What did they say about me?
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窶拵ﾅｽﾂｭ窶堙俄?堋ｳ窶堙ｪ窶堙ｩ窶堙個？
This one sounds good..(I left the chatroom and went to a nicer one)
This one sounds good..(I left the chatroom and went to a nicer one)
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ぼくはあなたがたより英語知ってる人間を望んでる といってるようですね
「無理もありません。初めのうちは、そんなふうに感じるものですよ。」
These sound like nice things, however, I can only hint at what they are saying..
「無理もありません。初めのうちは、そんなふうに感じるものですよ。」
These sound like nice things, however, I can only hint at what they are saying..
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窶牌窶堙坂?冢ﾋ?ｦ窶堙姑谷ﾆ弾窶堙可行窶堋ｯ窶堙射彙窶堋ｹ窶堙ｩﾂ人窶堙俄?ｰﾃｯ窶堋ｦ窶堙ｩ窶堋ｩ窶堙ｧ窶堙??彖窶堋ｦ窶堙ｪ窶堙寂?堋｢窶堋｢窶堙ｱ窶堋ｶ窶堙｡窶堙遺?堋｢窶堋ｩ
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漢字はわからないって言ってたからひらがなで会話しようか
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にほんごではなして. = Japanese speaker?
If its not relvealtn, I dont mind. I just want to know what the stuff agianst me/says. Or I'll just post it in the "translation" section..
If its not relvealtn, I dont mind. I just want to know what the stuff agianst me/says. Or I'll just post it in the "translation" section..
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How about just keeping on making posts here with each and every line of an ongoing inane conversation in an obscure chatroom between total strangers who are totally ignoring you, in the hope that you'll catch one of them badmouthing you? I think that would be the best way to go about this.
Doc
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.....You're pissed off because you can't understand a bunch of Japanese gamers?! GCL, you really need to find a better structured way in learning Japanese, or at least stop jumping onto every Japanese person just to test out your language skills. Evenutally you're going to piss somebody off, and it isn't going to be pretty.
Doc
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Have you ever heard this proverb?GoldCoinLover said:
"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime."
Mike is trying to teach you how to fish. Maybe you should consider this before getting angry and frustrated with him for not giving you the particular fish that you're asking for.
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jt_ said:
I guess the point is, "Go study it on your own so you can figure it out."
I will try to study on a website. He isn't giving me a fish, but then why isn't he teaching me to fish?
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I'm pleasantly surprised to see that jt picked up on that, because it was precisely what I was thinking about at work today in relation to all this.
I didn't exactly teach you to fish, but I am trying to point you toward the pond.
You can take college courses by correspondence/online, even while enrolled in community college. If you're currently in community college (it isn't clear), then talk to someone in the guidance office or your academic advisor about this.
Over the years I've seen numerous young people who profess a profound interest in learning Japanese and an strong desire to make a permanent move to Japan. And over the years I have yet to see a single one of them make the slightest bit of progress toward those goals. Like Charlie Brown kicking the football, though, I keep thinking "maybe this time....."
I'd like to see you be the one, Kevin. I'm gruff with you sometimes. Probably excessively so at times. But if I didn't care at all I'd just ignore you totally.
The structured presentation, explanation, and practice you will get from a proper textbook and related materials (and a hell of a lot of focused and dedicated work on your part learning from them) are unavoidable essentials if you really expect to fulfill your publicly stated goal of becoming a professional translator.
You're out of high school now and we should now be dealing with each other adult-to-adult when it comes to helping your further your progress toward your goals. So it would help tremendously if you would try to focus and be serious a bit and quit acting like a 12 year old with serious attention deficit problems.
I didn't exactly teach you to fish, but I am trying to point you toward the pond.
You can take college courses by correspondence/online, even while enrolled in community college. If you're currently in community college (it isn't clear), then talk to someone in the guidance office or your academic advisor about this.
Over the years I've seen numerous young people who profess a profound interest in learning Japanese and an strong desire to make a permanent move to Japan. And over the years I have yet to see a single one of them make the slightest bit of progress toward those goals. Like Charlie Brown kicking the football, though, I keep thinking "maybe this time....."
I'd like to see you be the one, Kevin. I'm gruff with you sometimes. Probably excessively so at times. But if I didn't care at all I'd just ignore you totally.
The structured presentation, explanation, and practice you will get from a proper textbook and related materials (and a hell of a lot of focused and dedicated work on your part learning from them) are unavoidable essentials if you really expect to fulfill your publicly stated goal of becoming a professional translator.
You're out of high school now and we should now be dealing with each other adult-to-adult when it comes to helping your further your progress toward your goals. So it would help tremendously if you would try to focus and be serious a bit and quit acting like a 12 year old with serious attention deficit problems.
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mikecash said:
Thakn you. I will do it online then, I didn't know I could take japaense online courses. But the problem with that is I don't have a real teacher..a native teacher would be very nice!
I must also stop being lazy and get a job so i can afford it
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mikecash said:
Just how hard it is? And what makes it hard? Learning the kanji? I suppose. What should I be aware of?
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Different things make it hard for different folks, and to differing degrees. You'll find what makes it hard for you when you're actually in the process.
What can make it easier is to make maximum use of materials put together by professionals as part of a structured course of instruction.
What can make it easier is to make maximum use of materials put together by professionals as part of a structured course of instruction.
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GCL, please understand that by starting on the path you've chosen, you will not know what's going on in conversations for YEARS. You will constantly want to know better what is going on in conversations. You will constantly misunderstand things that are said to you. You will often feel alone. You will often feel misunderstood. You will probably have much of what you take for granted about life thrown on its head.
And there's nothing that can be done about it, except hang in there and learn from your mistakes. You have to develop a very thick skin, so that you are not easily insulted. You have to keep an open mind and not jump to conclusions.
You also must accept the fact that much of what you imagine Japan to be like is not likely to be accurate. Honestly, how well do you know your own country? Expect to be surprised and confused when learning about another one.
Most importantly, you must be ready for the LONG road ahead of you. This is only the beginning.
And there's nothing that can be done about it, except hang in there and learn from your mistakes. You have to develop a very thick skin, so that you are not easily insulted. You have to keep an open mind and not jump to conclusions.
You also must accept the fact that much of what you imagine Japan to be like is not likely to be accurate. Honestly, how well do you know your own country? Expect to be surprised and confused when learning about another one.
Most importantly, you must be ready for the LONG road ahead of you. This is only the beginning.
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Amen to that.
When you're starting out, it may look like someone who has gone before and had some success is standing atop a mountain compared to you. But rest assured the mountain is composed of mistakes, frustrations, misunderstandings and embarassments.
Unfortunately, the only way to get on top of that mountain is to build it out of raw materials that you supply yourself.
And all of that to find one's self to one degree or another linguistically equipped to attempt living in a country that a very large percentage of Western foreigners seem to have a difficult time tolerating for a period longer than about three years.
(I'd go a bit farther than M.O. and opine that practically none of what you imagine Japan to be like is likely to be accurate).
When you're starting out, it may look like someone who has gone before and had some success is standing atop a mountain compared to you. But rest assured the mountain is composed of mistakes, frustrations, misunderstandings and embarassments.
Unfortunately, the only way to get on top of that mountain is to build it out of raw materials that you supply yourself.
And all of that to find one's self to one degree or another linguistically equipped to attempt living in a country that a very large percentage of Western foreigners seem to have a difficult time tolerating for a period longer than about three years.
(I'd go a bit farther than M.O. and opine that practically none of what you imagine Japan to be like is likely to be accurate).
