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Post by Nurkiras on Aug 24, 2016 9:33:51 GMT 9
I agree completely. Also never heard of ALC before so that makes sense!
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Post by CaptainSeery on Aug 24, 2016 10:02:35 GMT 9
ALC is a fantastic resource for translating. It's the first place I go, because they list a whole bunch of options for each word and I can play around with which one I think fits best in each context.
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Shimanchu 2024
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Post by Shimanchu 2024 on Aug 25, 2016 9:27:14 GMT 9
Yeah, I always have both Tangorin and ALC open
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Post by Miscreative on Aug 25, 2016 11:21:28 GMT 9
Yeah, I always have both Tangorin and ALC open TIL |
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Post by no yark shark on Aug 25, 2016 13:46:52 GMT 9
"traditional home-made foods" or "traditional, home-made foods?"
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Post by Nurkiras on Aug 25, 2016 13:48:12 GMT 9
"Traditional, home-made foods"
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Post by Miscreative on Aug 25, 2016 13:49:31 GMT 9
"traditional home-made foods" = home-made foods that are traditional or "traditional, home-made foods?" = traditional food that are home-made either? the above is how i read the connotations (that ever so vaguely change) but yappari どっちかというと what Nurkiras said |
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Post by no yark shark on Aug 25, 2016 13:49:43 GMT 9
ah they did it again too with "fresh, locally caught"
something about those commas just seems wrong to me...
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Post by Nurkiras on Aug 25, 2016 13:57:13 GMT 9
Yes good catch on the nuance Miscreative! I just figure the second option is much more likely. And "fresh, locally caught" seems fine to me, I translated variants of that like 5 times yesterday. |
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Post by Caic on Aug 25, 2016 13:58:35 GMT 9
homemade is fine without the hyphen.
edit: also i presume it's fresh, locally caught fish? if so you can make it locally caught fresh fish if you really don't like the comma but it is correct
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Post by Miscreative on Aug 25, 2016 14:00:01 GMT 9
homemade is fine without the hyphen. i can never remember also. ditto on the "fresh, locally caught" sounds fine |
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Post by no yark shark on Aug 25, 2016 14:01:46 GMT 9
yeah if it were something I was writing (like my column or whatever) rather than a native check I would use homemade but I think it's fine with the hyphen too. I guess on that note I'll leave in the commas...I'd never write it that way but I guess it's not incorrect. edit: another question: does "xx City, Where Agriculture Was Raised in Tradition" sound weird to you? The Japanese is 伝統に育まれた農業も盛んなｘｘ市 I changed the comma after city to a dash, and I was thinking about changing "Raised in Tradition" to "Born from Tradition" |
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Post by Caic on Aug 25, 2016 14:03:07 GMT 9
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Post by Miscreative on Aug 25, 2016 14:04:45 GMT 9
" (A former woman? At best the meaning is changed.) " i cannot decide if i want to be okay with this or not... |
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Post by Nurkiras on Aug 25, 2016 14:08:07 GMT 9
yes, it does sound weird to me.
I like your changes. An even bolder change (that actually reflects the Japanese order of words a bit more ): "Agriculture Born of Tradition - xx City"
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Post by Miscreative on Aug 25, 2016 16:41:12 GMT 9
"Research done since 1997 shows that the number of species of submerged plants has decreased, resulting from a decline in the transparency of the water and a transformation of the environment in the bottom of the lake."
do you spot what i spot or am i just crazy?
EDIT
"Research done since 1997 shows that the number of species of submerged plants has decreased, resulting from a decline in the transparency of the water and a transformation of the environment of the bottom of the lake."
A or B?
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Post by Nurkiras on Aug 25, 2016 16:51:18 GMT 9
hmmm B has a lot of "of"s but it is better than A. Just a stylistic thing, B is totally fine grammatically while A is not.
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Shimanchu 2024
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Post by Shimanchu 2024 on Aug 29, 2016 11:20:58 GMT 9
Part of Governor's speech talking about "demographic bonus":
When then "productive population" is twice or more of the "youth population" and the "elderly population", combined, the society is vigorous.
I HIKKAKARU on the bold, because I feel like "twice or more than that of the", would be better, but I'm not sure why?
HALP
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Post by CaptainSeery on Aug 29, 2016 11:48:05 GMT 9
I agree.
I think if you take out the "twice or" the reason becomes clearer. "When the "productive population" is more of the "youth population"...." is obviously wrong. You need to say "more than the" or "more than that of the."
On the other hand, "twice or more than the" also doesn't work, because then it sounds like the options are a) twice the other populations or b) more than the other populations (not twice and then some more.)
So I think "twice or more than that of the" is the only option.
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Shimanchu 2024
Well you can tell by the way I use my star I'm a woman's star, no time to star. Music loud and starring stars I been starred around, since I was star.
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Post by Shimanchu 2024 on Aug 29, 2016 12:54:33 GMT 9
thx
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Post by zdaradara23 on Sept 5, 2016 11:01:00 GMT 9
Halppp
Can本尊の地蔵菩薩立像 be translated to:
The guardian deity of children statue of the principal idol
It just sounds so weird
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Post by Caic on Sept 5, 2016 11:06:26 GMT 9
NO GO
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Post by Nurkiras on Sept 5, 2016 11:07:29 GMT 9
The "statue of the principal idol" part is odd; maybe try
"The main statue of the guardian deity of children"
"The main guardian deity of children statue" (not my favorite option)
"(main) standing statue of the guardian deity of children"
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Post by zdaradara23 on Sept 5, 2016 11:10:41 GMT 9
The "statue of the principal idol" part is odd; maybe try "The main statue of the guardian deity of children" "The main guardian deity of children statue" (not my favorite option) "(main) standing statue of the guardian deity of children" Hm, I'll try one of those. Thank you. |
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Post by Nurkiras on Sept 5, 2016 11:11:59 GMT 9
The "statue of the principal idol" part is odd; maybe try "The main statue of the guardian deity of children" "The main guardian deity of children statue" (not my favorite option) "(main) standing statue of the guardian deity of children" Hm, I'll try one of those. Thank you. Np I like the first option best personally |
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Post by Miscreative on Sept 8, 2016 15:34:00 GMT 9
トド、カリフォルニア(sic)、ゴマフアザラシの泳ぐ姿を上からだけでなく、ガラス窓ごしに水中の様子もご覧になれます。
You can watch Steller sea lions, California sea lions, and spotted seals swim around- either from above or below through the glass of the tank.
context: updating the english pamphlet for our aquarium
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Post by King Quailbee on Sept 8, 2016 15:42:56 GMT 9
トド、カリフォルニア(sic)、ゴマフアザラシの泳ぐ姿を上からだけでなく、ガラス窓ごしに水中の様子もご覧になれます。 You can watch Steller sea lions, California sea lions, and spotted seals swim around- either from above or below through the glass of the tank.
context: updating the english pamphlet for our aquarium glass tank? |
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Post by Nurkiras on Sept 8, 2016 15:47:51 GMT 9
トド、カリフォルニア(sic)、ゴマフアザラシの泳ぐ姿を上からだけでなく、ガラス窓ごしに水中の様子もご覧になれます。 You can watch Steller sea lions, California sea lions, and spotted seals swim around- either from above or below through the glass of the tank. context: updating the english pamphlet for our aquarium I think 'swim' should be 'swimming', and this is just stylistic but I would replace the hyphen with a comma. Sorry I always feel so nitpicky here :/ |
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Post by Miscreative on Sept 8, 2016 15:55:31 GMT 9
Nurkiras i am literally asking you all to be picky. its a big tank. that is open air so you can view it from "below" where you are looking thru the side of the tank or you can watch it from the stands above. so... "You can watch Steller sea lions, California sea lions, and spotted seals swimming around, either from above or through the glass of the tank below."
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Post by Miscreative on Sept 14, 2016 15:29:53 GMT 9
as part of a notice about proper garbage manners and whatever "NOTICE ... Only people from this neighborhood are allowed to dispose of their garbage here. Businesses and residents of other areas may not dump their garbage here. ..." ザNIPPONGO
"注意
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ごみを出せる人が決まっています。
事業者や他の地域の方は出せません。
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