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Currently I am trying to translate a video that's supposed to be a parody of
some Japanese kids show.

At some point the character uses a magic spell and it gives me a hard time on
more than one level: <https://vid.me/necA>

  1. I can't really hear what the girl says exactly. I came up with

> じゃあいつもの魔法を使うよ：テラ、テラ、テラ、くるりんパ。

Here, "Terra" is the place where they are teleporting, but it's the final part
that puzzles me. For more context, here's the full video :
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTwLaJhmr40>

  2. I can't really tell if it's supposed to be a reference to pop culture or some other well-known thing in Japan and finally, I feel like it's a little bit harder to translate these special phrases compared to the sentences we generally hear, so I could greatly appreciate some help.
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How to understand (and translate) this magic spell?
My kinda question, this is, sadly....

  1. **_You are hearing the magic spell correctly_**. To be picky, we tend to pronounce the last syllable as 「パッ」 rather than the plain 「パ」. The pink character in the video pronounces it 「パッ」 as well.

  2. 「くるりんパ（ッ）」 consisits of **_two onomatopoeias_**. Conquer our onomatopoeias (and particles) and you will conquer our language, trust me.

「くるり（ん）」 is a very common onomatopoeia to describe a thing's circular or
rotating motion as in rotating a magic wand.

「パ（ッ）」 is an onomatopoeia describing a thing's movement or appearance **_all
of a sudden_**. Use a magic and something will happen all of a sudden, won't
it? The two "guys" suddenly got transported into the building/offices,
correct?

The use of the magic spell in the video should not be a reference to a
particular phenomenon in our pop culture. We all have been hearing this spell
in stories since childhood.

If my life depended on translating this spell, I might go with:

> "Round and round and here we go!"
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