Japanese difficulties

[michaelkoh32]

How do ask in japanese...

" Hi, does the toy come with all the complete accessories and is there any instruction manual"

How to ask

" can you show me the Postage receipts for the item that you have sent to me"

 

[Mike Cash]

You're pretty blatant and blunt about using us for nothing more than your freebie translation service for your online shopping.

The only way you'd make us feel any cheaper is by leaving $20 on the nightstand on your way out.

 

[Elizabeth]

You know about online translators, don't you michaelkoe32 ? Babelfish, nifty, excite, etc ? If you are not paying for politeness, we can at least make it readable (one sentence at a time) from there....

 

[michaelkoh32]

I'm sorry for my selfish attitude. I hope you all forgive me. I won't ask any translation anymore. Thank you for all your support. I will not come here unless i have mastered japanese lang. My apologies to those who guided me along. BTW, anyone know of paid translation services? i might try that out instead~ No more free riders for me. Forgive my ignorance.

 

[Mike Cash]

It isn't just the "free ride", that gives offense. Lots of people do that.

What offends is that the "free ride" is the sum total of your participation with us. You engage in none of the humanizing activity like chit-chat or idle banter that lets us get to know each other and at least think we're giving the free ride to a friend. You don't even bother to use the universally-recognized magic word "please". Just sort of a "Here, translate this for me."

Nobody is asking you to bugger off and leave us alone. We're pointing out that when asking friendly folks to perform friendly favors, it works oh-so-much better when you've bothered to be friendly with them and do it in a friendly way.