Hiya,
1. ジョーンズさんはが五千円しか払わなかったので、丸山先生は びっくりしてしまった。
It looks as if this should mean "Prof. Maruyama was suprised because Mr Jones paid (him) only 5,000 yen".
However, I do not understand はが.
2. 日本の女性たちがみんなおとなしくて、何も文句を言わ ないから、男性たちが勝手なことをしてるんじゃないん ですか。
I get the main part as: "Japanese women are all submissive and never complain, so the men do exactly as they please..."
Then I can never quite remember how to deal with じゃないんですか. Is it OK to translate this as "Isn't the case that..." or "Isn't it a fact that..." or similar?
3. Two women are discussing desirable qualities in a husband.
高橋： やっぱり家庭を大切にする人じゃないと困りますよね。
田中： 高橋さんもそういう人を早く見つけなさいよ。
My translation:
Ms Takahashi: "Of course, it's bad if the man (you marry) doesn't value home and family."
Ms Tanaka： "You should quickly find a man like that (i.e. a man who does value home and family) too ("too" possibly referring to a third woman previously mentioned)!"
Does this look right?
4. The speaker is talking about the role of women in the Japanese workplace.
それに、お茶くみもだんだんやめようっていう声があっ て、私の会社でも近いうちにお茶の機械を入れることに なるらしいです。
My translation: "Also, there are people (lit. voices) saying that the practice of serving tea (by Japanese women) should gradually stop, and even in the company where I work, it seems that they'll soon be installing a (tea-making) machine."
Is this OK?
I parsed やめようっていう as やめよう (probable/volitional form of やめる) + って + いう. Is that correct? Is it reasonable to translate this as "(people say the practice) should stop"?
1. ジョーンズさんはが五千円しか払わなかったので、丸山先生は びっくりしてしまった。
It looks as if this should mean "Prof. Maruyama was suprised because Mr Jones paid (him) only 5,000 yen".
However, I do not understand はが.
2. 日本の女性たちがみんなおとなしくて、何も文句を言わ ないから、男性たちが勝手なことをしてるんじゃないん ですか。
I get the main part as: "Japanese women are all submissive and never complain, so the men do exactly as they please..."
Then I can never quite remember how to deal with じゃないんですか. Is it OK to translate this as "Isn't the case that..." or "Isn't it a fact that..." or similar?
3. Two women are discussing desirable qualities in a husband.
高橋： やっぱり家庭を大切にする人じゃないと困りますよね。
田中： 高橋さんもそういう人を早く見つけなさいよ。
My translation:
Ms Takahashi: "Of course, it's bad if the man (you marry) doesn't value home and family."
Ms Tanaka： "You should quickly find a man like that (i.e. a man who does value home and family) too ("too" possibly referring to a third woman previously mentioned)!"
Does this look right?
4. The speaker is talking about the role of women in the Japanese workplace.
それに、お茶くみもだんだんやめようっていう声があっ て、私の会社でも近いうちにお茶の機械を入れることに なるらしいです。
My translation: "Also, there are people (lit. voices) saying that the practice of serving tea (by Japanese women) should gradually stop, and even in the company where I work, it seems that they'll soon be installing a (tea-making) machine."
Is this OK?
I parsed やめようっていう as やめよう (probable/volitional form of やめる) + って + いう. Is that correct? Is it reasonable to translate this as "(people say the practice) should stop"?
