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chrisn said:
Hi everyone, I'm new here and was wondering if someone could help me translate this conversation where two people first meet?

Woman: Ju ni sai desta
Man: Ho ma ka? (suprised)
Woman: Hai, Ju ni sai desta!
Man: Sho gak si a ta ja(n)!

Any one have any clue?

Thanks in advance!🙂
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Did you type up what you've heard? Or write down what you've read?
In any case, there seem to be missing sound (or alphabets) which I guess should be something like this:

Woman: Juuni sai deshita
Man: Honma ka? (suprised)
Woman: Hai, Juuni sai deshita!
Man: Shogaksei dattan jan!

Woman: (I was) twelve years old.
Man: Really?
Woman: Yes, twelve years old!
Man: (So you) were an elementary school pupil!

"Honma" is a Kansai dialect, and the 2nd speech of the man ending "jan" is Kanto (or Yokohama) dialect, either of them could be mis-spelt or something.
Without the context, I cannot guess more, hope this is of some help. 😌
 
Hi, thanks for that translation. Yeah, I just wrote what I heard.

That's the difficult thing about Japanese. If you don't know it very well, the dictionaries won't help you much because of the 'missing letters' that you confuse or don't hear.

Thanks again for the translation, makes perfect sense now. 🙂

Do you think you could also translate this? (I probably made more errors in this though, because of trouble hearing)

Person 1 : No Koi do noni ga no gash ga na reska
Person 2: O su gah
Skog gu su ru ti ten di mia
Skog gu su ru ta ra

If it doesn't make any sense I can send you an audio file of the convo.
 
chrisn said:
Do you think you could also translate this? (I probably made more errors in this though, because of trouble hearing)

Person 1 : No Koi do noni ga no gash ga na reska
Person 2: O su gah
Skog gu su ru ti ten di mia
Skog gu su ru ta ra

If it doesn't make any sense I can send you an audio file of the convo.
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Is it possible to give some background/context of this conversation?
I'm sorry to say that any part of it does not make sense at all...

"na reska" might be "nan desuka" (what ... ?) and "skog gu" might be "sugoku" (very), but they could be totally wrong.

One point you should remember is that basically every consonant is followed by a vowel. "sk" does not happen in Japanese, especially in writing.
(In actual pronunciation, there are certain situations it could happen but not in writing.)
 
Or at least there are situations where it can give the impression of happening in speech. The /u/ is devoiced, but it's still there, technically speaking.

Anyway, I'm impressed you could get as much as you could out of that!
 
chrisn said:
Hi undrentide, I sent you the audio file to your inbox. :)
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・・階段の降りかた、おかしくない？
おっ、すげっ！
おお すげぇ
遅刻するっていってんのに！
・っ・さ、遅刻するから
えり 回転してん・・・
えり、やばい、ばかやん
遅刻するっつってんのに

Their speeches are not very clear, the above ・ is what I cannot make out.

Girl: , kaidan no orikata, okashiku nai?
Boy: o, suge! oo, sugee.
chikoku suru tte itten noni!
...sa, chikoku suru kara!
Girl: Eri, kaiten shiten...
Eri, yabai, baka yan
Boy: chikoku suru ttsutten noni

[Note]
suge(e) = sugoi
~yan (Kansai dialect) = jan, janai
ittennoni = itte(i)ru noni
ttsuttennoni = itte(i)ru noni

Now how about giving it a shot yourself?
 
(Google translated) + own edits
... How to get off the stairs, weird?
Oh, wow!
Oh Wow
Goddamn but that late!
Gak-san The Tsu, from the late
Eri spinning heaven
Eri, dangerous, silly
Cramp in my heaven I'll be late

?

I can pretty much guess what most of it means, I'm just trying to figure out what the bold is. I thought maybe the first line was:

"(laughs) Look at how shes walking down the stairs" or
"(laughs) Looks like she's about to commit a crime (walking down the stairs like that)"

There is a Japanese writing shown on the video when she says this, which looks similar to what you wrote. But the subtitle only appears in this one spot, not for the others.

and the guy saying something like

"Do you have a cramp?" (joke)

Just wondering how close I was.

I can't find a lot of the words you wrote in my dictionary :emoji_frowning2:
 
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chrisn said:
(Google translated) + own edits
... How to get off the stairs, weird?
Oh, wow!
Oh Wow
Goddamn but that late!
Gak-san The Tsu, from the late
Eri spinning heaven
Eri, dangerous, silly
Cramp in my heaven I'll be late

?

I can pretty much guess what most of it means, I'm just trying to figure out what the bold is. I thought maybe the first line was:

"(laughs) Look at how shes walking down the stairs" or
"(laughs) Looks like she's about to commit a crime (walking down the stairs like that)"

There is a Japanese writing shown on the video when she says this, which looks similar to what you wrote. But the subtitle only appears in this one spot, not for the others.

and the guy saying something like

"Do you have a cramp?" (joke)

Just wondering how close I was.

I can't find a lot of the words you wrote in my dictionary :emoji_frowning2:
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As already mentioned, it is very hard to give you accurate translation without any context. You saw the video (I guess) so you know the situation but how could I?
Are these girls and boys watching someone descending the stairs?
Who is Gak-san? I guess at least a girl called "Eri" is going down stairs, but who is talking to whom?

Girl: Isn't his/her way of going down the stairs strange?
..
Boy: I'm telling (you?) will be late!
You'll be late (so hurry)!
Girl: Eri, she's twirling...
Eri, darn, how stupid!
Boy: I TELL YOU YOU GET LATE!!!

Are you trying to learn Japanese from watching this kind of video clips?
I do not recommend it until you learn a lot more basics because there are many contraction and colloquial expression, sometimes dialects and slang, they do not really help you. They do after you reach a certain level of the language.
 
Actually, your translation makes perfect sense now.

Bit confusing for me to tell you the context accurately since even I don't know exactly what is going on (since I can't understand what they are saying - even before this part of the video), but after thinking about it a bit more it makes perfect sense.

That's all I wanted to know :p

I was scratching my head over this for a while now, but I'm glad it's solved!

Thanks very much!

I'm just wondering though, why did you write the last line in CAPITALS? The guy isn't yelling or talking in a serious voice. Is it because of the words he is using?
 
chrisn said:
I'm just wondering though, why did you write the last line in CAPITALS? The guy isn't yelling or talking in a serious voice. Is it because of the words he is using?
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Simply because his way of speech is putting a lot of weight i.e. more emphasis than his previous speeches. ;-)
 
Can someone please translate this for me?
 

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Hello I need to translate this paragraph into Japanese. Any help would be appreciated.

Small special moments are the things that fill our lives that we often overlook or don't notice, yet make our lives rich and interesting. They can be anything from solving a puzzle to getting a double yolk egg for breakfast. I believe that these moments can be used as inspiration to create interesting and effective design.

This is what I have.

小型の特別な瞬間は、私たちの生活は多くて面白いものです。しばしば、または見過ごすことは気づいていないのに、 私たちの生活を満たすものです。
これらは、パズルを解くとか、朝食ダブル卵黄卵を持っています。私は、これらのモーメントが興味深く、効果的なデザインを作成するためのインスピレーションとして使用することができると信じています。


よろしく おねがいします。
 
Noodle06 said:
Hello i need to translate this paragraph into Japanese. Any help would be appreciated.
Small special moments are the things that fill our lives that we often overlook or don't notice, yet make our lives rich and interesting. They can be anything from solving a puzzle to getting a double yolk egg for breakfast. I believe that these moments can be used as inspiration to
create interesting and effective design.
This is what i have.
小型の特別な瞬間は、私たちの生活は多くて面白いものです。しばしば、または見過ごすことは気づいていないのに、 私たちの生活を満たすものです。
これらは、パズルを解くとか、朝食ダブル卵黄卵を持っています。私は、これらのモーメントが興味深く、効果的なデザインを作成するためのインスピレーションとして使用することができると信じています。
よろしく おねがいします。
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Why do so many people feel the need to write at an unrealistic level ? Simplify the first sentence to something like "Small, everyday moments are what give life meaning" and try to re-work it from there. :sorry:
My hiatus from this site has put me slightly out of practice, but this is the idea:

Nichijou seikatsu no chisaina (chisakute, tokubetsuna) shunkan ga/ha (?)
jinsei ni igi/imi wo ataeru (mono).
 
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Does 'Bonsai' have an English translation?
Because when I enter it into the online dictionary, it says that the translation of 'bonsai' is just 'bonsai'
 
It's a pretty Japanese culture-specific thing, so no. It's like "sushi" and "sashimi". I'm sure if you looked those up, you'd get "sushi" and "sashimi".
 
Elizabeth said:
Why do so many people feel the need to write at an unrealistic level ? Simplify the first sentence to something like "Small, everyday moments are what give life meaning" and try to re-work it from there. :emoji_bow:
My hiatus from this site has put me slightly out of practice, but this is the idea:

Nichijou seikatsu no chisaina (chisakute, tokubetsuna) shunkan ga/ha (?)
jinsei ni igi/imi wo ataeru (mono).
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Thanks Elizabeth I will try make it more basic.
Sorry if it didn't make sense.
 
I would really appreciate some help with translating the following phrase into Japanese: "To Sachiko from Boris"

I would like to use this as a dedication written on the frame of the bicycle I'm restoring for my my girlfriend. The frame is all white, and I'd like to put this on the frame in black. It would look great, but I'd like to make sure that it says what I want it to say before I go ahead and trust a web translation.

Thank you very much!
 
Do you know the correct kanji for her name Sachiko? If you don't, it's impossible for other people to guess it.

examples of possible kanji
幸子 祥子 佐知子 佐智子 佐千子 沙知子 沙智子 沙千子 紗知子 紗智子 紗千子 早知子 早智子 早千子 左知子 左智子 左千子 咲知子 咲智子 咲千子、、、
 
Toritoribe said:
Do you know the correct kanji for her name Sachiko? If you don't, it's impossible for other people to guess it.
examples of possible kanji
幸子 祥子 佐知子 佐智子 佐千子 沙知子 沙智子 沙千子 紗知子 紗智子 紗千子 早知子 早智子 早千子 左知子 左智子 左千子 咲知子 咲智子 咲千子、、、
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Hey Tori, thanks for the reply. As you could probably tell, my knowledge of Japanese is non-existent. I don't know the correct kanji for her name, but she has told me her name means happiness. Wikipedia says the name means child of bliss, or if written 幸子 it means happiness. If we assume that it's written 幸子, could you help me with the rest of the sentence please?

Thanks again!
 
Unfortunately, 祥 in 祥子 also means "happiness". (幸子 is more common, though.) If you want to play safe, katakana/hiragana can be an alternative. Since katakana is often used when the correct kanji is uncertain, I would use サチコ if I were you.

サチコへ ボリスより

How about printing the pdf file below? Then, you can write the letters accurately by referring to it.
View attachment sachiko.pdf
 
Hi! I don't mean to be offensive or anything and can remove post if necessary, but I was just wondering if there's a slang term or romaji translation for bat-s*** crazy
 

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