Need a word or phrase translated?

Scrivener · 16 Dec 2004

"doushite" is "why", "doushita" is "what's up with you?" or something.

puKKa · 17 Dec 2004

I've been trying to work out on what the Japanese sentences in a FFVII:AC trailer is but I can't get some of the words right. I'm using romaji since I haven't learned all the hiragana yet.

So this is what I got:

ore ni wa daremo tasuke kurenai taoumunda kazoku darona nakama darona daremo.

so the bold parts are what I don't know what the word is so I've just writen about how it sounds, The translation that I've seen to it is:
"I don't feel as if I can save anyone. Neither my family nor my friends; no one." - Ani-Kraze

So does anyone got any ideas of what the missing words can be?

thanks :

btw. Write in hiragana or romaji, your choice since if you write it in hiragana it'll only give me more practice :

CorDarei · 17 Dec 2004

puKKa said:
I've been trying to work out on what the japanese sentences in a FFVII:AC trailer is but I can't get some of the words right. I'm using romaji since I havn't learned all the hiraganas yet.

So this is what I got:

ore ni wa daremo tasuke kurenai taoumunda kazoku darona nakama darona daremo.

so the bold parts are what I don't know what the word is so I've just writen about how it sounds, The translation that I've seen to it is:
"I don't feel as if I can save anyone. Neither my family nor my friends; no one." - Ani-Kraze

So does anyone got any ideas of what the missing words can be?

thanks

btw. Write in hiragana or romaji, your choice since if you write it in hiragana it'll only give me more practice

Here's the quote you're looking for:

Ore ni ha dare mo tasukerarenainda (I'm pretty sure the "nda" goes here, not after "omou.") to omou. Kazoku darouga, nakama darouga. Dare mo.

Okay, I did that from memory. I wonder if I should be worried?

(Sorry for not writing in hiragana, I don't have Japanese input on this computer)

Eve · 17 Dec 2004

Scrivener said:
"doushite" is "why", "doushita" is "what's up with you?" or something.

whut about nani and nande?

GaijinPunch · 17 Dec 2004

Nani = what
Nande = why

Eve · 17 Dec 2004

Ok thanks =)

puKKa · 17 Dec 2004

CorDarei said:
Here's the quote you're looking for:

Ore ni ha dare mo tasukerarenainda (I'm pretty sure the "nda" goes here, not after "omou.") to omou. Kazoku darouga, nakama darouga. Dare mo.

Okay, I did that from memory. I wonder if I should be worried? :emoji_blush:

(Sorry for not writing in hiragana, I don't have Japanese input on this computer)

Thanks a lot, no worries about the hiragana, Ill try to write it myself :

Nothing to worry about, I've seen that trailer too many times, It runs almost 24/7 :emoji_stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Fantt · 18 Dec 2004

Here's another sentence I'm puzzling a bit over from Jorden's "Reading Japanese:"

あちらでボイコットしている？
Is there a boycott going on over there?

Is that a proper translation?

Thanks!

CorDarei · 18 Dec 2004

Fantt said:
Here's another sentence I'm puzzling a bit over from Jorden's "Reading Japanese:"

あちらでボイコットしている？
Is there a boycott going on over there?

Is that a proper translation?

Thanks!

It's correct, but you want to watch out when you make a passive sentence out of an active one. A more literal translation would be "Are [they] doing a boycott over there?" But I think your sentence is fine. :emoji_thumbsup:

Elizabeth · 18 Dec 2004

CorDarei said:
It's correct, but you want to watch out when you make a passive sentence out of an active one. A more literal translation would be "Are [they] doing a boycott over there?" But I think your sentence is fine.

Since boycott is a verb in English, I'd tend to come out with "Is there a boycott there?" or "Are they boycotting (it)?

Eve · 18 Dec 2004

how do u say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and hapy new year eve?

Elizabeth · 18 Dec 2004

Eve said:
how do u say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and happy new year eve?

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Eve · 18 Dec 2004

Lol thanks but it didn't help much

Elizabeth · 18 Dec 2004

Eve said:
Lol thanks but it didn't help much

大晦日 is New Years Eve, just like there isn't in English I sort of doubt there's often a happy stuck in front of it. Merry Christmas is the same, New Years is all the ones described there. What isn't to understand ?

PaulTB · 18 Dec 2004

Eve said:
how do u say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and happy new year eve?

Merry Christmas メリークリスマス
Happy New Year あけましておめでとうございます (when it _is_ new year)
Happy new year eve Do people really say that in English ?

Scrivener · 18 Dec 2004

CorDarei said:
It's correct, but you want to watch out when you make a passive sentence out of an active one. A more literal translation would be "Are [they] doing a boycott over there?" But I think your sentence is fine.

Because they so often leave the subject out in Japanese, I find I often use passive sentences for safety's sake. Often I can't be sure if the subject is even supposed to be plural or singular, and if I assume, I might mislead someone. It's not just as simple as leaving out a subject in an active sentence - Japanese will often use a subjectless sentence where we would use a passive one, and not be making assumptions about the actual agent - e.g. in technical translations involving systems where things happen but there is not really an agent - just things happening as the system runs. I get massive documents where the subject is never mentioned - it's just "the system". There isn't much point putting "the system" into every English sentence, since you wouldn't do that writing in English. You would tend to use passive sentences like "when the flag is up the value is incremented".

CorDarei · 19 Dec 2004

Scrivener said:
Because they so often leave the subject out in Japanese, I find I often use passive sentences for safety's sake. Often I can't be sure if the subject is even supposed to be plural or singular, and if I assume, I might mislead someone. It's not just as simple as leaving out a subject in an active sentence - Japanese will often use a subjectless sentence where we would use a passive one, and not be making assumptions about the actual agent - e.g. in technical translations involving systems where things happen but there is not really an agent - just things happening as the system runs. I get massive documents where the subject is never mentioned - it's just "the system". There isn't much point putting "the system" into every English sentence, since you wouldn't do that writing in English. You would tend to use passive sentences like "when the flag is up the value is incremented".

Yeah, you're right, of course. And that's a really good example; I've never done any real reading of technical documents in Japanese, so I haven't come across that, but I definitely see where that would be the case. I just wanted to warn him that a lot of the time they are just leaving out the subject that they mentioned two sentences earlier. I'm just nitpicky like that.

puKKa · 19 Dec 2004

Okay, I tried my best, so did I do it right? ^^

Ore ni ha dare mo tasukerarenainda to omou. Kazoku darouga, nakama darouga. Dare mo.
俺には誰も助けられないんだと思う。家族だろうが、仲間だろうが。誰も。

Eve · 19 Dec 2004

Elizabeth said:
大晦日 is New Years Eve, just like there isn't in English I sort of doubt there's often a happy stuck in front of it. Merry Christmas is the same, New Years is all the ones described there. What isn't to understand ?

Oops, sorry I wasn't reading through it thoroughly, thanks Elizabeth and Paul

Glenn · 22 Dec 2004

@puKKa - Yep, you got it right.

josan · 22 Dec 2004

Translation: "God, forgive me"

Looking for help to translate the phrase "God, forgive me" into Nihongo. My friend has asked me to translate this phrase into Japanese so that he can get it as a tattoo. He already has several Japanese/Chinese tattoos, such as 父 and 愛 etc., that are common fare for body art. The phrase "God, forgive me", however, is more complex, and I don't want to mislead him into getting something incorrect placed on his body permanently.

Problem: a typical translation would be too long to fit where he wants too put it without making the kanji so small that it'd be too difficult for the tattoo artist.

So... Are there any Japanese idioms regarding divine forgiveness (or forgiveness in general) that might work? By idioms, I'm thinking of
郷に入れば、郷に従え
石の上に三年

These phrases convey meaning succinctly using a minimum of hiragana.

Alternatively, can anyone suggest a succinct way to translate "God, forgive me" that would still be immediately intelligible? To be as succinct as possible (and allow the tattoo artist to avoid trying to replicate 様), I came up with the following -- but I don't particularly like it:

神、私を許して

(it'll probably be written vertically)

Any suggestions?!? My friend's girlfriend wants to buy this for him for Xmas!

Josan

epigene · 22 Dec 2004

"God, forgive me" can be translated into:
神よ、許したまえ。 (This is the style used in the Bible)

For forgiveness, I'd choose 慈悲 (jihi), which is usually translated into "mercy" but also means forgiveness of God, too.

Hope this helps.

cyber ape · 24 Dec 2004

What does "Dakishimete" mean?

Elizabeth · 24 Dec 2004

cyber ape said:
What does "Dakishimete" mean?

It means to hug or tightly embrace

pika la · 24 Dec 2004

Can someone correct my sentenceS? I don't know if they are correct, thanks.|

太陽は眩しいのに、霜降りの草です。

抱きしめは並んで起きてると見合わす。

頭が腕の中に基づく時に幸せだ。

Haha... I think it's not correct. Help!

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