Could someone translate these?

[GaijinPunch]

女性は安定を求めるからです……仕事ができない男の人 は、たよりになりません。

Women demand stability... Men that can't work cannot be relied on.

 

[David Hallgren]

My guess would be something like:
"Since women seek stability, a man who cannot work is unreliable."
I'm sure there are more natural ways to say that in English.

Edit:
Ah, didn't see your post there GaijinPunch

 

[DingoEnderZOE2]

Thanks for the help. My translation was more like this "Because women wish for stability......Men who can't do their jobs are unrelible." I guess having an extensive english vocabulary is required to come up with Japanese to english translations huh?

 

[CorDarei]

My guess would be something like:
"Since women seek stability, a man who cannot work is unreliable."
I'm sure there are more natural ways to say that in English.

Your translation sounds perfectly natural to me
Side note: if you want it to sound more like spoken English, I'd replace 'seek' with 'look for', and 'cannot' with 'can't', but that's about it.

 

[Scrivener]

仕事ができない男: This isn't necessarily "can't work" but maybe "isn't successful at his job". It depends on the context.

 

[DingoEnderZOE2]

Hmmm translating sure can be hard sometimes. Anyone has any pointers so I can better translate myself? Oh and I have a little bit more requests. Here they arecultural differences might be the reason why I'm having trouble with the first requests)

What does ザザエさんしてる mean?
Context:【りょうのすけ】ぶんがっとっと。
【女の子】あ、ザザエさんしてる。

What's a タコちゃんウィンナー and ゼロヨンしんちゃんのーロチーズ
?
What is the word ちびまる子ちゃん弁当箱 supposed to mean? I know that last part means lunch box I just don't understand the first part.

How can you translate this:当り前の事を、当り前に言うのが難しいんだ。
?
Context:【美沙】もう、当り前の事を言わないで。
{Misa}:Oh now, Don't say such obvious things.
【りょうのすけ】当り前の事を、当り前に言うのが難しいんだ。

 

[Scrivener]

Hmm pretty difficult stuff especially with just a few sentences and not the whole story. Lots of products like food and stuff are branded with cartoon characters in Japan. In fact the majority of food aimed at kids probably uses some anime character as a hook.

ザザエさん: This is a manga/anime. The anime is better than the manga. It's about a family where a young man has married the eldest daughter (Sazae san) of a family where the kids are quite separated in age, and gone to live with them. It teaches about Japanese culture and customs that are disappearing.

しんちゃん: This may be talking about "Crayon Shinchan". This is a manga/anime. The manga is better than the anime. It's about a family of a salaryman, a housewife, and a kindergarten kid (and his dog and friends, sister, etc.). The kid is "Shin chan" - he's really crazy and causes lots of problems. It's very funny. ゼロヨン is 04, maybe referring to the year. ーロチーズ is some kind of cheese maybe but it is missing a character at least.

タコちゃんウィンナー: This is probably a wiener sausage. Takochan may be another anime character.

ちびまる子ちゃん: This is a manga/anime. The manga is OK, I haven't watched the anime really. It's autobiographical stories about a woman's life, mostly about when she is at elementary school. It mostly concerns the daily life of an extended family. She has a liking for "essay style" stories that have some kind of point to make about life.

当り前の事を、当り前に言うのが難しいんだ。: I'm not sure exactly!! I think it is "even though something is obvious doesn't mean you can just point it out all the time". Of course this loses the play on words. I think "atarimae ni iu" means "to say something in regular/simple terms".

 

[CorDarei]

タコちゃんウィンナー: This is probably a w
iener sausage. Takochan may be another anime character.

I think it just refers to a wiener sausage shaped like an octopus.

 

[PaulTB]

I think it just refers to a wiener sausage shaped like an octopus.

Good point. Those things are all over every anime bentou ever seen.
Even more common than the apple bunny rabbits.

 

[tweetybird_joan]

HI May I join with ur group.Im Joan from Philippines like to know more about Japanese.

 

[DingoEnderZOE2]

Ok I have one more translation request of 2004. Could anyone come up with a good translation of this for me?:

かわいいお弁当箱を使ってるのね。芸能界にも多いわよ、そういうグッズが大好きな女の子達。

Here's what I translated it has:
You're using such a cute lunch box. I see them a lot in the show business industry, goods like this are very popular with the girls.

 

[epigene]

Ummm... it's already Jan. 2, 2005 Anyway, Happy New Year to you!!

Because it is dialogue translation, the sentence structure is not standard.
多いわよ refers to 女の子達. So, it's: You're using such a cute lunch box. Many girls in show business love [character brand] goods like that.

 

[DingoEnderZOE2]

So far this is the best place to ask for help. Thanks so much to all the people who've been helping me out. Ok now I have another request:

Could someone translate this:だって、やり慣れない事をする時は、人に見られたKUないって意識がHataraKUじゃない。 for me?

Here's the context:

【りょうのすけ】どうして本を読む事が恥ずかしいんだよぅ。
【友美】だ、だって、やり慣れない事をする時は、人に見られたKUないって意識がHataraKUじゃない。

That kanji near the end is either 動KU or the Kanji for Hataraku I don't remember which it was.

 

[epigene]

だって、やり慣れない事をする時は、人に 見られたKUないって意識がHataraKUじゃない。

動く is "ugoku" (to move)
働く is "hataraku" (to work)
"Hataraku" consists of "ninben" combined with kanji for "ugoku"
意識 can be translated as "consciousness" or "mind," depending on context.
Translation:
Because--your mind works in a way that you don't want to be seen doing something you're not accustomed to.

This is very literal. Please rewrite to make it sound more natural.

 

[DingoEnderZOE2]

Okay once again I have more sentence requests. It's a couple this time. Here they are:

もしアルバイトをしてくれないなんて言ったら……君がシンナーのやり過ぎで廃人になりかけている、という手紙を両親に出すからね。

そうね、学園始まって以来の緊急事態ってところかしら。

おさまりの挨拶なんだから、いちいちチュックするなよ。それにもしかして、俺が電話番号を間違えてるかも知れないだろ。

ふん、稔ごときには俺の繊細で、黒のメタリック車のボディのように傷付きやすい心はわからないだろう。

 

[Elizabeth]

二人は誰にも告げずに、紙切れ一杯だけの結婚武をAげるのでAった。
"Without telling anybody they had a 'paper only' wedding ceremony"
I'm not sure about 紙切れ一杯 either.

杯でなくて枚、武でなくて式の間違いではないですね。 A paper only wedding may be referring to a ceremonial ceremony making a private, unofficial, unlicensed/registered marriage....I'm not really sure either.

紙切れ一枚の結婚式は婚姻届を出ないで結婚式をしていますか？

 

[epigene]

Elizabeth, you're right about the two kanjis.

A "paper-only" wedding means the couple only registered (submitted a marriage registration form at city hall) without any ceremony or party.

 

[epigene]

もしアルバイトをしてくれないなんて言ったら……君が シンナーのやり過ぎで廃人になりかけている、という手紙を両親 に出すからね。

If you don't take this part-time job, I'll write a letter to your parents saying you're becoming a vegetable from inhaling too much thinner (for paint, used as a narcotic).

そうね、学園始まって以来の緊急事態ってところかしら 。

Yeah, you can say that it's the greatest emergency ever in the history of the school.

おさまりの挨拶なんだから、いちいちチュックするなよ 。それにもしかして、俺が電話番号を間違えてるかも知 れないだろ。

おさまり should probably be おざなり.
Don't pick on it, because it was just a careless "hello." Plus, I may have called the wrong number.
(I'm not sure about this translation, because I don't know what's going on.)

ふん、稔ごときには俺の繊細で、黒のメタリック車のボ ディのように傷付きやすい心はわからないだろう。

Huh, Minoru won't ever understand how delicate and fragile, like the black, metallic body of a car, my heart is.

Sounds like lines from an anime...

 

[Elizabeth]

Elizabeth, you're right about the two kanjis.

A "paper-only" wedding means the couple only registered (submitted a marriage registration form at city hall) without any ceremony or party.

どうもありがとう, Epigeneさん。

簡単に言うと[紙切れ一枚の結婚式は「二人は区役所戸籍係に（届出
書？）、結婚証明書などを提出するだけ」という意味だろう」となるのではないでしょうか。
ちょっと難しい勉強をしているんですね。

訂正してくださいね。

 

[epigene]

bureaucratese

簡単に言うと[紙切れ一枚の結婚式は「二人は区役所戸籍係に（届出書？）、結婚証明書などを提出するだけ」という意味だ ろう」となるのではないでしょうか。

婚姻届（こんいんとどけ）をする、または婚姻届を提出するといいます。婚姻届とは、いわゆる「役所言葉」 (ｂｕｒｅａｕｃｒａｔｅｓｅ??)ですが、もう一般化しています。こういうことは、やはり日本で生活していないと分からないことですね。でも、エリザベスさんは随分がんばっていますので、関心します。
私もいろいろ勉強したいのですが、なにせ年なので、なかなか頭に入っても、忘れてしまいます。（苦笑）
結婚関連の表現や語彙は、こちらでわかると思いますので。参考まで：
婚姻届はいつ・どこに・誰が提出する？ [入籍・婚姻届] All About

PS なんだか、ひらがなの「I」が文字化けします。

 

[Glenn]

婚姻届（こんいんとどけ）をする、または婚姻届を提出するといいます。婚姻届とは、いわゆる「役所言葉」 (ｂｕｒｅａｕｃｒａｔｅｓｅ??)ですが、もう一般化しています。こういうことは、やはり日本で生活していないと分からないことですね。でも、エリザベスさんは随分がんばっていますので、関心します。
私もいろいろ勉強したいのですが、なにせ年なので、なかなか頭に入っても、忘れてしまいます。（苦笑）
結婚関連の表現や語彙は、こちらでわかると思いますので。参考まで：
婚姻届はいつ・どこに・誰が提出する？ [入籍・婚姻届] All About

ＰＳ なんだか、ひらがなの「I」が文字化けします。

ひらがなの「い」の問題ではありませんよ。日本語と英字を使うのなら、「Ｆｕｌｌ－ｗｉｄｔｈ Ａｌｐｈａｎｕｍｅｒｉｃ」を選択してください。理由はなかなか説明できないんですが、ビットサイズの関係です。このポストを参照してください。

 

[epigene]

グレンさん、ありがとうございます！

ということは、全部全角で書いたほうがいいんですね？いただきました参考スレッドをゆっくり研究してみます。

 

[Elizabeth]

私の知っているかぎりでは日本語メールの文字化けはないんですが
外国からきたメールの返事を英語で返すとたまにあるようです。
このフォーラムにも日本語の全部全角だけを使っても、時々文字化けがする こともあります。それにはいくつの種類があるだろうの？

 

[DingoEnderZOE2]

Ok I have some more requests.The one's where I mark the end of them with a " (!)" are the ones I need help with. The rest are just context. Here they are:

【けんたろう】いいよなぁ稔は……親の庇護の下で働く事も知らず、惰眠をむさぼり、ぬくぬくと怠惰な生活を送ってるんだから。 (!)
【稔】人聞きの悪い事を言わないでくれ、俺だってアルバイトぐらいしてたぜ。
【けんたろう】母親の肩たたきか？(!)
【稔】違うよっ！！
【けんたろう】じゃあ、傘張りとか？ (!)
【稔】俺は江戸時代の素浪人かよぉ。(!)

 

[DingoEnderZOE2]

Could someone answer me......please?