Konoike no neko said:
窶吮??ツ坂?佛津ェ窶堙??ーpナ津ェツ、窶愿コ窶怒ナ津ェ窶堙娯?「ツカ窶邸窶堙戸彙窶堋オ窶堙最津??板ァナ津ェ窶堙??ケテシツ静愬津ェ窶堙?、P窶吮?ヲナ津ェ窶堙??堙固?テ麺廣窶堙固?テ鞘?彑窶堋ゥ窶堙ァ窶堙戸彙窶堙??堋オ窶堙・ツ。
窶ーpナ津ェ窶堙娯?愿?窶堙固津??板ァナ津ェ窶廬窶堙按青ォナスツソ窶堙??吮??ツ坂?佛津ェツ、窶愿コ窶怒ナ津ェ窶堙??堙娯?敕、ナ?rツ。
窶堋サ窶堙娯?懌?凪?敕帚?堙坂?ケツウ窶倍窶堙娯?督ウ窶堋「窶ー'窶堙遺?堙ア窶堋ゥ窶堙俄?堙坂?堙ュ窶堋ゥ窶堙ァ窶堙ア窶堋ッ窶堙??堙仰。
窶敖「窶堙??堋ゥ窶愿コ窶怒ナ津ェ窶堙??堋ゥ窶堙戸彙窶堙仰、窶ケGツ静溪?堙?窶堋サ窶堋、窶堋ゥ窶堙按?
窶愿コ窶怒ナ津ェ窶堙固陳セ窶堋「窶堙懌?堙ュ窶堋オ窶堋ゥ窶堙ァ窶禿ウ窶堋オ窶堙Гan窶堙??堋ゥHave窶堙??堋ゥナスg窶堙≫?堋ソ窶堙。窶堋、窶堋ゥ窶堙ァ窶拵ナスツュ窶堙俄?堋オ窶堙??堙ゥ窶堙??堋ゥツ、
ツ債キ窶「テ岩?堋オ窶堙??堙ゥ窶堙≫?堙??悳窶堙ァ窶堙ェ窶堙ゥ窶堙ア窶堋セ窶堙ヲ窶堙仰。
窶佛?窶堙??堋ソ窶堙「ツ坂?。窶堋「窶堙固スティ窶堙ー窶佚イナスR窶愿シ窶堙ェ窶堙??堙?ツ、ヒ?ス窶堋「窶堙最?'ツ心窶堋オ窶堋ス窶堙ィ窶農窶堙溪?堙??堙?
窶拵ナスツュ窶堙俄?堋オ窶堙??堙ゥ窶堙≫?堙??悳窶堙ゥツ人窶堋ェ窶ケツ鞘?堙ゥ窶堋オツ。
窶愿コ窶怒窶堙?、窶愿コ窶怒窶堙娯?「ツカ窶ーツサ窶堙娯?敕才?坂?堙娯?吮??窶堙?振窶「窶倪?堙≫?堙??堙ゥ窶堙ア窶堋セ窶堋ッ窶堙??拵ナスツュ窶堋セ窶堙姑椎槌辰ニ歎ニ湛ニ暖窶堋セ窶堙≫?堙
窶堋ィ窶禿壺?ケテ環食窶堙ァ窶堋、窶堙娯?堙仰。窶佛?ナスティ窶堋ェ窶愿コ窶怒ナ津ェ窶堋ゥ窶堙ァ窶禿ウ窶堋オ窶堙??佛?ナスティ窶堙娯?「ツカ窶ーツサ窶堙??板昶?ーテー窶堋オ窶堙??悳窶堙ゥ窶堙≫?堙??堙娯?堙?窶堋?窶堙ゥ窶堙ュ窶堙按。
窶堋?窶堋?窶禿岩?忿窶堋ュ窶堋ウ窶堋ュ窶堙??敕ヲ窶堙ェ窶堙ゥツ。
I have tried to translate this, but unfortunately I could not make much sense of what was being said. If somebody can help me shed some light on what Konoike no neko wanted to say. The main problem is that I don't know who he/she is talking about, as he/she did not write the subject in most sentences. Here is my attempted translation.
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"This discussion is about English, Chinese and Japanese grmmar and the relation between isolating languages, inflected languages and agglutinative languages, isn't it ?
(It is about) the comparison between the isolating properties inside English, and Chinese and Japanese.
Not being very cultivated I cannot judge which is right or wrong.
Talking about chopsticks or Japanese language, or maybe even the seasons ?
Because of the way of saying things in Japanese, when translating mistakenly use "can". "have", etc., some people think they are being made fun of, and they that it is discimination and get angry, don't they ?
Even pausing often, or even admiring or praising someone, some people think we are making fun of them and get angry.
In Japan, within the confines of Japanese culture, people behave like this, but saying it's stupid or racism, we get our eyeballs eaten (???). When the one person translate from Japanese and understand it with their culture, it of course happens that they makes them angry.
Aah, it's so troublesome it tires me."
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First of all, I don't know why Konoike no neko starts talking about the the linguistic relations between English, Chinese and Japanese. :?
Then I have no idea what's his/her point about chopsticks, Japanese language or the seasons.
I also don't remember that we talked about anybody being made fun of because they misused English words like "can", "have" or whatever. Maybe this is about saying "can you eat sushi?" instead of "do you like sushi?", but if it is it is irrelevant because I am usually asked "sushi wo taberareru?" and not "sushi wo suki desu ka?" in Japanese.
If it's cultural, it means that the Japanese are racist by the very properties of their culture (see below).
I only understand the 2 last paragraphs, but I don't know what it has to do with this thread. Regarding the chopsticks, I didn't even complain about people trying to make fun of foreigners by saying they can use well their chopsticks. The only fact that they ask someone who they know has been living in Japan for several years whether they can use chopsticks is rude and condescending, and the difference of culture is no excuse. The difference of culture would excuse that they ask short-term visitors. Westerners don't normally ask Japanese or other Asian visitors if they can use a fork and knife. I can understand that the Japanese culture influence them into asking these questions to people who've just come to Japan, but never to people who have been living in Japan for years and are married to a Japanese.
I also don't know why "racism" was evoked here. I think that one of the problems of many Japanese is that they have no idea of what "racism" means. There is no (simple) word in Japanese for racism, and most of the Japanese I have talked to think it is related to violence (eg. beating up people of a different race). Being racist, however, just means that one person believes that "there are characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to each race" (defintion from the Oxford Dictionary). In that sense, I'd say that any Japanese person who thinks that a foreigner who has lived in Japan for several years may not be able to use chopsticks, sleep on a futon, etc. just because he or she is a foreigner
is racist, according to the Oxford dictionary.