Need a word or phrase translated?

[82riceballs]

Thanks nekojita!

For #1 and #3, I understand the meanings of the individual words, but I don't understand what it's saying as a whole. Could you give me a rough translation please?

For #2, the sentence is: くだらなくってへなちょこ人生 たまに投げたくなるけど. What's the purpose of the って?

For #4 I understand the grammar, but not the meaning of "osaeru" in the sentence, because all the definitions I've looked up say "to suppress" so I'm really confused as to what the statement means...Could you tell me a relevant definition please? Is this a colloquial way of saying things?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Toritoribe]

For #1 and #3, I understand the meanings of the individual words, but I don't understand what it's saying as a whole. Could you give me a rough translation please?

1)
The reason why わかりにくい is you/I そう見せたい.
Don't you think it's better than 見かけだおし?

3)
Even if ひとりよがり, you/I have ゆずれない something, then it shows you/I 正しく生きてる.

For #2, the sentence is: くだらなくってへなちょこ人生 たまに投げたくなるけど. What's the purpose of the って?

くだらなくって ＝ くだらなくて
っ is for enphasis.

For #4 I understand the grammar, but not the meaning of "osaeru" in the sentence, because all the definitions I've looked up say "to suppress" so I'm really confused as to what the statement means...Could you tell me a relevant definition please? Is this a colloquial way of saying things?

ココ押さえてればいい ＝ ここを外さなければいい

［２］【捕らえる】catch ;（逮捕する）arrest;（つかむ）grasp;（手に入れる）get hold of...;（差し押さえる）seize,法律attach.

・ 警官に取り押さえられる
be caught [be arrested] by a policeman.

・ 物的証拠を押さえる
get hold of [書 secure] material evidence.

・ 要点を押さえる
grasp [seize] the point;（外さない）keep to the point.

「押さえる」の検索結果 - Yahoo!辞書


I don't recommend interpreting lyrics too strictly, though...

 

[Sirius2B]

Hello everyone :emoji_wink:

In a former post, I declared that I would try to study Japanese, by trying to translate Anime (and in the process, trying to understand the underlying Grammar... that is what learning a language is all about).

@Toritoribe made me the favor of retrieving for me some very useful scripts of Anime...

Where in Internet could I find anime dialogs/scripts in Japanese? | Japan Forum

And I want to continue with that process.

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In the following sentence:

ねえ、ミサトさん…もう朝なんですけど…

The subtitles in English of the video I have, read: "Misato-san, its morning already".

So I really do not undestand the role of "nan desu kedo".

And I would like to know (if that is not to difficult to explain) the underlying logic.

Thanks in avance. =) .

 

[Sirius2B]

The whole scene look like this...

シンジ 「ねえ、ミサトさん…もう朝なんですけど…」
ミサト 「ん～、さっきまで当直だったの…今日は夕方までに出頭すればいいの…だから、寝かせて～」
シンジ 「じゃ、僕…」
ミサト 「今日、木曜日だっけ!?燃えるゴミ、お願いね～」
シンジ 「…はい。」

... an aproximate explanation of the role of "nan desu kedo", will help.

Thanks.

 

[Toritoribe]

In the following sentence:
ねえ、ミサトさん…もう朝なんですけど…
The subtitles in English of the video I have, read: "Misato-san, its morning already".
So I really do not undestand the role of "nan desu kedo".
And I would like to know (if that is not to difficult to explain) the underlying logic.

Glad to be of service.

The thread regarding "explanatory の/ん"
The "redundant" "n" before "da" and "desu" | Japan Forum

The adversative conjunction けど suggests that a clause following it, e.g., まだ寝てるんですか？, 起きなくてもいいんですか？, is omitting, thus, the sentence is used as a modest expression of "It's already morning. Don't you need to wake up?"
(These ん are "explanatory ん", too.)

 

[aardwolf]

If you've ever seen where the shelf is located on a train in Japan, you'll see that it is way up above the seat. So, "ageru" is acceptable in this case.

Sorry for the extremely late reply!
Thank you epigene and elizabeth :emoji_grinning:
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[Tomii515]

I was just wondering how you would phrase this sentence (in a few ways), and like which dont' work at all, and perhaps which particles to use:

I heard from Mary that her friend Tom is very nice.

メリーさん(が？は？no particle?)トムむという友達がとても親切だそうです。
メリーさんによると、トムむという友達がとても親切だそうです。

I'm not quite sure which particle to use (if any) for MAry, and I'm not sure if ni yoru to works in this situation.

よろしくお願いします

 

[82riceballs]

Hi! I found the following quote: "Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare." and all the sources say that this is a Japanese proverb... Can someone tell me how does the original Japanese goes please? Thanks!

 

[Elizabeth]

I was just wondering how you would phrase this sentence (in a few ways), and like which dont' work at all, and perhaps which particles to use:
I heard from Mary that her friend Tom is very nice.
メリーさん(が？は？no particle?)トムむという友達がとても親切だそうです。
メリーさんによると、トムむという友達がとても親切だそうです。
I'm not quite sure which particle to use (if any) for MAry, and I'm not sure if ni yoru to works in this situation.
よろしくお願いします

The computer is screwed (hopefully more than my brain, although it has been a while...). So here's a romaji version for ya !

Me-ri san ni yoru to/yoreba tomu to iu kanojo no tomodachi wa totemo shinsetsu da sou desu (rashii desu/to iu koto desu).

Me-ri san no hanashi de wa, tomu to iu kanojo no tomodachi wa totemo shinsetsu da sou desu (rashii desu/to iu koto desu).

 

[Eve]

How do u say I am your number 1 fan from Canada!

"boku wa kanada ni kimi no dai ichi fan da yo!"

 

[bendz]

Hi,

I'm hoping you can help me. I have a Japanese friend that is trying to fly from the uk to Japan, but the airports are in total chaos with the weather over here... At the moment she's stuck at the airport trying to get a new flight sorted out, but I've just received an email from her family - and I have no idea what it says...

I've tried using a dictionary to translate it, but I'm not having much luck. I think they are asking if she's still coming? or if she's changed flights? I'm not really sure. Would someone be able to give me a translation so at least I know what they're asking?

"News de Europe no Kanpa wo mimasita.
EuroStar ga tomatte irukotoya Hito ga Tousi siteiru News desita.
Keiko no sundeiru tokoro ha daijyoubu desuka?
Kikoku nittei ga henkou ni nattutara E Mail de Renraku kudasai.
Muriwa sinaiyouni !"

 

[Elizabeth]

Hi,
I'm hoping you can help me. I have a Japanese friend that is trying to fly from the uk to Japan, but the airports are in total chaos with the weather over here... At the moment she's stuck at the airport trying to get a new flight sorted out, but I've just received an email from her family - and I have no idea what it says...
I've tried using a dictionary to translate it, but I'm not having much luck. I think they are asking if she's still coming? or if she's changed flights? I'm not really sure. Would someone be able to give me a translation so at least I know what they're asking?
"News de Europe no Kanpa wo mimasita.
EuroStar ga tomatte irukotoya Hito ga Tousi siteiru News desita.
Keiko no sundeiru tokoro ha daijyoubu desuka?
Kikoku nittei ga henkou ni nattutara E Mail de Renraku kudasai.
Muriwa sinaiyouni !"

I found out about the cold wave on the news.
It said EuroStar had been stopped and people were freezing to death.
Is it OK where keiko lives (was staying?)?
Please let us know via email if you change the schedule for leaving (the UK).
I hope you can take it easy !

 

[bendz]

thanks, that's very helpful! Now I should be able to send a readable reply using babelfish.

 

[Sandhog]

The computer is screwed (hopefully more than my brain, although it has been a while...). So here's a romaji version for ya !

Me-ri san ni yoru to/yoreba tomu to iu kanojo no tomodachi wa totemo shinsetsu da sou desu (rashii desu/to iu koto desu).

Me-ri san no hanashi de wa, tomu to iu kanojo no tomodachi wa totemo shinsetsu da sou desu (rashii desu/to iu koto desu).

Hi there,
You've got it! The two sentences are just perfect. You can also use ：

her friend Tom is= 彼女の友達トムは

 

[Sandhog]

how do u say I am your number 1 fan from canada!
"boku wa kanada ni kimi no dai ichi fan da yo!"

Hi there,

the particle "ni" means "to" in English so should be replaced with "ka ra kita" meaning "came from". But the sentence would then become "boku ha kanada kara kita kimino dai ichi fan da yo!" which means "I am the number 1 fan of you who came from Canada" implying it was the listener who came from Canada and not the speaker.

So to get the meaning of the original sentence across, it should be phrased:

Kanada kara kita hito no naka dewa, boku ga kimi no 1 ban no fan da yo!
Of the people who came from Canada, I am your number one fan.

Or more simply put:
Kanada de wa, bokuga ga kimi no 1 ban no fan da do!
In Canada, I am your number one fan.

The "ga" in "boku ga" emphasizes "boku" meaning that "It is I who is your fan and not any one else."

In "your number one fan" "kimi no 1ban no fan" there are two "no's" . The first one in "kimi no = your" expresses ownership. Examples of its use can be "bo no kuruma =My car" "bo ku no kanojo = my girlfriend" etc.

The second "no" in "1ban no fan" expresses category and are used in phrases like "Japanese lessons = nihongo no jyugyou" "Elementary school teacher= syou gakkou no sensei"

Sorry for the long explanation. Hope it helps. Ganbatte !

 

[Elizabeth]

thanks, that's very helpful! Now I should be able to send a readable reply using babelfish.

The sentence will be grammatical incorrect and awkward. Please don't use Babelfish or some other online translation place, they aren't accurate. Send it here first.

 

[kamaru]

I want to say "I hope you have a nice vacation" respectfully (ie to a teacher).
Can I say "よい休みになりますように" or is there a better translation?

よろしくお願いします

 

[Elizabeth]

I want to say "I hope you have a nice vacation" respectfully (ie to a teacher).
Can I say "よい休みになりますように" or is there a better translation?
よろしくお願いします

That's fine. 好みにより. There really are too many ways to mention. Just remember the "o" !

Yoi oyasumi (kyuuka) ni narimasuyou ni

Totemo tanoshi oyasumi (kyuuka) wo sugoshiku kudasai...

 

[Digitalone]

Hi. I'm looking for translations to some sentences in a file sharing software.

Clicking on a search result I can see these commands:
*Download
*Download to subfolder

Clicking on a search:
*Stop
*Remove
*Remove All

Can someone translate them in Japanese? :?
Thanks...

 

[Sandhog]

Hi. I'm looking for translations to some sentences in a file sharing software.
Clicking on a search result I can see these commands:
*Download
*Download to subfolder
Clicking on a search:
*Stop
*Remove
*Remove All
Can someone translate them in Japanese? :?
Thanks...

Howdy, hope this works for you.

検索結果をクリックすると これら/以下 のコマンドが見えます:
ken saku kekka wo kurikku suruto korera/ika no komando ga mie masu.:

korera=these
ika= the following, below

*ダウンロード = daun ro-do
*サブ フォルダへのダウンロード = sabu foruda eno daun ro-do

検索をクリックすると：
kensakuwo kurikku suruto:

*停止 =teishi
*削除 =sakujo
*全て削除=subete sakujo

 

[Sandhog]

Hi there,
You've got it! The two sentences are just perfect. You can also use ：
her friend Tom is= 彼女の友達トムは

Elizabeth san,
That was really dumb of me. I had been reading Tomii515's question and I had scrolled down. When i saw the sentences he'd asked about written in romaji, I don't know why but I thought that it was still him asking the same question. I had scrolled down to where your profile was hidden. So I looked at it and thought, "Yeah that's good" without realizing that it was your answer to Tomii515 san and proceeded to make an *** of myself. I guess I'm the one whose head is more screwed than your computer.
生まれつきの早と知りなもんで、こうゆうバカはしょっちゅうしだかしています。けして悪気は無かったので、どうぞ、お許しいただきたく、お願い申し上げます。:sorry:

 

[Digitalone]

Howdy, hope this works for you.

Yes, it works! Thank you man!
I have some sentences that I translated (in parenthesis some explanations to the meaning of the word):
* Copy link (this copy a link/hash of a search result file)
コピーリンク
* Show information (this shows informations about a file, I don't succeed to translate it)
* Only network (this makes searches only in the network)
専用ネットワーク
* Only database (this makes searches only in the database)
唯一のデータベース
* Automatic (this makes searches in the network and in the database simultaneously)
自動的
* Time (this column show the time which a result stay in the database, I don't succeed to translate it)

Can someone tell me if these translations are OK? If not, can you suggest me others?
Thanks and Merry Christmas!

 

[Sandhog]

Yes, it works! Thank you man!
I have some sentences that I translated (in parenthesis some explanations to the meaning of the word):
* Copy link (this copy a link/hash of a search result file)
コピーリンク
* Show information (this shows informations about a file, I don't succeed to translate it)
* Only network (this makes searches only in the network)
専用ネットワーク
* Only database (this makes searches only in the database)
唯一のデータベース
* Automatic (this makes searches in the network and in the database simultaneously)
自動的
* Time (this column show the time which a result stay in the database, I don't succeed to translate it)
Can someone tell me if these translations are OK? If not, can you suggest me others?
Thanks and Merry Christmas!

Hey Digitalone per favore tell me how to say Merry Christmas in Italian.


It looks like your writing a manual for a program or localizing it to Japanese. I'm not much of a nerd, but I'll take a crack at. Now if anybody reading this sees that I've got it wrong, feel free to comment. Wouldn't want anyone getting nuked because of me.

1.コピーリンク If コピーis an adjective describing the link, this would be correct. But if it used as a verb, for example, "Copy the link" , then the phrase would be "リンクをコピー"

2.情報を表示 （jyou hou wo hyou ji）= Show info.

3.専用ネットワーク This means "an exclusive network" which would imply that there exists a network solely for the purpose of searching. Turning the two words around would give you (ネットワーク専用=network exclusive) which when connected with search would give you (ネットワーク専用サーチ=network exclusive search). Which I guess would be OK, but then again that can imply that there exists a search function solely for the purpose of searching the network. If you have a search function that handles multiple functions and you could restrict or limit its task to just searching the network or just the database, then the task might be called something like (network restricted search/ database restricted search) in which case you might want to use (限定=げんてい=restrict). So to summarize:

ネットワーク専用= network exclusive.
ネットワーク限定= network restricted.

4. データベース専用
データベース限定
唯一のデータベース=the only database

5.自動的=automatically Just the word (自動=automatic) should be enough to describe the task when taken in context with the two tasks above. If you needed to emphasize the fact that the search occurs both in the database and the network, you might want to use 自動/総合 meaning automatic/overall. If you wanted to build a descriptive sentence , it might go something like:



この自動ボタンをクリックしておくとプログラムが自動的に総合サーチを行います。
kono botanwo kurikku shiteokuto puroguramuga jidoutekini sougou sa-chi wo okkonai masu.
If you leave this auto button clicked on, the program will automatically do an overall search.

6. Like I said I'm not too nerdy, to I'm not sure I understand exactly the jargon here, but I've listed a few expressions dealing with time which might fit your needs.
所要時間 syoyou jikan = time needed
経過時間 keika jikan = time progressed , indicating the task is not complete yet.
処理時間 syori jikan = processing time
作動時間 sadou jikan=operating / functioning time

Have a Merry Christmas

 

[Digitalone]

Hey Digitalone per favore tell me how to say Merry Christmas in Italian.

First of all thanks for you help! God blesses you!
You say Merry Christmas in Italian as Buon Natale.

It looks like your writing a manual for a program or localizing it to Japanese.

Yes, I'm a collaborator of a file sharing program and the staff wants to extend it to Japanese people.
I'm looking for Japanese translations from a lots of months...
Japanese online dictionary doesn't help me very well.
You've seen I made a lots of mistakes above...

I'm not much of a nerd, but I'll take a crack at. Now if anybody reading this sees that I've got it wrong, feel free to comment. Wouldn't want anyone getting nuked because of me.

Don't worry! It doesn't matter.
Your translations are important for me. Thanks again!

1.コピーリンク If コピーis an adjective describing the link, this would be correct. But if it used as a verb, for example, "Copy the link" , then the phrase would be "リンクをコピー"

This last is good for me.

ネットワーク限定= network restricted.
データベース限定

These above works for me.

If you needed to emphasize the fact that the search occurs both in the database and the network, you might want to use 自動/総合 meaning automatic/overall.

Yes, I need that.

If you wanted to build a descriptive sentence , it might go something like:
この自動ボタンをクリックしておくとプログラムが自動的に総合サーチを行います。
kono botanwo kurikku shiteokuto puroguramuga jidoutekini sougou sa-chi wo okkonai masu.
If you leave this auto button clicked on, the program will automatically do an overall search.

I don't need it, but thanks again!

6. Like I said I'm not too nerdy, to I'm not sure I understand exactly the jargon here, but I've listed a few expressions dealing with time which might fit your needs.
所要時間 syoyou jikan = time needed
経過時間 keika jikan = time progressed , indicating the task is not complete yet.
処理時間 syori jikan = processing time
作動時間 sadou jikan=operating / functioning time

I take this last, functioning time. This works for another sentence in another tab of the program.
Don't you have something similar to "time spent into the database"?
And, about processing time, I need days, hours, minutes and seconds.
In the statistics there's something like:
Functioning time: 1 days, 12 hours, 47 minutes, 10 seconds
I've tried to translate into:
作動時間: 1日, 12時間, 47分, 10秒
But I'm sure that I'm wrong.
Please help me...

Have a Merry Christmas

You also!
Buon Natale!

 

[Sandhog]

First of all thanks for you help! God blesses you!

Don't you have something similar to "time spent into the database"?
And, about processing time, I need days, hours, minutes and seconds.
In the statistics there's something like:
Functioning time: 1 days, 12 hours, 47 minutes, 10 seconds
I've tried to translate into:
ﾂ催ｬ窶慊ｮﾅｽﾅｾﾅ?ﾃ? 1窶愿ｺ, 12ﾅｽﾅｾﾅ?ﾃ? 47窶｢ﾂｪ, 10窶｢b
But I'm sure that I'm wrong.
Please help me...
You also!
Buon Natale!

Hi Digitalone san,

The days, hrs, mins, secs look all right to me. Are you sure you want to go with ﾂ催ｬ窶慊ｮﾅｽﾅｾﾅ?ﾃ? It has more a mechanical ring to it to me. When we talk about the computers dealing with data, we usually use ﾂ祥??板 in Japanese. About more references to time, nothing technical comes to mind at the moment. :? Maybe someone reading can think of one. If I come up with one I'll let you know.

Buon Natale! :cracker::cracker: and Ganbatte!