Need a word or phrase translated?

[J44xm]

はい！そうです！ありがとう！ That's just what I needed!

 

[Elizabeth]

It's functionally a slash. I just like it better in Japanese text than the slash. If you're using IME, try typing a slash in Japanese text, and you should get the dot.


I'm suggesting using either こと or の, i.e., either 酒を飲むことを... or 酒を飲むのを.... It may have been better for me to have used parentheses, but at least you got to learn about ・ this way.

I think の is better as well. Or you can simply drop the 飲むの altogether --
酒をやめる。。。。is probably most natural.

 

[J44xm]

I think の is better as well. Or you can simply drop the 飲むの altogether -- 酒をやめる。。。。is probably most natural.

Hm. So essentially just saying "stop alcohol"? That's interesting.

 

[Buntaro]

@J44xm

I would translate yameru as give up:

酒をやめる --> give up alcohol

 

[Elizabeth]

@J44xm

I would translate yameru as give up:

酒をやめる --> give up alcohol

I've seen it translated both as "give up alcohol" and "stop drinking" --
it's similar to "drinking" as shorthand for alcohol in English, except in this case
the verb 飲む alone doesn't have that connotation. There are set phrases with 飲酒 (飲酒運転するな) or 酒飲み（です）、but just 酒をやめる is perfect here.
二つのまったく違う言語を直訳すると、意味はわかっても不自然になることが多いです。


Another good practice towards natural speech is to leave out the
verb + の（こと）を whenever possible and just go with the noun を main verb.

酒もタバコもやりません（しない）。 -- I don't drink or smoke。。。

 

[GoldCoinLover]

Your Japanese is getting better. ＝ あなたの日本語はうまくなりましたね。 日本語がうまくなりましたね。

Your Japanese is very good. ＝ あなたの日本語はうまいです。 日本語が上手ですね。

I collect gold coins (in romaji) ＝ 私は金のコインを集めます。

I understand Japanese ＝ 私は日本語が分かります。
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Above are just some samples. As for the sentence with gold coins, I was not sure if you wanted to say coins in romaji? So I ended up with that example. Gold coins like you already seem to know 金貨 sounds better to me. No need to use romaji there.

Thanks though, it wasn't exactly in romaji! I don't know how to spell this kanji in romaji: 集

Anyway, did I say it write it right in romaji?
watashi wa kin no koin wo syumemasu.

 

[deadhippo]

Thanks though, it wasnt exactly in romaji! I don't know how to spell this kanji in romaji: ﾂ集

Anyway, did I say it write it right in romaji?
watashi wa kin no koin wo syumemasu.

kin no koin wo atsumemasu

 

[shiningblue]

hey guys I was wondering if someone could translate this japanese proverb with both romanji and kanji

"vision without action is a daydream. action without vision is a nightmare."

thanks a lot!!!!

 

[deadhippo]

hey guys I was wondering if someone could translate this japanese proverb with both romanji and kanji

"vision without action is a daydream. action without vision is a nightmare."

thanks a lot!!!!

what "vision" are you talking about?

vi·sion n.

1. The faculty of sight; eyesight: poor vision.
2. Something that is or has been seen.
2. Unusual competence in discernment or perception; intelligent foresight: a leader of vision.
3. The manner in which one sees or conceives of something.
4. A mental image produced by the imagination.
5. The mystical experience of seeing as if with the eyes the supernatural or a supernatural being.
6. A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.

 

[Sanglant]

Hey all, was hoping I could get some verification on these:

レベル上げなてもういきませにょね
and
ねてますよね

Both were asked while playing an online game to give you the context.

The first I just took as "Won't you come level up?" however there's a lot there more than the usual "レベル上げますか"。

The second I just don't know what to make of...the only thing I could think is I was being told to go to bed?

 

[Elizabeth]

Hey all, was hoping I could get some verification on these:

レベル上げなてもういきませにょね
and
ねてますよね

Both were asked while playing an online game to give you the context.

The first I just took as "Won't you come level up?" however there's a lot there more than the usual "レベル上げますか"。

The second I just don't know what to make of...the only thing I could think is I was being told to go to bed?

My best guess would be they are asking you to stop raising the level and
go. I'm (already) sleeping. But I really can't analyze it very well
(上げなて, いきませに are too rare), so that may be completely off the mark.

 

[Sanglant]

My best guess would be they are asking you to stop raising the level and
go. I'm (already) sleeping. But I really can't analyze it very well
(上げなて, いきませに are too rare), so that may be completely off the mark.

Just realized my kana got changed somehow...in romaji it should read: reberu age nante mou ikimasen yo ne

Edit:
May have had an epiphany....
ねてますよね
I'm growing sleepy.

レベル上げなんてもういきませんよね
Won't you come level up already?!

 

[shiningblue]

what "vision" are you talking about?

i would guess the second number two which is the unusual foresight one. yeah. thanks again. peace

 

[Elizabeth]

Just realized my kana got changed somehow...in romaji it should read: reberu age nante mou ikimasen yo ne

Edit:
May have had an epiphany....
ねてますよね
I'm growing sleepy.

レベル上げなんてもういきませんよね
Won't you come level up already?!

Or it could be something like
"I'm not going to keep on raising the level any more."
I don't know the game so it's a little difficult to know which is closer.

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

But if he is stating that he won't raise the level any more, why use "よね"?

I think it's more likely that the person who wrote this was seeking confirmation that Sanglant was no longer going to raise the level.

By any chance, Sanglance, did you show no activity for a longer than average amount of time?ねてますよね。 Sounds like it could have meant, "You're sleeping, aren't you."

 

[Elizabeth]

But if he is stating that he won't raise the level any more, why use "よね"?

I think it's more likely that the person who wrote this was seeking confirmation that Sanglant was no longer going to raise the level.

I've often seen よね used in situations not seeking confirmation or that the other party would be expected to have knowledge of, as tags for emphasis and soft friendliness. But like I said, it's difficult to say without knowing the situation in more detail.

 

[deadhippo]

hey guys I was wondering if someone could translate this japanese proverb with both romanji and kanji

"vision without action is a daydream. action without vision is a nightmare."

thanks a lot!!!!

This is a tough one. I had to consult my better half. It's very difficult to translate vision as a noun but I decided on 構想 (plan/idea/conception) or 洞察 (insight/discernment)。

行動を伴わない構想は空想である。構想を伴わない行動は悪夢である。

Sorry, that's the best I could do. :?

 

[deadhippo]

I've often seen よね used in situations not seeking confirmation or that the other party would be expected to have knowledge of, as tags for emphasis and soft friendliness. But like I said, it's difficult to say without knowing the situation in more detail.

I agree. The intonation is important.

 

[epigene]

This is a tough one. I had to consult my better half. It's very difficult to translate vision as a noun but I decided on 構想 (plan/idea/conception) or 洞察 (insight/discernment)。

行動を伴わない構想は空想である。構想を伴わない行動は悪夢である。

Sorry,thats the best I could do. :?

I think "vision" in the sense the OP suggests does not have an exact translation in Japan. That's why the Japanese now use the English word in katakana as ビジョン .

So, my suggestion is:
行動なきビジョンは幻想、ビジョンなき行動は悪夢
(Koudou naki bijon wa gensou; bijon naki koudou wa akumu)

I chose 幻想 (illusion) because I think it better matches the meaning in English. Just a suggestion...

 

[Sanglant]

But if he is stating that he won't raise the level any more, why use "よね"?

I think it's more likely that the person who wrote this was seeking confirmation that Sanglant was no longer going to raise the level.

By any chance, Sanglance, did you show no activity for a longer than average amount of time?ねてますよね。 Sounds like it could have meant, "You're sleeping, aren't you."

That's what was odd to me, I was minding my own business and the conversation was started by a person I'd never met or seen before that went:

Him: ねてますよね
Me: 今忙しいので、後にしてください
Him: レベル上げなんてもういきませんよね

My Japanese is, obviously, extremely basic so when he sent the first line I could read it but had no clue as to the meaning.

My response was FFXI's auto-translation of "I'm sorry, I have plans." (this is my "I don't have a clue" safe response ^^) which, now that I see what it actually outputs to a Japanese client, looks more like "I'm busy now so, after I do this please".

After a few minutes he sent me the last line at which point I was so confused I gave up. I'm starting to think perhaps he sent the messages to the wrong person since there's several players with names similar to mine. If that happened the "stop raising the level" translation might make sense since I wouldn't know the rest of the context.

How does ねてますよね become "You're sleeping, aren't you"? I just discovered ます as a verb instead of a suffix...is that the form being used here?

 

[Elizabeth]

The standard "yo" usage is for commands or about things of which one has first-hand knowledge, I'm not sure whether it is natural to mark an accusation or mocking outrage ("You're sleeping, aren't you!") that way or not. :?

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

The standard "yo" usage is for commands or about things of which one has first-hand knowledge, I'm not sure whether it is natural to mark an accusation or mocking outrage ("You're sleeping, aren't you!") that way or not. :?

I learned the phrase(?) よね not from any text book, but rather from practical usage. I listened to the people around me, and learned how they used it just by hearing it countless times. I find it's actually quite common used in the manner I suggested before.

It's not "mark(ing) an accusation or mocking outrage", although it could in the right context. But in our example I felt no sense of accusation, mocking, nor outrage.

Instead it's often used in the sense, "This is what I'm thinking...am I right?" Or in our example, "I think you are sleeping, am I right?" That is why I asked whether Sanglant had been inactive for a longer than average amount of time. If it was used as I suggest, it could have been used as a very light joke.

Perhaps my English translation was not very good. I didn't mean for it to sound accusing. Sorry, I don't have much practice at translating.

今忙しいので、後にしてください could be translated as "I'm busy right now, so could you please come back later?" in this context. The grammar police might not like me for changing the "command" to a "request", but if there's one I've learned over the years, it's that you will get absolutely nowhere if you try to think of Japanese in terms of English and ditto to vice versa.

For ねてますよね, I don't think that ます is being used as a verb, because assuming it were, what does ねて mean? I think it's the following:
ねて います よね －－－＞ ねて ます よね
In other words it's a contraction of sorts.

I agree that intonation would be helpful. I can only tell you my opinion based on the info at hand.

 

[Elizabeth]

I learned the phrase(?) よね not from any text book, but rather from practical usage. I listened to the people around me, and learned how they used it just by hearing it countless times. I find it's actually quite common used in the manner I suggested before.

It's not "mark(ing) an accusation or mocking outrage", although it could in the right context. But in our example I felt no sense of accusation, mocking, nor outrage.

Instead it's often used in the sense, "This is what I'm thinking...am I right?" Or in our example, "I think you are sleeping, am I right?" That is why I asked whether Sanglant had been inactive for a longer than average amount of time. If it was used as I suggest, it could have been used as a very light joke.

Yes, like joke was where my question was heading as well, I was simply exhausted at the time and it seems to have come out stronger than I intended. :sorry: About which I was even asked...
きっと時差ぼけもあって体調が良くないんですよね？

確かに、何も教科書に出てくるような例文のような文章ではないと思いますよね。

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

そうだよね～ :emoji_grinning:

 

[studyonline]

I think ~よね is asking. "~isn't that right?" therefore, is correct. To me, it sounds like asking the person's agreement on what you just said.

We usually use よね at the end of the sentence when we state something very commonly known and agreed facts by many people, or by the person you are talking to.

このような表現は砕けた言い方で、主に、会話の中で見 られます。 特に友達同士での会話など、ごく日常的な 場面で用いられます。

ちなみに、フォーマルで、形式ばった時の「～よね」は、「～ないでしょ うか。」になります。

例 ここのお好み焼きっておいしいよね。

我々が今、現状の問題に取り組むべきではないでしょう か。