えてほしい。

Google Translate
Four met in the town had laid at the feet of fruit stand talking to people. We settle the matter and soaring people who had had a grapefruit and melon. But people who had had the grapes and bananas, had stood in place watching. Hiragana and where they stand talking to want to answer the four characters.

Notes on Puzzle
There are four people standing about talking. One is holding a (honeydew) melon, one is holding some grapefruits, one is holding some bananas and one is holding some grapes. There's a thud and the two who had the grapefruits and melon go running off while the other two look on in confusion. From these clues you have to figure out where the four were standing around and talking. Although the clue says the answer is written in 4 hiragana, the game will apparently accept a few related answers; the longest answers use 4 hiragana.

Puzzle 024: The Lonely Couple

ナゾ024 孤独な2人
この国の王子と隣国の王女は互いに
思いを寄せていたが、国同士の仲が
悪かったため会うことができずに、
孤独で寂しい日々を送っていた。
この日も2人はバルコニーから月を
眺め、お互いを思い涙を流していた。
2人を幸せにするにはどうしたらよい
のだろう。涙を移動、回転させて、
夜空に幸せの形を浮かばせよう。

Google Translate
The prince and princess of this country, but neighbors were asked to feel each other, because they could not meet due to its poor relationship between the countries, Sun was sent to lonely people. The two days from a balcony overlooking the moon was thought to each other in tears. Two people would be happy to do. Moved to tears, rotate, let someone turn the form of happiness in the night sky.

Notes on Puzzle
A very Romeo & Juliet setup. You must take their sadness (two teardrops) and combine the shapes into their happiness. You can move and rotate both teardrops, you just have to form the shape of their happiness in the square window in the middle of the screen (where the moon is.)

Puzzle 019: The Fish Tank

ナゾ019 水槽の魚
私は水槽に1匹魚を買っており、
ジョンと名付けている。その水槽には、
ときどきジョン以外の魚を入れるが
しばらく放って置くと後から入れた
魚は姿を消してしまう。ところで、
ジョンに以外で水槽に入れる魚は共通
の呼び方をしているのだが、それは
何だと思うかい?
ひらがな2文字で答えてね。

Google Translate
I will buy a fish tank and one fish are named John. The tank that the fish and put him alone for a while after I put the put the other fish would disappear sometimes John. By the way, put the fish tank but other than that to John prefer to be called common, is that a Guess what? I answered two hiragana characters.

Notes on Puzzle
You have to figure out what happens to fish when they get put in John's tank, aka why do they disappear? The answer (spelled out with 2 hiragana) is kind of sad.

After you solve this puzzle, you get the a pet fish! I named my fish “Nemo”. You also get access to the Fish minigame, which involved changing one 2-hiragana word into another. You give the hiragana to a fish, who eats it and spits out a new set of hiragana. At the top is a hiragana chart; the fish change the hiragana based on the chart. A fish can either switch the first and second hiragana, move the hiragana horizontally on the chart or vertically on the chart. I have no idea how this game would translate to English, which is alphabetic. Perhaps create a limited set of syllables and chart them? Hmm, it would be a bit tricky for sure.

Puzzle 015: The Meeting Place

ナゾ015 持ち合わせ場所
町のレストランで人と会う約束をした
のだが、4件あるお店のどれだったか
わからなくなってしまった。
そのお店は、町に3つある像のうち
勇者の像の真北にある、女神の像の
真南にあり、獅子の像の真東にある。
地図を見つけたが、その地図には方角
も像の名前も描かれていなかった。
どのお店に行けばよいのだろう?

Google Translate
There was an appointment to meet with people at a restaurant in town, had four shops no longer know whether there were any of the cases. Its shops, the three towns in the north of the statue of the hero image of that one, in the south of the statue of the goddess, in the east of the statue of the lion. I found a map, a map that depicts the name of the statue was not even direction. Go to the store will do what?

Notes on Puzzle
You're given a map with 4 possible restaurants marked on it, as well as marks for the three statues mentioned in the clue. The statues are not named, so you can't tell which is the hero or lion or goddess statute. You have to figure out which restaurant is the meeting place based on relative location: to the south is the hero statute, to the north is the goddess statue, and to the east is the lion statute.

Puzzle 014: Restaurant Menu

ナゾ014 食堂のメニユー
食堂には、4つのテーブルが有る。
いま、それぞれのテーブルで頼んだ
メニユーの合計金閣が同じになって
いるとういう。
4のテーブルにのある、もう1つの
メニユーは何だかわかるかい?
ABCの中から選んでほしい。

Google Translate
The dining room, one table Yes 4. Now, that sort of temple and the same has been asked Meniyu sum of each table. 4 of the table, and another one to roll one Meniyu somewhat know? ABC wants to pick from.

Notes on Puzzle
You're given four tables with different numbers of food items (juice, toast and tea.) The total bill for each table is the same. The last table is missing one item; you must decide which food item should go on the table so that the value of the food matches the other three tables.

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Puzzle 009: Which Curtains?

ナゾ009 どのカーテン?
執事さんからこんな指示のメモを
もらったんだけと、急いでいたのか
メモの文字が雑に書いてあって
読みにくいったらないよ。
「13のカーテンをかけてください。」
って書いてあるけど、ここにはA*B
*C*Dの札がつけられたカーテンしか
ないなよ。どのカーテンをかければ
いいのか、わかるかい?

Google Translate
The only instructions I received this note from Mr. Butler, I read there is f****** hard to write a memo or letter was sloppy in a hurry. "Please put the curtain 13." But, it says here, A * B * C * D and I only have the tags attached curtain. It takes a curtain or how good, can you see?

Notes on Puzzle
Simple logic puzzle. The butler writes a messy note asking for you to select curtain 13; you are given four sets of curtains labeled A, B, C and D to choose from. Also, I am somewhat amused at Google Translate's rather foul-mouthed machine translation.

Puzzle 003: Which Box to Bring?

ナゾ003 どれを持っていく?
16個の箱から指定された箱を運ばな
ければならないのだが、メモが汚れて
条件の一部が読めなくなってしまった。
メモから読め取れた条件は以下の通り。
*右の箱のいると???の箱
*左の箱の色と???の箱
*上の箱の色と???の箱
*下の箱の色と同じ色の箱
4つの条件を満たす箱はどれだろう?

Google Translate
16, but must carry a box from a box of pieces specified, some of the conditions had been unreadable notes dirty. Balanced conditions are as follows reading from notes.
* If the right of the box ??? Box
* The color of the box on the left ??? Box
* The color on the box ??? Box
* Box of the same color as the box below
4 boxes which will meet two conditions?

Notes on puzzle
The image is of 16 boxes in a 4x4 grid. 8 boxes are bare wooden crates, the other 8 are red travel luggage cases. The puzzle sets up conditions and you have to find the box which matches all 4.

Puzzle 002: Four Photographs

ナゾ002 4枚の写真
同じ場所で撮られた4枚の写真がある。
4枚のうち3枚の写真はグループで
観光に来た人たちが交代でお互いを
撮り合ったときのものである。
残る1枚は違う日に同じ場所で撮られ
た3人とは関係ない人の写真だ。
一緒に町へ観光に来た人が写っている
写真3枚を選んでほしい。

Google Translate
Taken in the same place there are four photos. Three out of four copies of the photos is that when one turns shooting at each other in groups of people came to tourism. Still photos were taken in the same place one day and three different people who is not related photos. The photo showed a tourist who came to town should select the three pieces together.

Notes on puzzle
Basically, there are four photos of different people. Each photo has some slightly different details in the background. You need to select the three photos that are a group: the three who came and took a photo at the same time; the fourth is a photo taken at the same place but at a different time.