English to Japanese translation help

Hello,

I was wondering if someone could help me translate the English phrase ''Lost Little Children'' or ''Little Children Lost'' into Japanse.

thank you!

lost littel children mean " kodomo ga losuta na".M Cambodian but I have been studied Japanese for 2 years. But anyway if u say this phrase the Japanese will understand. Good luck with finding ur children.

''Lost Little Children'' or ''Little Children Lost''

Under what circumstances?

lost littel children mean " kodomo ga losuta na".

It's very slangy and should never be used under formal circumstances.

I should've been more clear... the phrase "Little Lost Children" or "Little Children Lost" is a potential title for a story I am writing... :-)

"Ushinawareta Chiisana Kodomo" or ""Kiesatta Chiisana Kodomo"

Anyway, there are various options to translate the word of "Lost" into Japanese.

I think "Ushinawareta" is the best translation for Lost. "Inakunatta","Kiesatta" , is closer "disappeared" than "lost"..

Sorry. Children is plural..
so it should be "Kodomotachi" iso "Kodomo"
Therefore, "Ushinawareta Chiisana Kodomotachi" or
"Chiisana Ushinawareta Kodomotachi"...

"lost" can have different shades of meaning. Just to comment on the options provided by yumi,

- "Ushinawareta" is the "lost" as in "Lost World," or the (Indy Jones') "Lost Arc."
- "inakunatta" and "kiesatta" would be "gone," so "missing" from the standpoint of, let's say, their parents, who are "missing them."

- If you mean "children who lost their way." Then it should be: Maigo no kodomotachi.

I would not translate "little" literally - as a book title, it would be too lengthy and the meaning somewhat redundant; the "kodomotachi" already conveys that it's children.

"yukue-fumei no kodomo-tachi" is a more formal expression for "missing/lost children" if you imply the children might be involved in any accident, kidnapped, confined or dead.

As above, you need to clarify what you mean by "lost". as there are several possible ways to translate the English word in Japanese depending on the context- physically lost? Emotionally lost? Permanently or temporarily lost? That is the problem with trying to translate word for word in languages very different from English.

About what you have intended with the word "lost". Is it similar to the lost in "the lost generation" or the French in "le temps perdu"? Then you can safely translate the word to "ushinawareta (kodomotachi)" though the meaning is rather vague and sounds a bit translated.