がんばるはあるが、・・・wakaP said:Hi, Paul. がんばってますねぇ。(^^)
一応正っぽい英語かな~。wakaP said:Forest(#2989)
<森>
木と茂みと草むらがいたるところにある。(I neglect the 'large'. ^^
残念ながら'with leaves and tiny branches leading into which is a cavity'の部分が分かりません。
'leading into' の主語は何ですか?
なぜ 'a cavity' ではなくて 'which is a cavity' なのでしょうか?
これって正しい英語ですか?:?
I think we can assume it is flowering ... probably. I almost included 咲いている myself.wakaP said:Pond(#6513)
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池が見える。池の真ん中には蓮の花が咲いている。(too much free ?)
For 古い木の幹 is it clear that the _rest_ of the tree is gone?wakaP said:濁った池の水に,上から滝が流れ込んでいる。
東に古い木の幹があり,西に空き地がある。
"a dirt mound with leaves and tiny branches" が主語ではないですか?「落ち葉や枯れ枝の混ざった塚」と言うような意味だと思います。"leading into which is a cavity" は、「空洞に通じる」と言う意味ではないでしょうか。残念ながら'with leaves and tiny branches leading into which is a cavity'の部分が分かりません。
'leading into' の主語は何ですか?
特に、「穴があって、そこに通じて(開いて)いる」という意味を強調するために、"a cavity" ではなくて "which is a cavity" となっていると思うのですが、ただの推測です。なぜ 'a cavity' ではなくて 'which is a cavity' なのでしょうか?
一面に広がる木々に茂み、そこは草木の世界。Trees, bushes and large grass everywhere.
There is a dirt mound with leaves and tiny branches leading into which is a cavity.
最中(もなか)に浮かぶ蓮が見ゆ池、You see a pond with a lotus in the centre.
From above, a waterfall feeds the pond's murky waters.
There's an old tree trunk to the east and a clearing to the west.
Oh, I thought it is leaf of lotus but not flower.I think we can assume it is flowering ... probably. I almost included 咲いている myself.
I think it is clear that the rest of the tree is gone.For 古い木の幹 is it clear that the _rest_ of the tree is gone?
I think if I saw it I wouldn't know it _was_ a lotus leaf unless it had a handy flowerNANGI said:Oh, I thought it is leaf of lotus but not flower.
That's an excellent description. The only problem is that there's quite a lot more in it than the original English. Still I suppose the original author of the English isn't going to know any better if it is 'enhanced' a little.NANGI said:日々に晒(さら)され、自らを飾ることを諦(あきら)めた枝や葉が腐葉土(ふようど)と化した地面には、人 を誘(いざな)うかのように開いた口を持つこんもりとした塚があった。
なるほど、文法的には明確ではないのですね。それにcavityも怪しいと。PaulTB said:"There is a dirt mound with leaves and tiny branches"
Is one 文節
"leading into which is a cavity."
'which' refers to 'a dirt mound'. This isn't obvious from the grammar of the sentence, but a cavity can't easily lead into 'leaves and tiny branches'.
Yes. I think it's clear. the _rest_ of the tree is goneを強調するならば、PaulTB said:For 古い木の幹 is it clear that the _rest_ of the tree is gone?
あはは。これはやり過ぎでしょう、なんぎさん。NANGI said:一面に広がる木々に茂み、そこは草木の世界。
日々に晒(さら)され、自らを飾ることを諦(あきら)めた枝や葉が腐葉土(ふようど)と化した地面には、人 を誘(いざな)うかのように開いた口を持つこんもりとした塚があった。...
That's leading in the wrong direction.wakaP said:なるほど、文法的には明確ではないのですね。それにcavityも怪しいと。
だったら、'There is a dirt mound leading into a cave.'はどうでしょう。
No. Cave is generally for holes in solid rock. Also the original, original was in Portuguese. The author translated it to 'English' as 'socket' :? which was obviously wrong a second opinion on what the translation should be came up with 'cavity'. 'Cavity' isn't actually wrong, it just isn't as clear as 'hole' or 'tunnel'.wakaP said:(I assume that the writer had confused 'cavity' and 'cave'. What do you think about this?)
PaulTB said:That's leading in the wrong direction.
The hole leads into the interior of the dirt mound.
No. Cave is generally for holes in solid rock. Also the original, original was in Portuguese. The author translated it to 'English' as 'socket' :? which was obviously wrong a second opinion on what the translation should be came up with 'cavity'. 'Cavity' isn't actually wrong, it just isn't as clear as 'hole' or 'tunnel'.
Yes I did.wakaP said:Because, you said 'which' refered to a mound
I don't think I did say that.wakaP said:and the subject of 'leading' was the mound.
「にいる」じゃありませんか。wakaP said:<森>
木と茂みと草むらがいたるところにある。
Yes I think that's right.wakaP said:枯葉と小枝で覆われた土の塚がある。その中に続く穴が開いている。
It seems I misunderstood what you said.PaulTB said:I don't think I did say that.
I understand. Thank you."The cavity doesn't lead into 'leaves and tiny branches' the cavity leads into
a dirt mound."
「にいる」ではありませんよ。「にいる」じゃありませんか。
Oh wait. Now I get it.wakaP said:「にいる」ではありませんよ。
Thank you. (I'm still working my way through it. ^^; )wakaP said:This is my translation.
Do you think it will be obvious to Japanese users what a ウィザードリスト is?wakaP said:wizard-list (ウィザード・リスト) -- MOOsaicoのウィザードリスト
I'm not sure that it will be obvious to Japanese users what a ウィザードリスト is.PaulTB said:Do you think it will be obvious to Japanese users what a ウィザードリスト is?
In other words that in MOOs 'wizards' are the administrators and programmers?
wakaP said:@describe (記述) -- あなたが何にみえるかを設定する。(I don't understand this)
I wonder about 変更 vs 設定. Generally you start with your character's sex 'undetermined' and then you set it to male (or female). It isn't something that tends to get changed again. (Although if you really wanted to I suppose you could switch it once a day ...wakaP said:@gender (性別の変更) -- 性別を変更する。
I see. It's a short self-introduction, isn't it.PaulTB said:Well it works a little like this...
> Look PaulTB
You look at PaulTB, you see nothing special about him.
> @describe PaulTB <decription goes here>
> Look PaulTB
You look at PaulTB, he's so fine, he's so fly he blow your mind.
I also thought what you wrote above. Well, now we can use both 設定 and 変更. That is,PaulTB said:I wonder about 変更 vs 設定. Generally you start with your character's sex 'undetermined' and then you set it to male (or female). It isn't something that tends to get changed again. (Although if you really wanted to I suppose you could switch it once a day ...)
Ah thanks. I didn't know 説明 worked like that.wakaP said:I see. It's a short self-introduction, isn't it.
So, the Japanese will be
@describe(自分の説明):簡単な自分紹介文を設定します。
Well it's a minor point but I think it looks better now anyway.wakaP said:I also thought what you wrote above. Well, now we can use both 設定 and 変更. That is,
@gender(性別):性別を設定・変更する
I think that the 'occasional utility' part makes the sentense hard to translate.PaulTB said:The next bit is really short, but I think my brain is getting overworked ^^v somehow it didn't really come out very well.
That's a sneaky way of doing it - I likewakaP said:他のヘルプと同じように分類するのは難しく
だれも「噛み付き」ませんでしたか。では私が少々。PaulTB said:I posted this on a different forum a day ago but got no 'bites' so here it goes.
どうぞよろしく
I had a lot of problems with 'Computer science'. I would have expected a lot of hits on the web (given the subject) but none of the words I came up with did very well.wakaP said:Common computer room
Haven't seen 2ショット used like that before - just in having photos taken as a pair.wakaP said:whisper (ささやく) -- 同じ部屋にいる人と2ショットで話しかけます。
That's more polite than my version. ^^;wakaP said:gagging (黙らせる) -- 特定のユーザーの発言を非表示にします。
Eavesdropping implies listening rather than reading, of course in a MOO all 'speech' is actually typing but there is a general distinction between メール (sent to be read later) and various types of チャット (real time 'talk'). Does 盗み読み work for secretly following conversations then?wakaP said:security (セキュリティ) -- 偽メールや盗み読みを見つけ出すユーティリティーについて
いぶかしい is not much different from あやしい。But, '電気工がいぶかしげに配線をいじくっている' differ from '電気工があやしげに配線をいじくっている'. Although the former means that the electrician feels suspicious about 配線, the latter means that the electrician is suspicious person!PaulTB said:いぶかしい was another new bit of vocabulary, does it differ much from あやしい?
There is a word "2ショットチャット". I think you can understand what it is without explain. ^^;PaulTB said:Haven't seen 2ショット used like that before - just in having photos taken as a pair.
No. 盗み聞き would be much better.PaulTB said:Does 盗み読み work for secretly following conversations then?
それもあり得ると思いますが・・・wakaP said:いぶかしい is not much different from あやしい。But, '電気工がいぶかしげに配線をいじくっている' differ from '電気工があやしげに配線をいじくっている'. Although the former means that the electrician feels suspicious about 配線, the latter means that the electrician is suspicious person!