

In _Kuroshitsuji_ ( _Black Butler_ ), Sebastian commonly uses the phrase

> "A Phantomhive butler who can't do this much isn't worth his salt"

It's in about every episode of season one. But it's at least in episode one on
8:38.

I was wondering what this phrase is in Japanese since I can't really make it
out from the voice, and I can't find it anywhere else either.


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What is Sebastian's catchphrase 'A Phantomhive butler who can't do this much isn't worth his salt' in Japanese


Sebastian's general catchphrase in Japanese is

> ![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AVlsem.png)
>
> ファントムハイヴ家の執事たる者、この程度のことが出来なくてどうします?
>
> _Phantomhive-ka no shitsuji-[taru
> mono](https://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%9F%E3%82%8B), kono teido no koto ga
> dekinakute doushimasu?_

which can be translated literally to

> Those who are qualified as the butlers of Phantomhive, what would they be if
> they cannot do this much?

... which actually is straightforward compared to the English translation
mentioned in the question.

**However,** that seems like a fan translation, since the official English
translation by Yen Press is

> ![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RUsycm.png)
>
> I am the butler of the Phantomhive Family. It goes without saying that I can
> manage a technique as elementary as this.
>
> *Black Butler vol. 1, ch. 1, pg. 8


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