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[GaijinPunch]

I have found the short-syllables vs. long-syllables to be one of THE most difficult things in Japanese.

And it's only uphill from there!

 

[Kamisama]

that is .... pretty sad..

BY THE WAY...

Does anyone know a japanese word for Break Dancer.. or perhaps.. Breaker Boy?

Please.. no kanji this time... just romaji or kata/hira.

 

[GaijinPunch]

Probably not as exciting as you'd want it, but...
ブレークダンサー

 

[Kamisama]

agh.. i hate katakana english, takes away from the whole nihon scene. well. if anyone knows if the japanese have a their own term for it, i'd also like to know that too.

 

[Elizabeth]

agh.. i hate katakana english, takes away from the whole nihon scene. well. if anyone knows if the japanese have a their own term for it, i'd also like to know that too.

I say as long as we get stuck with Kabuki , Butoh, Noh and all those Japanese foods in English they should have to credit us with inventing something worthwhile as well.

 

[PaulTB]

Probably not as exciting as you'd want it, but...
ブレークダンサー

Woo-hoo! We got shift-JIS back. :emoji_thumbsup:

 

[Kamisama]

Don't forget sushi. Sushi wo suki desu yo!!

 

[ArdenD]

My turn to ask a question, whee!

I want to know how to translate the following into Japanese:

"What is it, my love?"

This is the type of idiomatic English expression that gives me headaches trying to decode in Japanese...

I know that "What is it" can translate as "Nan desu ka" or more informally as "Nan da" ? But how would the idiomatic expression be best presented in Japanese? "My love" would translate directly as "watashi no koibito"? But I know one lover speaking to another this would not be spoken, I'm looking for the closest approximation to native speak that would translate into this...


Thanks!

Arden

 

[PaulTB]

I want to know how to translate the following into Japanese:

"What is it, my love?"

"My love" would translate directly as "watashi no koibito"? But I know one lover speaking to another this would not be spoken, I'm looking for the closest approximation to native speak that would translate into this...

Who's speaking? The bloke or the woman? (Assuming standard 趣味 ;-)

If it's the woman than 'anata' would probably do for 'my love', depending on circumstance.

I'd probably go for
なんでしょう？あなた。
but then I'm not Japanese ...

 

[PaulTB]

The following is Googled Japanese, my translation. I don't think the literal translation of かなり限定的 makes much sense - possibly 'considerably restricted' would be better? Anyway, second opinions welcome.

最近ドル先安感が強まっているなかで、 為替相場は米経済指標に対する 反応はかなり限定的である。
Recently as the Dollar's safe haven feeling strengthens the exchange rates
the response to the US economic index is very restrictive.

P.S. Yes, I don't know what that writer had been smoking either but it is from a recently updated page.

 

[epigene]

Hi Paul-san,

Economic news, especially concerning stock prices & securities, use language that is not exactly standard. (Also true in English!)

かなり限定的 probably means here that reaction was limited to certain market sectors or investors.

最近ドル先安感が強まっているなかで、 為替相場は米経済指標に対する 反応はかなり限定的である。
Amid recent rise in expectations for the dollar to depreciate, reaction of the foreign exchange market to US economic indicators had been limited to certain sectors.

(あまり自信があるわけではないので、please improve my English! Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!)

 

[PaulTB]

Hi Paul-san,

Economic news, especially concerning stock prices & securities, use language that is not exactly standard. (Also true in English!)

Hmm, yes - but I see I also made a silly mistake. ^^;

I didn't notice the '先' and I thought 安感 was from something like 安心感

かなり限定的 probably means here that reaction was limited to certain market sectors or investors.

最近ドル先安感が強まっているなかで、 為替相場は米経済指標に対する 反応はかなり限定的である。
Amid recent rise in expectations for the dollar to depreciate, reaction of the foreign exchange market to US economic indicators had been limited to certain sectors.

(あまり自信があるわけではないので、please improve my English! Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!)

I don't think it needs much improving - although I think that "rise in expectations" would generally be used for good things. "limited to certain sectors" isn't particularly wrong but it's a bit on the long side. Oh, and you probably need an extra 'the' in there somewhere.

"Amid the recently increasing expectation of dollar depreciation reaction of the foreign exchange market to US economic indicators had been of limited scope." (of limited scope might be a bit too vague).

Incidentally, why foreign exchange market particularly? (Probably that's an Economic question not a language one )

 

[epigene]

Thank you, Paul-san!

Please don't ask me about economics!

 

[PaulTB]

Well I think my translation of this one is a bit better but I'd still like any comments / corrections.

顧問は学長を推戴し、本会の重要事項に関し諮問に応じ る。
The consultants are presided over by the University President and so he handles (their) questions concerning matters of weight in the main meeting.

(Man, that little bit of Japanese turned into something three times the size in English :emoji_blush: )

 

[epigene]

Paul-san,

My first impression of the Japanese sentence is that it is not well written.

Assuming that it describes a meeting of the board of trustees in a Japanese university, the number of consultant/advisor is usually one. If you follow the sentence structure faithfully, the subject (consultant) is both presided over and handles questions.

Just my opinion (not 100% sure). ☝

 

[PaulTB]

If you follow the sentence structure faithfully, the subject (consultant) is both presided over and handles questions.

Yes that does seem to make better grammatical sense now you point it out.

But if the original sentence isn't very good I should try to find a better one using 推戴. ☺

P.S. I don't want to be a bother but could you drop the -san when writing in English?

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OK, this one's a bit long but I hope it's a bit more of a sensible sentence. ... maybe.

日本ボクシングコミッション（ＪＢＣ）は昭和２７年（１９５２年）４月２１日、全日本ボクシング協会の推戴により日本で行われる全てのプロ・ボクシングを統轄するために１国１コミッションの方針のもとに設立された。

The Japan Boxing Commission (JBC) was established in 1952 April 21st (Showa 27) presided over by the All Japan Boxing Association and based on the policy that the whole country should have one single commission to supervise all Pro Boxing carried out in Japan.

 

[Elizabeth]

Who's speaking? The bloke or the woman? (Assuming standard 趣味 ;-)

If it's the woman than 'anata' would probably do for 'my love', depending on circumstance.

I'd probably go for
なんでしょう？あなた。
but then I'm not Japanese ...

もちろんPaulさんの答えは正しいですが、そのほかにも、「どうしたん（だ）、キミ、あなた」という表現は男女どちらでも使える自然な言い方でしょう。 多分、抑揚や話し手の表情などにより。

Hmm, yes - but I see I also made a silly mistake. ^^;

I didn't notice the '先' and I thought 安感 was from something like 安心感



I don't think it needs much improving - although I think that "rise in expectations" would generally be used for good things. "limited to certain sectors" isn't particularly wrong but it's a bit on the long side. Oh, and you probably need an extra 'the' in there somewhere.

"Amid the recently increasing expectation of dollar depreciation reaction of the foreign exchange market to US economic indicators had been of limited scope." (of limited scope might be a bit too vague).

Incidentally, why foreign exchange market particularly? (Probably that's an Economic question not a language one )

Wouldn't it be the case that certain sectors with strong Japanese competition in the states, such as the auto market, would be in favor of a weak dollar against the yen thereby making Japanese imports like Toyota (as well as those assembled here) more expensive.. But at any rate, it has been strongly depreciating recently, and I don't know what the relation would be with foreign markets either....

 

[PaulTB]

But at any rate, it has been strongly depreciating recently, and I don't know what the relation would be with foreign markets either....

I think nobody really wants big changes.

 

[blade_bltz]

What would be a good way of saying something along the lines of "Now that I think of it....x and y"?

 

[Glenn]

そう思えば、X and Y.

 

[Elizabeth]

And 考えてみれば、 そう言えば、may be more closely translated as "Come to think of it...." (?)

 

[Scrivener]

顧問は学長を推戴し、本会の重要事項に関し諮問に応じ る。

I'll just translate this without reading this thread carefully (sorry no time)

The consultant, who is under the authority of the Chancellor, gives the committee advice on important questions.
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(we call them Chancellors here)

最近ドル先安感が強まっているなかで、 為替相場は米経済指標に対する 反応はかなり限定的である。

As expectation increases that the dollar will weaken, the foreign exchange market's reaction to US economic indicators has been fairly muted.​

My reading is that expectations of a fall are so strong that US indicators don't really matter at the moment.

 

[PaulTB]

I'll just translate this without reading this thread carefully (sorry no time)

Thanks a lot! Mind if I nab them for the EDICT examples collection?

I'm primarily using them as an aid for my 'horrible words' vocabulary list but I'm also submitting examples for those words with none in WWWJDIC.

While I'm here ... I'm pretty sure this is OK but just in case ...

以下は我が国が未批准の国際条約である。
The following are international treaties our country has not ratified.

 

[Scrivener]

No I don't mind. That goes for the future too.

I would say "Our country [or just "Japan"] has not [yet] ratified the following international treaties". It's just "cleaner" to use subject+object in English. Those long chains of qualifiers sound "Japanesey".

 

[Elizabeth]

No I don't mind. That goes for the future too.

I would say "Our country [or just "Japan"] has not [yet] ratified the following international treaties". It's just "cleaner" to use subject+object in English. Those long chains of qualifiers sound "Japanesey".

Although in this instance "The following are" actually sounds fresher and more authoritative to my mind. But even that aside, when shifting the subject could undermine the original emphasis or context such as countering an assertion that there were few or any unratified treaties Japan was a party to, I personally wouldn't take the liberty. For what it's worth, neither would I change it to 'Japan,' since that's the only country it could be referring to.

Filling in the gaps for EDICT is a good idea. I've stumbled onto a handful of terribly ungrammatical English sentences and simply never done anything about it.