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Original English:

> We have codified the newfound energy source as Phazon, a V-index mutagen of
> which we have very little reliable data. Indications point to a meteor of
> unknown origin impacting approximately 20 years ago, expelling Phazon into
> the environment. **This material appears to possess lifelike
> characteristics, mutating organic life-forms strong enough to withstand its
> poison.**

Official Japanese translation:

> 新しく発見されたエネルギーの名前を「フェイゾン」と呼ぶことが決定した。
> インデックスVに該当する突然変異誘発因子で、明確なデータは、ほとんど得られていない。
> **このエネルギーは、自然の生命体をフェイゾンの毒性に耐えうる強度へと急速に変異させる。**

Curious about the bolded part. Am I reading it right that the Japanese version
misinterpreted the original English sentence and is instead saying " _This
energy is rapidly mutating organic life forms giving them the ability to
withstand the Phazon's poison._ " (I'm also aware that the first half of the
English is completely left out in the Japanese version, no idea why they did
that)

Also as a sidenote, does 生命体を〇〇強度へと異変させる make sense? It sounds off to me, but
maybe it's a viable way to phrase it?
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Is this a mistranslation in the Japanese version?
So according to [this](https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/Phazon), Phazon kills
most lifeforms instantly but mutates a few that survived into a stronger form.

~~This Japanese translation is not a literal translation, but it does not
appear to be a mistranslation either, as it conveys the intent of the original
English well.~~

According to the discussion in the comments section below, the problem amounts
to the interpretation of "mutating organic life-forms **strong** enough to
withstand its poison". The translator seems to have taken this _strong_ as the
[complement](https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/object_complement.htm)
of _mutating_ , as if the sentence is saying " _making_ life-forms strong
enough" or "mutating life-forms into a stronger form". But if this _strong_ is
a [postpositional
adjective](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postpositive_adjective#In_modern_English)
modifying _life-forms_ , the literal translation of the sentence should be
something like フェイゾンの毒性に耐え得る強度を持った有機生命体を変異させる.

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> Also as a sidenote, does 生命体を〇〇強度へと異変させる make sense?

Yes. Just as この映画は暗い内容だ or 彼は陽気な性格だ makes perfect sense in Japanese,
この生命体は毒性に耐えうる強度だ is perfectly natural. Where English speakers expect _to have_
, Japanese speakers may use だ or する.
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