Need a word or phrase translated?

[Niedy]

"言っておけ" is the imperative form of "言っておく", a rude way of saying "言っておきなさい".
とりあえず信じておくが皆にもよく言っておけ、見つけたら―…
"I'll believe you for now, but tell everyone that if I would find...
hope this helps, again;-)

Thanks, again. Your help's appreciated, as always

 

[BebopBeat]

Could anybody translate "Bebop" into Japanese for me. I want to say that its either ビーバップ, or ビバップ. Anybody know?

 

[Ashikaga]

Could anybody translate "Bebop" into Japanese for me. I want to say that its either ビーバップ, or ビバップ. Anybody know?

Bebop is usually written ビーバップ in Japanese.

You must be a Jazz fan.

 

[BebopBeat]

Haha, yeah man, for sure. But also, what's the meaning of "ー", because I've never seen it in either hiragana or katakana. that's why I was getting the whole ビバップ thing going on

 

[Ashikaga]

Haha, yeah man, for sure. But also, whats the meaning of "ー", because iI'e never seen it in either hiragana or katakana. that's why I was getting the whole ビバップ thing going on.

The " ー " is used when you want to elongate the sound as in Bee/ビー、Ramen/ラーメン、New York/ニューヨーク、etc.

 

[BebopBeat]

So it can be written either way? or is it just for Pronunciation?

 

[Kirakira1232]

In katakana the elongations are done with ー alone. If you read more katakana you'll see more of it like in オーストラリア for "Australia". It is written for pronunciation purposes but its weird, some words where i dont think the vowel is elongated, it is in Katakana or sometimes it isnt when I think it is. Like "Australia" I dont believe has a long "O" sound at the start but it does when it's written in katakana.

 

[Ashikaga]

I guess it depends on the word. Some foreign words are so commonly used that certain way of writing them in Katakana are firmly established (ニューヨーク、ミュージック、サービス、プール、etc.) whereas less common terms like Bebop can go either way.

For example, there was this very popular manga series titles Bebop Highschool some years ago. The title was written in Japanese as ビーバップハイスクール. Then there was an anime series titled Cowboy Bebop whose title was written as カウボーイビバップ.

I think it has something to do with the fact the word Bebop doesn't mean anything to most Japanese people who are not Jazz fans, so it doesn't matter to them how it's written because it is "just some foreign word" to them.

Needless to say, Neither of those two series had anything to do with Bebop music and they did not feature any characters with the names like Bird and Dizzy.

 

[BebopBeat]

Oh alright I see. Thanks a bunch.

 

[sigmentofb]

Help with names

Hello-
Is there anyone here who may be able to help me translate these names for me? I tried searching radicals on Jim Breen's online dictionary on these, but couldn't find anything. I'm currently researching my family history and these names and places came up in the various kosekis I have.
1.
For the first kanji, I tried searching on Jim Breen's dictionary by using the 手 radical but nothing close came up. I know that the second kanji is 介.
2.
I have no clue what the first kanji is, but it looks like it has the 子 radical on the right of it. I know that the second kanji is 枝.
3.
Sorry for the picture being so small. This family name is written very small on the koseki because whoever wrote these records tried to squeeze in 2 lines of kanji characters onto a single line (which is already small as it is). I don't know what the first character is, but I think the second is 沖.
4.
These two pictures are the same name, just written in two different parts of the koseki. I can't make out the first kanji, but I know the second is probably 森.
5.
I don't know what the first kanji is. I tried searching in Jim Breen's dictonary with the 戈 radical and nothing came up. I know that the second and third kanji are 井 and 村. This is listed in the koseki as a village in Kahoku-gun, but I looked at the Japanese Wikipedia page and nothing came up.
6.
This is the last one, sorry for all the questions. This village was listed in the koseki as being in Toyota-gun in Ehime-ken in 1885. I don't know what the second kanji is. Nothing close came up when I searched using the 臣 radical.

Thank you for the help, -Eric

 

[timetopartyhard]

帰属意識を失う

Does that, at least roughly, translate to "to lose one's sense of belonging?"

 

[shinza]

Here's what I think..

Kanji help

1. I would say: 邦介 kunisuke
2. Perhaps: 幹枝 mikie or masae
This is the closest I could come up with that contains those radicals.
3. 稲沖, inaoki, rare but possible, I guess.
4. most likely: 兼森 kanamori, kanemori
5. 浅井村 -azai mura as in nishi-azaichou maybe? in shiga-ken, became 町chou in 1971, it's all in wikipedia
6. 中姫村？ - nakahime mura in former toyota-gun, merged with mino-gun to become mitoyo-gun in kagawa ken.
not the prettiest handwriting...but hope this helps you go in the right direction. gl anyone can help me w/ my translation few posts back??

 

[Toritoribe]

ここでまた質問させていただきます。この文章を和訳しようとしているのですが、なんだか正式な言葉の使い分けが分からなくて困っています。皆さんの知恵を貸してください。

I, Bob , Vice Consul of the United States of America at Tokyo, Japan do hereby certify that on this DATE, at the American consular office, in the city of Tokyo, Yamada Taro, a citizen of the US, aged 28, born in Edo, and now residing in Shina, and Tanaka Hanako, a subject of Japan, aged 28, born in Edo, and now residing in Shina, were united in marriage in my presence.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office at Tokyo, and of the Independence of the United states the 1st NAME vice consul of USA.
という英文ですが。Here's my attempt:

立会人である私は、年月日、在東京都アメリカ合衆国総領事館において、
品区在住の江戸区で誕生、アメリカ合衆国国民の２８歳山田太郎と品区在住の江戸区で誕生、日本臣民の２８歳田中花子の結婚が行われたことを証明します。
私の立ち会いの元で、年月日ここに署名し、在東京都アメリカ合衆国総領事館の押印しました。
アメリカ合衆国の自立、第１代、ボッブ、アメリカ合衆国副領事
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長文ですみません。和文には何か変に聞こえる部分がありましたら（言葉の使い分け、語順）、どうか教えてください。I really appreciate any help.

最初の文章は、

私、アメリカ合衆国駐東京副領事ボブは、○年×月△日在東京アメリカ総領事館において、年齢28歳、江戸区(江戸川区？)生まれ品区(品川区？) 在住の合衆国国民山田太郎と、年齢28歳、江戸区生まれ品区在住の日本国国民田中花子が、私の立ち会いの元婚姻したことをここに証明する。

というような感じになるかもしれません。
二番目の文章の"and of the Independence of the United states the 1st NAME vice consul of USA"の部分がよくわからないんですよね。

 

[shinza]

最初の文章は、
私、アメリカ合衆国駐東京副領事ボブは、○年×月△日在東京アメリカ総領事館において、年齢28歳、江戸区(江戸川区？)生まれ品区(品川区？) 在住の合衆国国民山田太郎と、年齢28歳、江戸区生まれ品区在住の日本国国民田中花子が、私の立ち会いの元婚姻したことをここに証明する。
というような感じになるかもしれません。
二番目の文章の"and of the Independence of the United states the 1st NAME vice consul of USA"の部分がよくわからないんですよね。

すみませんでした、"and of the Independence of the United States, the 1st(第１代？） Bob Jones(署名), vice consul of the United States of America" という英文です。Even in English it's kinda あいまいですけどなにか「自治体の自立で」という感じじゃないかと。Maybe just leave it out, yeah? It's OK, あとは短くしたりするので。。
時間を取っていただき本当にありがとうございます。I owe you one!

 

[Toritoribe]

すみませんでした、"and of the Independence of the United States, the 1st(第１代？） Bob Jones(署名), vice consul of the United States of America" という英文です。Even in English it's kinda あいまいですけどなにか「自治体の自立で」という感じじゃないかと。Maybe just leave it out, yeah? It's OK, あとは短くしたりするので。。
時間を取っていただき本当にありがとうございます。I owe you one!

なるほど。説明していただいてありがとうございます。若干不明なのは

"and of the Independence of the United States" の "of" は"the seal " にかかって押印が二種類なのか
「初代副領事」の場合、英文では "Bob Jones(署名), the 1st vice consul..." とならないのか

という2点なんですが、どうなんでしょう？
"and of the Independence of the United states" がなければ

以上の証として、ここに署名し、在東京アメリカ総領事館の押印を行う。アメリカ合衆国初代副領事 Bob Jones(署名)

となってすっきりしそうなんですけどねぇ

EDIT:
"the 1st" は「初代副領事」以外に、地位として「第一副領事/主席副領事」という意味なのかもしれません。

 

[shinza]

なるほど。説明していただいてありがとうございます。若干不明なのは
"and of the Independence of the United States" の "of" は"the seal " にかかって押印が二種類なのか
「初代副領事」の場合、英文では "Bob Jones(署名), the 1st vice consul..." とならないのか
という2点なんですが、どうなんでしょう？
"and of the Independence of the United states" がなければ
以上の証として、ここに署名し、在東京アメリカ総領事館の押印を行う。アメリカ合衆国初代副領事 Bob Jones(署名)
となってすっきりしそうなんですけどねぇ
EDIT:
"the 1st" は「初代副領事」以外に、地位として「第一副領事/主席副領事」という意味なのかもしれません。

素晴らしいーー、本当に。。。感動しました。 補足説明もありがとうございます。２番目の文章読み返してみたらそのとおりですね。seal of the Independence of the US...Why was I thinking the consulate office existed independently of US, that's just stupid...Man, I'd definitely buy u a beer or two.

 

[sigmentofb]

Thank you shinza for your help, it's greatly appreciated!

Does anybody know if this sentence is correct?

父の日からXXXの墓には供花が供えられていた。

"Because it was Father's day, I offered flowers at XXX's grave."

Thanks!

 

[the mighty quinn]

Ok guys, my Japanese is pretty basic (only started learning recently) and I've got to do a presentation including a couple of Japanese phrases for a job interview next week. They're under no pretences about my standard of Japanese (they know I'm a novice), but I would like to get them right.

Is this correct? (sorry, it's in romanji as I haven't begun on the characters yet)

'Kannichi wa, watashi no namae wa Tom soshite Eikoku no Falmouth kara desu. Watashi wa Falmouth de yo-nenkan sumimashita. Watashi wa Graphic Design o benkyoo daigaku de ugokimashita.'

Which should translate as:

'Hi, my name is Tom and I'm from Falmouth in England. I was living in Falmouth for four years. I moved there to study Graphic Design at University.'

There are a couple of things in particular that I'm unsure about: the 'wa' use in the second and third sentence. And the conversion of the verb to past-tense that I've done.

Also, I have no clue what 'graphic design' translates into in Japanese! I'm working on that...

If anyone could give me any tips at all it would be great!

thanks

 

[sigmentofb]

Graphic design is グラフィックデザイン (gurafikkudezain) according to Jim Breen's dictionary.

 

[sigmentofb]

I added でした, so I changed it to 父の日でしたからXXXの墓には供花が供えられていた。 Would that be the correct way of saying "Because it was Father's day, I offered flowers at XXX's grave."? Thank you,

 

[undrentide]

Does anybody know if this sentence is correct?
父の日からXXXの墓には供花が供えられていた。
"Because it was Father's day, I offered flowers at XXX's grave."

I added でした, so I changed it to 父の日でしたからXXXの墓には供花が供えられていた。 Would that be the correct way of saying "Because it was Father's day, I offered flowers at XXX's grave."? Thank you,

父の日から : since Father's Day
父の日だから : because it is Father's Day
父の日でしたから、父の日だったから : because it was Father's Day

供花が供えられていた : Flowers were (found) offered (at xxx's grave)
ていた is the past tense of ている, indicating something is in such a state or something is ongoing.
供えられていた implies that when you visited XXX's grave, the flowers were already there.

When you want to say you offered flowers, you can say it simply:
×××の墓に花を供えた。
(I feel that using 供花 and 供える in one sentence is rather redundant.)

To make the style of the sentence consistent, I might write either
父の日だったので、××の墓に花を供えた。
父の日でしたので、××の墓に花を供えました。
(It is not a must to make the verb in polite form in the middle of a sentence, so the following is also OK.)
父の日だったので、××の墓に花を供えました。

 

[undrentide]

'Kannichi wa, watashi no namae wa Tom soshite Eikoku no Falmouth kara desu. Watashi wa Falmouth de yo-nenkan sumimashita. Watashi wa Graphic Design o benkyoo daigaku de ugokimashita.'

Which should translate as:

'Hi, my name is Tom and I'm from Falmouth in England. I was living in Falmouth for four years. I moved there to study Graphic Design at University.'

'Konnichi wa, watashi (no namae) wa Tom desu. Eikoku no Falmouth kara kimashita. Watashi wa Falmouth ni yo-nenkan sundeimashita. Watashi wa daigaku de gurafikku dezain o benkyoo shimashita.'

Hello is not kannichiwa but konnnichiwa.
(Maybe just a typo? ;-) )

"Watashi no namae wa" is a literal translation of "my name is..." and grammatically correct, but when introducing oneself, it is more common to say "I'm..." "watashi wa..."

Shoshite means "and then", it is not wrong but in this context it sounds as if you are trying to say everything in one sentence, in haste.
I'd recommend you to keep each sentence short and simple.

If you were born and bred in Falmouth, you can say either
Falmouth kara kimashita (literal translation is I came from... which means I'm from...)
or
Falmouth shusshin desu. (this means you were born and bred there.)
If you were in Falmouth only for years, not since your childhood, then you should use the former, which can mean either Falmouth is your home town or you physically came from Falmouth.

Falmouth ni sumimashita.
De and ni, both are used to indicate the place where something takes a place.
De is used when there was some action or move, while ni is used for more static verb (be, exist, live, standing, etc.)

Sumimashita is "I lived", to say "I was living" sundeimashita.
Be ~ing is usually translated te(de)iru.

Ugoku means to move.
To study xxx is xxx wo benkyo suru.

Graphic Design is pronounced similarly in Japanese, gurafikku dezain.
It's a imported word and commonly used.

Hope this helps.

 

[sigmentofb]

Undrentide, thank you for the help, I greatly appreciate it!

 

[the mighty quinn]

Thanks Undrendtide!! That's really useful

There's one thing though - in the final sentence I would like to say that the reason for moving was to study graphic design at university - not simply that I studied graphic design at university (that's why i tried to use 'ugoku' to start with )

So, for this last sentence, would it make sense to say:

Watashi wa daigaku de gurafikku dezain o benkyou suru tame ni hikkoshimashita.

Thanks again for your help so far - you seem to have a very good knowledge of Japanese - are you from Japan?

 

[undrentide]

Thanks Undrendtide!! That's really useful

There's one thing though - in the final sentence I would like to say that the reason for moving was to study graphic design at university - not simply that I studied graphic design at university (that's why i tried to use 'ugoku' to start with )

So, for this last sentence, would it make sense to say:

Watashi wa daigaku de gurafikku dezain o benkyou suru tame ni hikkoshimashita.

Thanks again for your help so far - you seem to have a very good knowledge of Japanese - are you from Japan?

Oh, I see.
Now I understood why you chose the word "ugoku".


Watashi wa daigaku de gurafikku dezain o benkyou suru tame ni hikkoshimashita.

This makes perfect sense - but in this context you should add "to where/doko ni" because listeners cannot tell whether you moved to Falmouth or you moved from Falmouth to somewhere else.
(I guess you moved to Falmouth and stayed there for four years to study?)

edit: Forgot to mention - yes, I'm from Japan.