Need a word or phrase translated?

[Toritoribe]

Can someone please help me understand the following sentence?
台湾人が大変フレンドリーであるもう一つの理由として、島に存在する多様性に富んだ住民のもつ豊かな歴史に寄与しています。
I understand the first half to mean "As one more reason Taiwanese people are very friendly" and I'm guessing the 2nd part means "The rich history that the diverse population on the island possesses" but I don't understand the function of 寄与しています.... Exactly what is contributing to what?

Isn't it a typo of 豊かな歴史が寄与しています? If so, 歴史 is contributing to 理由. If there aren't any typos, the writer misused 寄与.

 

[fatedquest]

Well didn't you already figure it out yourself? Another reason why Taiwanese are so friendly is is contributed to by the rich history that the culturally diverse population has.

 

[VerbalEssence]

have a few brief journal entries that I think I understand, but I'll run them by you guys to be sure.

自分の気持ちをメールで伝える事以上に難しいものって無いと思う！便利な様で凄く不便

なんかいつも同じ人が勝手に「フォローしている」リストに入ってくるんだけど、そういう機能あんの？ついったー、外しても外しても入ってくる＾＾ナニモノ。。。！

 

[cali619]

おはよー
大丈夫？あたま いたくない ですか？
今日、しごと？

れいな いつも ありがとうね

Can someone please translate for me. I'm not sure if the google translate works.

 

[VerbalEssence]

おはよー
大丈夫？あたま いたくない ですか？
今日、しごと？

れいな いつも ありがとうね

Can someone please translate for me. I'm not sure if the google translate works.

Here's what I got with my limited Japanese.

"Good Morning
Are you alright? Your head doesn't hurt?
Today, you have work?
Reina (name?) thank you always"

 

[Elizabeth]

Here's what I got with my limited Japanese.
"Good Morning
Are you alright? Your head doesn't hurt?
Today, you have work?
Reina (name?) thank you always"

I think it's more like asking if they feel up to work with a possibly sore head.

 

[undrentide]

あたま（が）いたい（頭が痛い） is usually used for headache rather than injury except in a specific situation where the person got his head hurt. ;-)

 

[Elizabeth]

あたま（が）いたい（頭が痛い） is usually used for headache rather than injury except in a specific situation where the person got his head hurt. ;-)

It just seemed more likely an injury would be why the speaker was asking, unless the victim had previously complained of a headache or there was an obvious context of being out late the night previous, etc.

 

[Toritoribe]

I second "headache". The first impression I got from it is a hangover. :

By the way, the OP did double post.
Can anyone please translate this for me? | Japan Forum

 

[VerbalEssence]

So....um...can anybody translate this for me?

自分の気持ちをメールで伝える事以上に難しいものって無いと思う！便利な 様で凄く不便

なんかいつも同じ人が勝手に「フォローしている」リストに入ってくるんだけど、そういう機能 あんの？ついったー、外しても外しても入ってくる＾＾ナニモノ。。。！

 

[Toritoribe]

So....um...can anybody translate this for me?
自分の気持ちをメールで伝える事以上に難しいものって無いと思う！便利な 様で凄く不便
なんかいつも同じ人が勝手に「フォローしている」リストに入ってくるんだけど、そういう機能 あんの？ついったー、外しても外しても入ってくる＾＾ナニモノ。。。！

What's your translation about?

 

[VerbalEssence]

What's your translation about?

They are someone's blog posts.

 

[Toritoribe]

I meant "what is your translation of the paragraph?"

 

[VerbalEssence]

I meant "what is your translation of the paragraph?"

My translation sucks, so I tend to guess the actual meaning of the overall sentence.
I don't see why you have to know, but whatevs

"I find it difficult to convey my feelings/thoughts via e-mail, something about convenience and inconvenience"

"Something about same people listed as followers, going in and out at one's own convenience, nothing happening."

 

[Elizabeth]

My translation sucks, so I tend to guess the actual meaning of the overall sentence.
I don't see why you have to know, but whatevs
"I find it difficult to convey my feelings/thoughts via e-mail"

Start small and then break the sentences up for your own sanity. I'll do my part.

自分の気持ちをメールで伝える事以上に難しいもの (more difficult than...) って無いと思う！ (don't think).

 

[Toritoribe]

I don't see why you have to know

Simply because this is the "Learning Japanese" section, and not a free translation service. Plus, you said that you think you understand, didn't you?

便利な様で凄く不便
様（だ）

2〔…らしい〕

・ 彼は病気の様だ
He seems to be ill.

・ 雪になる様だ
It looks like snow.／It is likely to snow.

・ どうも彼は失敗した様だ
He has apparently failed.

「よう」の検索結果 - Yahoo!辞書
It(e-mail) is seemingly convenient but actually rather inconvenient.

なんか/なにか

［3］ （副詞的に）何だか。どうしてか。なぜか。

・ ―寂しい

「何か」の検索結果 - Yahoo!辞書

勝手に

【自由に】as one likes [pleases];【無断で】without permission [書 leave];【独断で】at one's own discretion

・ 勝手にこの機械を動かしてはいけない
You shouldn't operate this machine without permission.

「勝手に」の検索結果 - Yahoo!辞書

あんの
the ん euphonic change of あるの, colloquial expression

外しても外しても入ってくる
No matter how many times I remove the person from the list, s/he always comes in again.

ナニモノ/何者
Who is s/he?!

 

[VerbalEssence]

Start small and then break the sentences up for your own sanity. I'll do my part.
自分の気持ちをメールで伝える事以上に難しいもの (more difficult than...) って無いと思う！ (don't think).

I'm confused.....
I'm guessing that the stuff in parentheses is what you translated, and the rest is what I got, so I'm supposed to combine what I managed to translate with what you translated inside the parentheses?

I actually do start small and break up the sentences, but there are often a bunch of kanji that I don't really understand when used in combination with specific grammar forms.
So even after breaking up the sentence, I still have gaps here and there and I end up having to make educated guesses anyways.

So......what exactly does this say then?
なんかいつも同じ人が勝手に「フォローしている」リストに入ってくるんだけど、そういう機能 あんの？ついったー、外しても外しても入ってくる＾＾ナニモノ。。。！

 

[Glenn]

Read Toritoribe's response. The answer is in there.

 

[Nick001]

Hello, I need help with this sentence.
仲間の男を割り出して写メをUPしろ

Someone is offering a reward to whoever figures out who the person in the picture is.
so how's the best way to translate that sentence.

Thank you.

 

[MiaoMiaotang]

Wow!! Japanese native speaker?? I'm in a wonderful language environment!!

 

[Toritoribe]

Hello, I need help with this sentence.
仲間の男を割り出して写メをUPしろ
Someone is offering a reward to whoever figures out who the person in the picture is.
so how's the best way to translate that sentence.
Thank you.

Figure out who his/her fellow man is, and upload the picture!

 

[82riceballs]

Hi everyone!
I have a question about the sentence-ending particle の when used in questions. When does one use it and when does one not use it?

The following phrases occurred in the course of one conversation in my textbook (Both speakers are boys, btw):
いつ来たの。
どこに住んでるの。
いつか遊びに来ない？
ケータイ持ってる？

Why is it that in the first two, the speaker uses の but in the last two, the speaker omits の? Would the following sound any less natural or have different nuances (such as less masculine/feminine feel)?
いつ来た？
どこに住んでる？
いつか遊びに来ないの。
ケータイ持ってるの。

Thanks in advance!

 

[FinancialWar]

The first is a gay boy who tries to act cute.

 

[Glenn]

いつ来たの。-> "I see that you're here. Therefore, you must have come at some point. I'm seeking explanation of when that point was."

どこに住んでるの。-> Well, I guess this one perhaps is just more inquisitive-sounding than the version without の.

いつか遊びに来ない？ -> This is an invitation. I don't think のだ ever gets used with invitations (awaits someone to show that to be wrong). Anyway, normally just the negative form of the verb it used when inviting people, even if のだ ever gets used.

ケータイ持ってる？ -> "Just asking if you have one. I'm not assuming that you do, I'd just like that piece of information." If you said ケータイ持ってるの？ it would be more like "I assume you have one. Everyone else does." I suppose it could also mean "do you have it with you?"

のだ, when used in questions, has a sense of assumption/presumption about what you're asking, and as such can be rude in some cases.

 

[chaver03]

Hi, I am new here, and was wondering if anyone is kind enough to translate a sentence for me. I am not at all familiar with Japanese, and I am trying to follow this origami book, which is in Japanese. I am stuck at this step! thanks so much for your time!