り引きずり出してくれましょう

English translation: We're going to drag you (see the explanation)

21:03 Dec 20, 2016
Japanese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Japanese term or phrase: り引きずり出してくれましょう
Dear ProZ members,

I have a question about a sentence from a cartoon. A man and his partner are dealing with a person they want so save who is possessed by an evil spirit. The evil spirit controls him completely and speaks through him.

One of the two says this sentence:

さあ、その少年の体より引きずり出してくれましょう

How would you translate it?
1) Let's drag him out from the body of that boy!
2) We'll drag you out from the body of that boy!

I would say it's the the first one, but I've also seen the second translation. If it's the second, why is the verb in the 〜おう form?

Thank you very much!
Riccardo91
Italy
English translation:We're going to drag you (see the explanation)
Explanation:
If they were talking to the evil spirit immediately before the sentence, it is more likely that the sentence is addressed to the evil spirit. Thus, you translate it as "We will drag you out of the body". ~おう is used to show what they are going to do. In other words, it indicates 未来形.

If they weren't talking to the evil spirit immediately before the sentence, it could mean "Let's drag him out", but I have a feeling that it is addressed to the evil spitit because of the use of 「くれ」. It sounds sarcastic to say "We will 'kindly' drag you out of the body" because that probably isn't what the evil spirit wants, hence it makes the statement more effective. There is no point in saying they will kindly do something for themselves. (The boy is irrelevant in the use of this くれ here.)
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Port City
New Zealand
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Thank you very much for your detailed explanation! ^^
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We're going to drag you (see the explanation)


Explanation:
If they were talking to the evil spirit immediately before the sentence, it is more likely that the sentence is addressed to the evil spirit. Thus, you translate it as "We will drag you out of the body". ~おう is used to show what they are going to do. In other words, it indicates 未来形.

If they weren't talking to the evil spirit immediately before the sentence, it could mean "Let's drag him out", but I have a feeling that it is addressed to the evil spitit because of the use of 「くれ」. It sounds sarcastic to say "We will 'kindly' drag you out of the body" because that probably isn't what the evil spirit wants, hence it makes the statement more effective. There is no point in saying they will kindly do something for themselves. (The boy is irrelevant in the use of this くれ here.)

Port City
New Zealand
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 6
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Thank you very much for your detailed explanation! ^^
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