For those of you interested, here is a link to an interview with Gerard Jones, the translator of the Pokemon comics and cartoons for America (or re-writer of...
Brian Dunn
b1dunn@...
Jan 2, 2000 12:57 pm
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There has been a lot of talk in the translation group these days about learning Japanese and what would be considered "good" words and what would be considered...
HaDouEnjin@...
Jan 2, 2000 2:06 pm
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Hi, I haven't read any more new messages since the last time I wrote here, because for the moment I don't have the luxury of time to read the messages and...
Sophy
naosophy@...
Jan 2, 2000 3:44 pm
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If any of you remember a big Pokemon/Manga debate on sci.lang.japan a while back, I was the one taking on Charles Eischer. Kind of the same thing. I agree...
Brian Dunn
b1dunn@...
Jan 2, 2000 8:45 pm
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Having trouble with a sentence in my Devil & Devil translation for this week. (Chapter 101, Shonen Sunday 45/99, bottom right of page 410) Ios: ...hatashite,...
Ronny Hedin
thark@...
Jan 3, 2000 5:18 pm
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... "omoi" can be $B;W$$(B or $BA[$$(B which means thought or memory, etc. Sore hodo nai (similar to "sonna ni nai") means something like "there isn't...
Brian Dunn
b1dunn@...
Jan 3, 2000 5:51 pm
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... As my snip should show, it is the latter. ;-) ... Maybe I should clarify. "Watashitachi" refers to Ios (the speaker) and Sword, while "sorehodo no tsuyoi...
Ronny Hedin
thark@...
Jan 3, 2000 6:18 pm
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... It's not related, but is Ios a woman? ... Well, didn't you say that they are speaking of an old friend? I'm not 100% sure since I don't know the context...
Brian Dunn
b1dunn@...
Jan 3, 2000 6:54 pm
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... No. An angel. ^_^ ... An old friend of the other, not the speaker... but now it begins to make sense. I guess in explaining the situation I had to clarify ...
Ronny Hedin
thark@...
Jan 3, 2000 7:21 pm
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... Yeah. I find the same thing to be true. When I explain things, like Japanese concepts here, or English words and expressions to my Japanese friends /...
Brian Dunn
b1dunn@...
Jan 3, 2000 7:48 pm
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I received this review/ book summary on a translation mailing list. I thought it may be of interest to some of you. Brian Quote: ""this book attempts to...
Brian Dunn
b1dunn@...
Jan 6, 2000 8:37 am
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I'm having a problem--I can't even tell what kanji these ARE. If anybody has better eyesight than me and can read them, could they tell me what they are? The...
Hiruseki@...
Jan 9, 2000 5:51 pm
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... it looks like "$B7K(B" "$BNS(B" "$B42(B" . I could't see last one, just I guess. I have no idea about that, since I've never seen the phase. a name...
ありんこ
illinois@...
Jan 9, 2000 7:13 pm
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... Thanks! ... I'm fairly sure it's a referance to someplace in China--the background the banner is in is a standard "Chinese mountains" type of pic, and it's...
Hiruseki@...
Jan 9, 2000 7:57 pm
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A friend of mine showed me this interesting article on the current state of the Japanese language. Enjoy. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/msn/0109i112.htm Brian Dunn ...
Brian Dunn
b1dunn@...
Jan 9, 2000 10:43 pm
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FYI - the English for the article Brian Dunn referred to (taken from the English page of the Yomiuri Online): 81% of Japanese confused by katakana words ...
JLGauntt@...
Jan 10, 2000 10:18 pm
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... people. Isn't that also true of English? One of the things I find interesting about that game show, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," is that sometimes...
Clarise451@...
Jan 11, 2000 12:21 am
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Well, I've asked a lot of Chinese friends of mine, all native speakers, including several adults, and that last word is a little bit debatable according to...
BuchoChizu@...
Jan 12, 2000 1:12 am
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... province" ... Thanks, Nathaniel. I appreciate it. With Love, -Akuma-chan Archdemoness of Annoyance Official Keeper of Kurama-kitsune, "Koori no Naifu o...
Hiruseki@...
Jan 13, 2000 4:10 pm
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Hello again I've been working on translating the song "Heart of Sword," one of the ending songs to Rurouni Kenshin. I have a rough translation done, but I...
Maeda Kensaku
m_kensaku@...
Jan 13, 2000 6:24 pm
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Konnichi wa! Eto...I'm kinda new here, so feel free to hurl bricks at me if I make a fool of myself. ^_^ I am translating a song, and so far it's doing pretty...
Youko Inari, No Da no...
dbzjunkie@...
Jan 15, 2000 9:36 pm
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... I see you got my message. I'm glad you found us. ... My dictionary, Kenkyuusha's, has 10 definitions of "nagareru," many of which are similar in meaning....
Brian Dunn
b1dunn@...
Jan 15, 2000 9:54 pm
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... nagareru in my dictionary is: to flow, be washed away; to pass (time); to be called off. as for the "ku", that's the same as saying nagarete ...
amber
kohaku@...
Jan 15, 2000 10:00 pm
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... *wavies* Hai! *grin* ... hiragana). *nods* I KNEW that those romaji lyrics were off somewhere! ... float; ... definition + ... Ayaa...for now. *anime...
Youko Inari, No Da no...
dbzjunkie@...
Jan 15, 2000 10:24 pm
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... (time); to ... guess ... are ... Doumo! ... Hmm...reminds me of a quote from Slayers, "I thought I was saving a BABE, a luscious damsel in distress! Not...
Youko Inari, No Da no...
dbzjunkie@...
Jan 15, 2000 10:28 pm
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... My wife and I rented the first couple of tapes of the dorama version of this. We watched the first episode last night. While it didn't have the best...
Brian Dunn
b1dunn@...
Jan 15, 2000 10:36 pm
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This is regarding the Japanese men's inclusion of the American man in the "penis-size" discussion. I have noticed that in Japan there is a lot more openness of...
Brian Dunn
b1dunn@...
Jan 15, 2000 10:45 pm
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... Sorry, didn't mean to confuse you. The "normal" way is "te iku." But it is often pronounced "teku," just as "te iru" is often shortened to "teru." Brian ...
Brian Dunn
b1dunn@...
Jan 15, 2000 10:49 pm
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anyone know what "keyaki" is? it's written in hiragana (no kanji) and i can't find it either in the online dictionary or in my dictionary. i'm guessing it...
amber
kohaku@...
Jan 16, 2000 12:08 am
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... Could it be $B]0!!(Bkeyaki? This means: " a keyaki; a Japanese tree of the genus Zelkova." I also found $BLS>F$-(B keyaki: "1) tori no hane (wings)...
