Need a word or phrase translated?

ralian · 24 May 2005

ryuhei69 said:
Can I get some help with translating these to Japanese? Thanks!
I will be staying at the beaufort hotel in Taiwan during the event next month.
来月、私わ台湾のホテルにいます。
Raigetsu, watashi wa taiwan no beaufort hotel ni imasu.

I would say this one:
来月、イベントの開催中、台湾のボーフォートホテルに泊まります。
Raigetsu, ibento no kaisaichuu, taiwan no beaufort hotel ni tomarimasu.

Elizabeth · 24 May 2005

Glenn said:
・・・・・・よく言いやがった！

I want to say that this is "now you've done it!" but I'm not sure if that's really right. I know it has some feeling and meaning close to that.

I guess literally this would be the suffix やがる meaning disdainful, insulting, disliked (speech) etc....whether there are more idiomatic expressions for it I'm not sure.

pipokun · 24 May 2005

Glenn said:
・・・・・・よく言いやがった！
I want to say that this is "now you've done it!" but I'm not sure if that's really right. I know it has some feeling and meaning close to that.
そこまで言うんならやってやるよ！
"If you're gonna say that then I'll do it (to you)!" Somehow I think context would really help this one.
泣いてもしらねーからな。覚悟決めろよ！
"I'm not gonna care even if you cry. Prepare yourself (for the worst)!"
Any help is appreciated.

What a big mouth!
OK, I'm gonna kill you.
Who cares your tears. Say your Kami/Shinto/Buddha prayers!

Do you think this does make sense in English, esp., the last sentence?

Glenn · 24 May 2005

pipokun said:
What a big mouth!
OK, I'm gonna kill you.
Who cares your tears. Say your Kami/Shinto/Buddha prayers!

Do you think this does make sense in English, esp., the last sentence?

I think it's good for the most part. I always think of やる as "do," without always thinking of the different connotations it has -- i.e. I forgot it can be used to mean "kill."

"Who cares your tears" is a bit unnatural, and it feels ungrammatical. "Who cares about your tears" is better, but I doubt anyone would say that. "I don't give a **** if you cry" I suppose would convey the meaning well enough, although I'm not sure how to stay faithful to the original and use natural English. I don't think we actually say this (at least not in this situation).

I think "say your prayers" is good enough for the last sentence, and I like that translation.

pipokun · 24 May 2005

Thanks a lot.
I agree the **** stuff would be better in that situation.

よく言いやがった！ must be an expression for stupid boys
よくも言ったわね！ sounds more girls, not stupid, but hot-blooded ones.
"How dare you say such a thing" would be the literal translation.

Kirisame · 24 May 2005

Elizabeth said:
何もかも; 何も彼も【なにもかも】 (adv,exp,n) anything and everything; just about everything

I first found this in the context of the stages a relationship passes through over time -- through romance, love, marriage, family, etc. Not sure it works here or not, but thanks for the translation.

Well I'm not sure if I've translated your sentence well. I hope I've.
I was gonna translate nanimo kamo as it appears in your above explanation, but wanted to try 'anything else' to see if it sounds good enough.

Thanks for the explanation.

Elizabeth · 24 May 2005

Kirisame said:
Well I'm not sure if I've translated your sentence well. I hope I've.
I was gonna translate nanimo kamo as it appears in your above explanation, but wanted to try 'anything else' to see if it sounds good enough.

Thanks for the explanation.

いいえ、前後の文にもよるし、訳し方も色々ですね。

tllundgren · 24 May 2005

Need two words translated

What does "ganbattene" and "ai" mean in English? I can't find their meanings anywhere on the web. Any help would be appreciated.

t

pipokun · 24 May 2005

tllundgren said:
What does "ganbattene" and "ai" mean in English? I can't find their meanings anywhere on the web. Any help would be appreciated.

t

You can translate "Ganbatte(ne) " into many ways:
Good luck!
Chin up!
Hang in there!
etc.

ai is probably "love", but it depends upon the context:to meet, deep blue, or even eye in Katakana.

tllundgren · 24 May 2005

Thank you, Pipokun. That makes a letter I received make much more sense.

Much appreciated!

nemesae · 25 May 2005

Okay, here are some words I can't seem to find a translation for (it's from an interview)

常に妬究して
真剣に頭振って演ってるんですけど
日本の音楽シーンが荒んでいってるからですかね
ああ、同感ですね。つまり、チャレンジし甲悲があるところに行ってチャレンジしたいと

Could anyone help me out?

Kirisame · 25 May 2005

Giving a try on these sentences (got it from a game)

1) 誰にでも好かれたい

Want to be liked by everybody/everyone

2) 誰よりも強くなりたい

Want to be stronger than anyone

3) 誰かの助けになりたい

Want to be of help to someone

Sentence (2) was okay for me, but just wanted to write it out anyway. There's probably a better translation from this forum.

pipokun · 26 May 2005

nemesae said:
常に妬究して
真剣に頭振って演ってるんですけど
日本の音楽シーンが荒んでいってるからですかね
ああ、同感ですね。つまり、チャレンジし甲悲があるところに行ってチャレンジしたいと

Always studying,
and seriously and faithfully plain' (my music) and head-bangin'

(this is because) the Japanese music market perhaps is getting dissipated.
Yeah, agreed. I mean, I wanna go anywhere worth while challenging.

妬究して does not make sense, but I suppose it is just a typo.

1) 誰にでも好かれたい
Want to be liked by everybody/everyone
3) 誰かの助けになりたい
Want to be of help to someone

my idea goes:
want to be much-loved by all, not please-everyone guy, right?
want to be a helping hand to others

Liverpool, congratulations!
FORZA MILAN!

Elizabeth · 27 May 2005

pipokun said:
Always studying,
and seriously and faithfully plain' (my music) and head-bangin'

(this is because) the Japanese music market perhaps is getting dissipated.
Yeah, agreed. I mean, I wanna go anywhere worth while challenging.

妬究して does not make sense, but I suppose it is just a typo.

I think they must be a little messed up, Pipokun is an artful interpreter after all.

The closest I can tell from my great kanji dictionary, these at least are probably the standard forms :

研究
演じている
甲斐

J44xm · 27 May 2005

A performer named MEGUMI has a song/album named "好きなのに." Can someone help me figure out what this means?

Buntaro · 27 May 2005

J44xm,

"Suki na no ni" means "I like you/it but...."

dmr · 29 May 2005

I hope this is the right thread to post this question (but from the looks of title, I think I'm alright)

Anyway, my partner and I have an oral exam project due soon for Japanese class. We're almost done, however, we're still having some issues on translating a few lines from our dialogue conversation.

The subject is 'anime' and I'm trying to figure out how to ask: "Which Japanese anime shows/programs are you currently watching?"

And she's trying to figure out the response: " I'm currently watching (insert title), (insert title #2), and (insert title #3). And you?"

That's all. So if anybody could help us out it would be much appreciated. Thanks!

pika la · 30 May 2005

I'm having a hard time with って。 You know, when placed on it's own after a noun or something.. I know how to use it when adding it as a verb tence.. eg: 行って、持ってって but not on it own, what does it mean? I've seen it as a question and not.

りかさんって。。。
恋愛ってなに？

etc. It's -te form of いる right? ><;

pipokun · 30 May 2005

あなたは、今どのようなアニメをみていますか？
Anataha, ima donoyouna anime wo miteimasuka?
わたしは、今#1、#2、#3をみています。あなたは？
Watashiha, ima#1,#2.#3wo miteimasu. anataha?

mainly 2 usages in more spoken Japanese
1)a particle attached to Noun with meaning close to "は", "というのは", "とは".
恋愛ってなに？=恋愛とは、何ですか？
男って、バカだ。=男というのは、バカです。
2)a particle conveying "hearsay" in the end of the sentence.
カナダは、美しい国なんだって。
I heard Canada is a beautiful country.
日本語は、難しい言語なんだって。
I heard Japanese is a difficult language.

dmr · 30 May 2005

pipokun said:
あなたは、今どのようなアニメをみていますか？
Anataha, ima donoyouna anime wo miteimasuka?
わたしは、今#1、#2、#3をみています。あなたは？
Watashiha, ima#1,#2.#3wo miteimasu. anataha?

Thank you!

Btw, is it not necessary to use "や" or "と" after each anime title listed? Just curious. Thanks.

pipokun · 30 May 2005

dmr, you're right. It'd be better to put YA or TO for your test.

nemesae · 30 May 2005

Elizabeth said:
I think they must be a little messed up, Pipokun is an artful interpreter after all.

The closest I can tell from my great kanji dictionary, these at least are probably the standard forms :

研究
演じている
甲斐

I'll give it another check. But I can't find the exact meaning of these three words anywhere I can understand what 演じている must mean, it's just that I've never seen it in form of a verb before.

Buntaro · 31 May 2005

Pika la,

りかさんって。。。

is the quotation form

He said, "Rika."

wakarimasen · 1 Jun 2005

Hey all,

I haven't posted in a while, but it's because I've been really busy trying to improve my understanding of Japanese. To this end, I've been going through a stack of books, including Basic Connections, one of the great little Kodansha titles. There was an interesting little story in one of the chapters, entitled 雪女, which I decided to translate for practice.

As far as I can tell, the story is a common Japanese legend that has been condensed or at least rewritten for Basic Connections. The book offers no translation, and I can't find this exact version translated anywhere on the web. Therefore, I'll share it with you fine folks, and I'd be very appreciative if one of the experts here would tell me what glaring errors exist in my work.

It started as a literal translation, but I went back through and tried to make the English flow better without changing the meaning. I hope I've succeeded! Since it's a bit long, I decided not to paste it into the forums. Instead, I've posted it here on my own domain!

Thanks, everyone!
Justin

pipokun · 1 Jun 2005

Justine, great job!
Hope you will keep translating Japanese tales. You know "aozora bunko" like Project Gutenberg, right?
青空文庫 Aozora Bunko

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