Doubt about a sentence

kamuizero · 24 Sep 2004

Hello, I have a little translation problem again:

どうしてもしたくなかったら、しなくてもいい、私がする。

Will translating this to: " If you can't do it by all means, it's ok to not do it, I will (do it). " be ok?

PaulTB · 24 Sep 2004

kamuizero said:
Hello, I have a little translation problem again :S :

どうしてもしたくなかったら、しなくてもいい、私がする。

Will translating this to: " If you can't do it by all means, it's ok to not do it, I will (do it). " be ok??? :?

It's not far off but the first bit is more like

"If you really don't want to do it..."

But a literal translation might be more like

"If, whatever [is done/ said], you don't want to do it..."

kamuizero · 24 Sep 2004

Oh ok, thanx again PaulTB you've helped me a lot!! , now I have a Kanji reading problem :S:

写真なら、私にまかせてください。わりかし上手なんです。

What does "Warikashi" means?? and how do you read the two kanjis next to it, "Jyouzu" ?? :?

PaulTB · 24 Sep 2004

kamuizero said:
Oh ok, thanx again PaulTB you've helped me a lot!! , now I have a Kanji reading problem :S:

写真なら、私にまかせてください。わりかし上手なんです。

What does "Warikashi" means??

Congratulations, you beat EDICT ;-) But you didn't beat Goo.

「わりかた」の俗語的な言い方。

That says "colloquial way of saying 'warikata' and 'warikata' is in EDICT

割り方【わりかた】 (adv) comparatively

kamuizero said:
and how do you read the two kanjis next to it, "Jyouzu" ?? :?

Yup. So you should now have enough to translate the sentence.

kamuizero · 24 Sep 2004

hehe Thanx again, that was a bit tricky .

What does 上手なんです。 means?

PaulTB · 24 Sep 2004

kamuizero said:
hehe Thanx again, that was a bit tricky .

What does 上手なんです。 means?

It means almost the same as 上手です。 but the nuance is a little different. Search for 'ndesu' - there should be lot's o'threads about but basically it emphasises that the speaker is explaining something.

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