GNCA-0123: ef - a tale of melodies. ENDING THEME ~Fine by Yuko Amamiya (cv: Yumiko Na

[LiquidAcid]

WARNING - TINY SPOILER AHEAD!

Can someone help me with translating the theme song title?

願いのカケラ

Google suggests: Fragments of Desire

I'm sceptical since kakera (カケラ) translates to splint / shard according to my dictionary. So fragment is a more general term.

Negai (願い) can mean: wish, desire, request, prayer, petition, application
In the context of the game/anime prayer would make more sense, since Yuko is/becomes an angel.

Any ideas?

[Dag]

My appreciation is that kakera is a piece(s) of something broken, so fragment or shard are fine (aren't these synonyms?). And for negai I'd go wish/request since desire and prayer have ambiguous connotations. 'Fragment(s) of a wish' maybe?

[Gigablah]

A more specific term for "prayer" is 祈り (inori), so 願い is closer to "wish" or "desire".

"Pieces" or "fragments" are more common translations of カケラ, so I'd go with Dag's suggestion.

[LiquidAcid]

Thanks, I'm going to use "Fragments of a wish" then. This sounds kinda right