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==Translation Notes==

The Japanese name of Lord Jabu-Jabu, in Toki no Ocarina, is ジャブジャブ様 ("JABUJABU-sama"). "Sama" is an ultra-respectful title, used in very polite conversation. The French version of OoT most often calls him "Le Grand Jabu-Jabu," which means "the Great Jabu-Jabu." The game refers to him once as "le Seigneur Jabu-Jabu," which means "Lord Jabu-Jabu." This isn't significantly different from the original sense "sama" in the Japanese version. In Toki no Ocarina, Ganondorf is called ガノンドロフ様 ("GANONDOROFU-sama"), and this is usually translated as "the great Ganondorf." So the same sense should be applied in Jabu-Jabu's case: one of respectful awe.

A sign in front of Lord Jabu-Jabu in OoT reads, "Don't disturb Lord Jabu-Jabu!" In the German version of OoT, this same sign reads, "Bitte nicht den Wal wecken!" which translates to "Please do not wake the whale!" It looks like the translator assumed that Jabu-Jabu was a whale. Or perhaps the Zoras consider Jabu-Jabu to be more of a whale than a fish, though he really seems to be neither.

If you talk to the fisherman in OoT, he'll tell you,

    What? You want to know if I'm a 
    good fisherman?
    Of course I am! I'm an old pro!
    Do you know what a pro is?
    I'm telling you the truth!

In the French version of OoT, however, he makes an even bolder claim:

    Quoi? Tu veux savoir si je suis 
    un bon pêcheur!
    T'étais pas né que le grand 
    Jabu-Jabu se balançait au bout de
    ma ligne! 
    J'suis un pro! Une pointure!

He is saying that he had Jabu-Jabu swinging on the end of his line before Link was even born! This is undoubtedly a tall-tale, probably invented by the French translator to give the quote more color.