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Hi all,
i wonder if any of you have a good online dictionary or other source for translating idioms.
for instance, today i wrote an email to my japanese friend in Japanese (tried anyway) and wanted to say "don't get me wrong" and also "if anything..."
the "if anything" is in this context:

...you are not to blame.If anything, both of us are...​


anybody have good ways to translate this sort of spoken English?
 
yorkii said:
Hi all,
i wonder if any of you have a good online dictionary or other source for translating idioms.
for instance, today i wrote an email to my japanese friend in Japanese (tried anyway) and wanted to say "don't get me wrong" and also "if anything..."
the "if anything" is in this context:
...you are not to blame.If anything, both of us are...​
anybody have good ways to translate this sort of spoken English?
I think maybe むしろ is better than どちらかというと(といえば) (which sounds a little like you are reluctant to blame yourself as well) or あえていえば here, but sorry I'm in such a hurry now there's no time to explain.

今、私も出かけるので忙しいのですぐに手伝うことができないので、後でしますね。。。 :oops:
 
no problem Elizabeth.

thanks for the help.

if you find time, i would appreciate a little explination of sorts, but dont feel pressured into doing so. i could figure it out on my own (maybe :p)
 
まあ^^、 Krazykatさんのほうが正しかったんですね。
お待たせいたしましてすみません。ちょっと調べの結果です。😅

この場合は、「むしろ」の強調を強過ぎ てちょっと不自然そうですね。

誤解しないでくれ。。。
あなたを責めはしないよ (one of the hundreds of possibilities chosen at random :))
どちらかというと、私たち二人はそうです。
 
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One thing that can help is to de-idiomize your English first.

For example: "don't get me wrong" -> "don't misunderstand me"
 
Mike Cash said:
One thing that can help is to de-idiomize your English first.

For example: "don't get me wrong" -> "don't misunderstand me"

very sensible. why didnt i think of that?

:p
 
yorkii said:
very sensible. why didnt i think of that?
:p
I think I would even use 'misunderstand' in English .... is that something that always happens when you've been studying Japanese this long ? :p
 
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