Japanese Translations

tbirdismypride · 21 May 2013

Hello everyone, I recently acquired a handful of old letters and post cards apparently from the second world war and I was curious as to what the say. I realize that this site only allows short translations however there are several two page letters and about four or five post cards front and back. I understand that there is to much to translate here but I wanted to know if anyone knew a place where I could get these translated or if anyone would be willing to translate them outside of here. I would appreciate any help anyone could provide.

nekojita · 22 May 2013

I am not a moderator/admin here or anything but I think when it involves historical documents or other interesting things you might find you get more of a pass than if you're posting song lyrics or something similar. Maybe just put up one of the postcards to start with, though, rather than the whole lot.

tbirdismypride · 22 May 2013

Here is a scan of the front and back of one of the cards.

nekojita · 22 May 2013

That handwriting is beyond me but part of the printed text on the postcard says 海軍 (Navy) and the address on the right hand side of the front is 島根県飯石郡多根村 (Shimane prefecture, Iishi district, Tanemura - think this place has been through some mergers and is now part of Unnan (雲南市))

tbirdismypride · 22 May 2013

nekojita said:
That handwriting is beyond me but part of the printed text on the postcard says 海軍 (Navy) and the address on the right hand side of the front is 島根県飯石郡多根村 (Shimane prefecture, Iishi district, Tanemura - think this place has been through some mergers and is now part of Unnan (雲南市))

Thank You,
That is more than I had.

Toritoribe · 22 May 2013

The name of the sender/writer of the card is "Moriyama(family name) Takeyoshi(given name)", who was a student of Yokosuka Naval Engineer Academy. Judging from what he wrote, it seems that the card was sent to his parents' home, but the family name of the recipient is different from the sender's. I don't know why.

contents of the card
greetings of late spring / early summer, grateful words to his(= the writer's) mother's letter. He is glad to hear the recipient of the card is going well, and says he keeps on studying, he has no shortage of daily commodities and money, so no need to send those to him. And at the end of the card, he says "Please take care of yourself and give my regards to everyone".

A sentence in the middle of the letter is what he really wanted to say. He received something* from the recipient of the post card without any trouble, but his local office has said nothing yet about that.

*(I can't decipher the second kanji of the word, but it might refer to 印鑑証明 [inkan shōmei] "a certification of official registration of someone's name stamp", just in my impression.)

tbirdismypride · 22 May 2013

Toritoribe said:
The name of the sender/writer of the card is "Moriyama(family name) Takeyoshi(given name)", who was a student of Yokosuka Naval Engineer Academy. Judging from what he wrote, it seems that the card was sent to his parents' home, but the family name of the recipient is different from the sender's. I don't know why.

contents of the card
greetings of late spring / early summer, grateful words to his(= the writer's) mother's letter. He is glad to hear the recipient of the card is going well, and says he keeps on studying, he has no shortage of daily commodities and money, so no need to send those to him. And at the end of the card, he says "Please take care of yourself and give my regards to everyone".

A sentence in the middle of the letter is what he really wanted to say. He recieved something* from the recipient of the post card without any trouble, but his local office has said nothing yet about that.

*(I can't decipher the second kanji of the word, but it might refer to 印鑑証明[inkan shōmei] "a certification of official registration of someone's name stamp", just in my impression.)

Thank You so much for your help!!! It is greatly appreciated!

tbirdismypride · 23 May 2013

Here is another postcard

Thanks

Toritoribe · 23 May 2013

The sender is the same student. He wrote to his younger sister, probably in the second grade in elementary school, you must study hard, obey your(= his) parents, etc in this postcard.

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