And here, we have another allusion to Battleship-Hime's past-self... I wonder if it could be foretelling of something more in the coming pages?

I'm so jealous of him.

DarkStar84 said:

And here, we have another allusion to Battleship-Hime's past-self... I wonder if it could be foretelling of something more in the coming pages?

Is he starting to remember? Or is it some of BB Hime's reminiscence?

Minarai TTK said:

My dear Abyssals, you becoming more passionate in your emotions is something that I more than welcome.

You dug your own grave, TTK.

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Overall, this translation took a while because the Admiral here is using somewhat circumlocutory speech that is hard to render satisfactorily in English (even when I know what he means in a single reading). He basically sounds like a bureaucratic official here (his previous dialogues in older works were more candid), and also uses 自分 (jibun) like the IJA/IJN did. Generally, the tone and choice of phrases are that of someone talking (a bit down) to a subordinate or somebody lower on the pecking order. At the same time, however, he's also using a somewhat normal register (there are some formal-sounding "big" words, but the overall language is casual) with "softer" sentence-enders, so he's also trying to be friendly, albeit in a somewhat detached manner.

It's hard to get all the nuances down in English, so I had to settle for formal business-sounding English (i.e. not too military). Can't use more casual language though without ruining the effect.

TL;DR: He's speaking like a slightly old-fashioned diplomat with seniority who is trying to act friendly and casual.