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Post by jitenshaa on Mar 6, 2015 11:05:19 GMT 9
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Post by Panda kun on Mar 6, 2015 11:30:42 GMT 9
Ah... This is useful. Thank you for sharing.  |
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Post by marudate on May 25, 2015 11:40:03 GMT 9
Thank you for sharing this. Our area is a mess when it comes to English consistency so I will try to make some local guidelines for us, too.
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Post by むちゃRABU❤ on Aug 12, 2016 9:13:49 GMT 9
Mumblesnore try this? and I've posted this several times before elsewhere (can't find it) but my city has an English guideline. Please look here
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Post by Mumblesnore on Aug 12, 2016 9:33:34 GMT 9
That second link is a really helpful and comprehensive guide, and I wish my city had something like that I can't help but notice, however, that a lot of it conflicts with stuff the JR does in places like Tokyo and Kyushu. So I guess it really does depend on the place, and as long as it is consistent within a specific area, then it's ok. And since where I am there is no romaji on anything, I guess I just need to pick one way and then stick to it (and make a guide so that future CIRs will too...) Yay, more guides to make~~ |
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Post by CaptainSeery on Jan 13, 2017 10:58:05 GMT 9
I've been asked to help with a few sign names.
○○空港・△△行 バス乗り場 Bus for Marumaru Airport and Sankaku
○○バス（コミュニティバス） バス乗り場 Marumaru Community Bus Stop
国道○○号線 Route ##
○○駅前広場 Marumaru Station Square (Marumaru Ekimae Square?)
○○温泉 Marumaru Onsen (Marumaru Spa?)
自転車駐輪場 Bicycle Parking
原付・自動二輪置場 Motocycle Parking
How to deal with two place names on the bus signs? Spelled out 'and'? Comma? Ampersand? Do I need to say "bus stop" or is that implied?
Station? Ekimae? I feel like I see Ekimae on signs a lot and wonder if it would be better to 統一, but I like Station better.
I want to do "Marumaru Onsen" but other signs in town use Spa and I probably should 統一 that one...
Is "motorcycle" good enough for 原付・自動二輪?
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Post by Mumblesnore on Jan 13, 2017 15:57:26 GMT 9
Oh yikes, I don't like "spa" for onsen.
That feels to me like calling sushi "raw fish on rice" or tempura "fried dishes" etc. I feel like people should just know what the word onsen means, especially tourists who specifically came to Japan.
But if that's how your city does it, I guess it's SHOGANAI.
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Post by CaptainSeery on Jan 16, 2017 8:51:49 GMT 9
I know, right? Onsen and spas are completely different things.
I'll mention it, see what they say.
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Post by Hokuto on Jan 16, 2017 10:14:32 GMT 9
wait, onsen isn't hot springs for y'all?
obvi using just onsen would be best, but i know quite a few people who don't know what that word means, so that doesn't work a lot of the time.
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Post by Caic on Jan 16, 2017 10:18:08 GMT 9
i feel like if you are in japan you should already know what onsen means. or if not you should have to look it up and stop being silly
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Post by Hokuto on Jan 16, 2017 10:36:33 GMT 9
i know plenty of people who come to japan not knowing what onsen means because it's not something that exists overseas.
sushi and tempura, yeah, because people eat those (at least in America, and i'm fairly certain Europe)
but people don't go to hot springs, and if they do, they're def not calling them onsen
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Post by CaptainSeery on Jan 16, 2017 10:37:28 GMT 9
Yeah my choices presonally would be
1. Onsen
2. Hot springs
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143298429834123. Spa
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Post by Hokuto on Jan 16, 2017 10:38:28 GMT 9
spa is most def the worst
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Post by Caic on Jan 16, 2017 10:43:51 GMT 9
i dont expect random gaizin abroad to know what onsen is but i DO expect gaizin who have come to japan to have done enough basic research to know what one is or find out what one is during their stay
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Post by CaptainSeery on Jan 16, 2017 10:44:20 GMT 9
Hokuto makes good points, I'm going to push for "Hot Springs"
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Post by Hokuto on Jan 16, 2017 10:48:19 GMT 9
assuming an American going abroad will do basic research is a mistake in and of itself
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Post by CaptainSeery on Jan 16, 2017 10:50:07 GMT 9
Also lots of people go abroad to meet someone they know there and do no research and just let the person there deal with everything.
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Post by Mumblesnore on Jan 16, 2017 10:55:15 GMT 9
Hmm. When I hear "hot springs" my IMEEJI is a natural phenomenon outside (like something you would go see at Yellowstone), whereas "hot spring bath(s)" might be closer to what an onsen actually is.
But I'm still part of the leave-it-as-onsen 派
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Post by Caic on Jan 16, 2017 10:55:30 GMT 9
yeah but then the person who knew what they were doing would know and tell them?
i really think it should be onsen
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Post by CaptainSeery on Jan 16, 2017 11:08:25 GMT 9
I also like onsen better.
I will suggest onsen and see how it goes.
"hot spring bath" would almost certainly not fit on the sign.
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