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Translation help There's a book I really want to read, but it's in Japanese so I'm unable to read it at the moment. I've tried to translate it but it's exceedingly difficult. Here is a small excerpt of the book. Please could somebody translate it for me so that I can learn from it. 重厚かつっ無機質。すべてが合理的に、寸分の狂いもなくただ整然と時間が刻まれていく電脳機械都市(Metallic City)『TANAGURA』。 その中にあって、唯一の異端とも言うべき有機体(人間)が存在する特 区―『Eos』。(パレス・夕ワ一) およそ一年半のブランクを経て再び出戻って……リキにとっては選択の自由意志などないに等しい強制送還だったが。 そのペナルティ一として、一カ月間、首輪にリ一ド付きで一日きっちり二時間、部屋付きファニチャ一あるキャルとともに『名前』と『顔』を売って歩いた。 所謂(いわゆる)、晒(さら)し者状態である。

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Massive and inorganic. In this cybermechanical city "TANAGURA" everything is operated in a rational manner--time ticking away with great accuracy. Within this city exists "Eos," a special zone where the organisms (human beings)--call them the sole marginalized outsiders, if you will--live. After an absence of about a year and a half, Riki had returned...not that he had any choice since he was deported. As a punishment, collared and leashed, Riki peddled "names" and "faces"everyday for exactly two hours for one month with the room furniture "Alcal." You might say he was publicly humliated in this way. *ファニチャ一あるキャル doesn't make any sense to me, and so I interpreted it the best I could. I interpreted ある as a typo and included it as a part of the name. Therefore, I came up with the name Alcal. I probably got it wrong, but as I said, the ある just can't belong there as it does.
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Oh my gosh, seriously? :( The first few books have been translated, but they haven't got round to finishing it, and I'm dying to read the rest.
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I was trying to translate into English, but it's way too difficult! I guess this book is so called "light novel," right? This type of books use too many modifiers to describe things, which makes it looks tough. I think it is a nice challenge to read this though! :)

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