Need a word or phrase translated?

[lemonworld]

Well, maybe it's just me but I like to be literal when 1. it's for the purpose of study, not just understanding, and 2. there is no context. But each to their own, it was just my two cents because I thought it might be helpful for BigBoss4.

 

[Mike Cash]

Good points. I just figured the level of enmity that led to such no-holds-barred attacks was more could be assumed to actually result in attacks. The nature of the agreement is sort of at odds with the nature of their relationship, or so it would seem to me. If I feel strongly enough to attack another guy even when he's asleep then I'm certainly not going to trouble myself over the matter of whether I have his permission to do so or not.

 

[hyunkeru]

Yahoo Auction

I'm planning to order some DVD from Yahoo Auction, but it comes with a big box. I want to ask the seller if he can just sell me the disc without the box and shipping. How do I ask? "I want to disc only. Can you do 3000 yen including shipping? Thanks."

 

[hazmatt05]

I'm planning to order some DVD from Yahoo Auction, but it comes with a big box. I want to ask the seller if he can just sell me the disc without the box and shipping. How do I ask? "I want to disc only. Can you do 3000 yen including shipping? Thanks."

ディスクだけが買いたいです。それから、３０００円で送りつけりますか。ありがとうございました。
This is generally what you're saying: 'I want to buy the disk only. Can you send it for 3000 Yen? Thank you', but this will need confirming.
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Also, I would like a phrase confirmed, I'm not sure if it makes sense in Japanese: 'Infinite Possibilities' or 'The Possibilities Are Infinite'.
I'm not sure if it's 無限の可能性, 可能性の無限, 無限可能性 or 可能性無限. Google Translate is giving me some weird answers..
Thanks in advance! :

 

[Mike Cash]

I'm planning to order some DVD from Yahoo Auction, but it comes with a big box. I want to ask the seller if he can just sell me the disc without the box and shipping. How do I ask? "I want to disc only. Can you do 3000 yen including shipping? Thanks."

お手数ですが、送料を抑えるために梱包から取り出して、ディスクのみの発送にして頂けないでしょうか。送料込みの値段は3000円以内に抑えて頂けたら大変助かりますので、宜しくお願い申し上げます。

Not perfect, but it will do the trick.

 

[Toritoribe]

I'm planning to order some DVD from Yahoo Auction, but it comes with a big box. I want to ask the seller if he can just sell me the disc without the box and shipping. How do I ask? "I want to disc only. Can you do 3000 yen including shipping? Thanks."

First of all, Yahoo Auction Japan page always has an information whether the seller can ship it or not. How about your seller's? (I suppose most sellers don't accept the order from outside of Japan.)

 

[hyunkeru]

I know. My friend is Japan is buying it for me.

 

[Toritoribe]

The page also has the information about which side, the seller or the buyer, will pay shipping charges.

 

[Mike Cash]

I know. My friend is Japan is buying it for me.

Your friend understands English?

 

[sl89]

Can anyone give me a rough translation of this? I'm having a hard time stringing it all together...
聞いただけではうはwww頭いかれてんじゃないのwwwと言いたくなるような事柄を真面目にやってのけるのが彼です

 

[Toritoribe]

Isn't that 聞いただけでうは(without は right after で)?

"うはwww頭いかれてんじゃないのwww" is a quotation.

聞いただけで「うはwww頭いかれてんじゃないのwww」と言いたくなるような modifies 事柄

It is him to pull off such things ~ seriously. = He can pull off such things ~ seriously.

 

[sl89]

Isn't that 聞いただけでうは(without は right after で)?

"うはwww頭いかれてんじゃないのwww" is a quotation.

聞いただけで「うはwww頭いかれてんじゃないのwww」と言いたくなるような modifies 事柄

It is him to pull off such things ~ seriously. = He can pull off such things ~ seriously.

The は right after the で is in the original text, it could be a typo?

How exactly would it be with the quote?
"If you ask him, he would probably say "Uhahaha, are you crazy? Hahaha." He can pull of such things seriously."?

The "www" are like the Japanese version of "lol" right?

 

[Toritoribe]

The は right after the で is in the original text, it could be a typo?

Hmm, yeah, I think so. 聞いただけでは doesn't fit the context.


The subjects of 聞いた and 言いたくなる are "people/one", and the object of 聞いた is 事柄.

それを聞いただけで、人が「うはwww･･･」と言いたくなるような事柄を･･･


He can seriously pull off such things that one will want to say "Ha, you must be crazy!" just hearing that(= such things).

The "www" are like the Japanese version of "lol" right?

Right.

 

[sl89]

Hmm, yeah, I think so. 聞いただけでは doesn't fit the context.


The subjects of 聞いた and 言いたくなる are "people/one", and the object of 聞いた is 事柄.

それを聞いただけで、人が「うはwww･･･」と言いたくなるような事柄を･･･


He can seriously pull off such things that one will want to say "Ha, you must be crazy!" just hearing that(= such things).


Right.

Thank you very much for all of the help.

 

[magnum sharp]

I would be very glad if someone could help with a translation of the sentence:
"The old man could not cross the dried out lake."

It's for a homework, but it seems as if I bit off a little more than I can chew.

 

[Rei Yahya]

I would be very glad if someone could help with a translation of the sentence:
"The old man could not cross the dried out lake."

It's for a homework, but it seems as if I bit off a little more than I can chew.

I'd wait for someone more experienced to chime in but I want to take a very basic shot at it:
じいさんは乾燥した湖を渡れなかった。I'm sure there's more to it than that, though.

 

[magnum sharp]

I'd wait for someone more experienced to chime in but I want to take a very basic shot at it:
じいさんは乾燥した湖を渡れなかった。I'm sure there's more to it than that, though.

Yea, I came up with a similar sentence. I'm just not sure if it expresses the impossibility of crossing the lake, or if it only says that "he did not cross the lake". But thanks a lot for your input!

 

[Rei Yahya]

Yea, I came up with a similar sentence. I'm just not sure if it expresses the impossibility of crossing the lake, or if it only says that "he did not cross the lake". But thanks a lot for your input!

Do you think 渡れてしまいませんでした could work, to express a regret that he couldn't cross/an absolute fact that he couldn't cross the lake and that's that?

 

[magnum sharp]

Do you think 渡れてしまいませんでした could work, to express a regret that he couldn't cross/an absolute fact that he couldn't cross the lake and that's that?

I'm not sure since I'm not familiar with that verb-form. I searched around a little more though and found something about the help verb かねる that supposedly expresses the impossibility of performing an action. The sentence would then be something like おじいさんは乾燥した湖を渡りかねなかった。

 

[Rei Yahya]

I'm not sure since I'm not familiar with that verb-form. I searched around a little more though and found something about the help verb かねる that supposedly expresses the impossibility of performing an action. The sentence would then be something like おじいさんは乾燥した湖を渡りかねなかった。

Yea, there's more than one layer to it, whereas you could plainly state as a fact that he couldn't cross the lake or you could add a little more emotion or strength to it. As far as I can see, there's not any problems with おじいさんは乾燥した湖を渡れなかった／渡れていませんでした。

 

[magnum sharp]

Yea, there's more than one layer to it, whereas you could plainly state as a fact that he couldn't cross the lake or you could add a little more emotion or strength to it. As far as I can see, there's not any problems with おじいさんは乾燥した湖を渡れなかった／渡れていませんでした。

You have a point, I'll have to take all the alternatives in to consideration.
Thank you for your help!

 

[Toritoribe]

"The -masu stem of a verb + かねる" means "can do something but won't do it by some reason", and "the -masu stem of a verb + かねない" does "could do/to be in danger of doing" in a negative nuance.

湖を渡りかねる
I can cross the lake but won't do it (since it isn't allowed to do).

彼は湖を渡りかねない
He may cross the lake (despite prohibition).

Thus, おじいさんは乾燥した湖を渡りかねなかった means "The old man could cross the dried out lake (despite prohibition), This sentence also implies that someone stopped him and he didn't cross there.


渡れてしまう has a nuance that 渡れる is a negative thing just like "I won't have an ability to cross there, nevertheless I have it".

渡れていない can mean "to be in the process of crossing", "started crossing there, but don't finish yet".

おじいさんは乾燥した/乾いた湖を渡れなかった is most common.


@ The OP, it's YOUR home work, so next time you should give us YOUR translation like おじいさんは乾燥した湖を渡りかねなかった in your INITIAL post, then we can help you.

 

[firerock]

Hello, friends!

I've met some lack of understanding of several technical terms in auction sheets (used motorcycles). The translation of the old chap Google is rather uncertain in these cases. Be so kind, help me, please!

1) The word "フケ" (in Engine Section) it translates as "dandruff", "dander". There is another meaning, as I've understood. But which? Some examples from inet:

エンジンの始動性はよく、フケ上がりもいいものです。アイドリングも安定しています。 (Google: "Starting the engine may well rise is also a good dandruff. And stable idling.")

エンジンのフケあがり、特に2速へ変速してからの伸びがイイ感じ。 (Google: "Engine dander rising, the growth of good feeling and then shift into second gear in particular.")

どうしてローギアでは「アッ！」という間に5,000rpmまでフケ上がってしまうのに、サード、トップではエンジンが回りたがらないのか？ (Google: "Why in first gear "up" it out to up to 5,000 rpm while it dandruff, third, or at the top of the engine is reluctant 回Rita?")

2) The word "ウイ" in Electrics section it translates as "women" or "virus". There is another meaning also, I'm sure

I didn't find proper examples in the inet. So, the sole example is the line from the sheet:

<ウイ> S多A ("<Women> scratch Multi-rust")

Thanks for the answers in advance!

 

[Mike Cash]

I know nothing about it, but from the examples given it seems apparent that フケ refers to "throttle response". Could be wrong, though.

 

[firerock]

OK.
Seems to me it can be closer to the "rotation speed", can't it?