Well Both would be awesome but i would actualy like to be able to say it so i would need it in as you say, Kana ,to verbalize it. and thanks for the...
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Franzi Dickson
franzeska_elise
Nov 13, 2008 7:16 pm
Ok, if this is an exact quote from a movie, what you really want is a transcription rather than a translation. If you can find a clip of the scene online,...
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Solveig Throndardottir
drnostrand
Nov 14, 2008 2:46 am
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! Back-translation produces odd results. I agree that taking it directly from the film would work better. I have a copy of...
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Nick starnes
vns2112
Nov 14, 2008 3:23 am
Lady Solveig, I couldn't tell you which scene it was in. I'm sorry I don't own a copy, I wish, But i know Kyoami said it .I have seen it many times but...
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Solveig Throndardottir
drnostrand
Nov 14, 2008 4:16 am
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! The obvious thing to do is to send the text to you as a PDF file with a phonetic version as plain text via email. Your...
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Nick starnes
vns2112
Nov 14, 2008 4:35 am
Sounds Great and Much appreciated. Thank you for your time and effort. I don't know how to thank you. ... From: Solveig Throndardottir <nostrand@...> ...
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Solveig Throndardottir
drnostrand
Nov 14, 2008 6:53 am
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! ... Thanks are premature at this point. First, I need to find my copy of Ran. Great movie. I relocated recently, so I may...
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Nick starnes
vns2112
Nov 14, 2008 2:45 pm
I understand i just thought , from seeing what you have written to others, that you could just translate the words i gave easily. Then again i know you...
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Franzi Dickson
franzeska_elise
Nov 14, 2008 3:52 pm
... I think this represents a fundamental misunderstanding of how translation works. There are dozens (hundreds, millions!) of ways to express a given thought...
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Nick starnes
vns2112
Nov 14, 2008 5:03 pm
Thanks for your input Franzi. I feel like a student who has just been smacked with a ruler by a teacher LOL. I will be patient for her translation. As far...
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Cowan Jeremy
jdmcowan
Nov 14, 2008 6:45 pm
... I had a similar experience with martial arts. My introduction to Japanese culture was through Japanese martial arts. I am used to explaining various...
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David
elecwolf
Nov 14, 2008 10:06 pm
... there history ... Japanese culture was through Japanese martial arts. I am used to explaining various martial arts to English speakers, but I had sort of ...
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James Eckman
lost90804
Nov 15, 2008 7:04 am
... To say the least, even with experts on both ends, I doubt you would get the original back. It's worse than a game of telephone. As for native speakers...
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Cody
ancientone.rm
Nov 15, 2008 11:39 am
Greetings nihonjin, I have come back to the SCA after over a decade away. I never even realized that Japanese personae were allowed. I have chosen to follow ...
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Nick starnes
vns2112
Nov 15, 2008 1:20 pm
Welcome back Samurai!! You will find the people on here most accommodating and willing to help you. {Bows Low} Hasekure Masashige Darkwater,Trimaris ... ...
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wodeford
Nov 15, 2008 4:41 pm
Ohayo dosu, tomodachi. You have a lot of questions, naturally. Your first stop should be here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca-jml/links and ...
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Michael Peters
shdwstel
Nov 15, 2008 11:45 pm
James, For yamabushi persona, a very basic helmet is fine as it will be covered anyway. For body protection a haramaki dou or even a hara ate (1500ish). Beyond...
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Cody
ancientone.rm
Nov 16, 2008 7:08 am
Thanks for the welcome regarding names - I have done a bit of readingand now I just need to find soemthign that fits my ideas - I am not sure if there are any ...
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Ellen Badgley
daviem01
Nov 16, 2008 10:09 am
James, Welcome! I salute you for being interested in a yamabushi persona, as it's a really interesting "occupation" in premodern Japan. As for the names, your...
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oracron111
Nov 16, 2008 10:29 am
thanks for all the help. ive done some studying on names and i came up wit "Komyoji no Manabumaro kokaku" is this good? and did i spell it right? ... are ... ...
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Ellen Badgley
daviem01
Nov 16, 2008 12:10 pm
It would really help if you could explain a little bit about why you picked those name elements-- particularly if there are specific kanji (characters) that...
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Cody
ancientone.rm
Nov 16, 2008 5:13 pm
Domo arigato Akirakeiko-san, the link for the museum site is excellent and I look forward to looking into the plays you mention. What is very interesting to me...
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Solveig Throndardottir
drnostrand
Nov 16, 2008 5:31 pm
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! There is a fellow who has been recreating a yamabushi for years now. I believe that his name is Kuji. Please understand...
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Solveig Throndardottir
drnostrand
Nov 16, 2008 5:39 pm
Noble Cousins! Greetings from Solveig! 狂言 (kyougen) means "crazy speech". It is a comic theatrical form which may find its roots in 猿楽 (monkey music)...
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Solveig Throndardottir
drnostrand
Nov 16, 2008 8:17 pm
Noble Cousins! ... I agree completely. ... I suspect that is the Idea. There is a 浄土宗 (Joudo sect) Buddhist temple called 光明寺 Koumyouji in the...
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coyote Silverpaw
ancientone.rm
Nov 16, 2008 9:24 pm
Solveig - thank you for the book reference I am not looking to be a dancer *smiles* tho I am keenly aware of the connection between such dance and combative...
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oracron111
Nov 17, 2008 12:25 am
Komyoji is the temple im from. Manabu is my given name and it means study. maro i read was an appropriate finisher to a name and it means self. kokaku is my...
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JL Badgley
tatsushu
Nov 17, 2008 12:10 pm
... Manabu (or Manabumaro) would sound *very* strange. You could probably come up with a good monk name using the on'yomi--'gaku'. Gakuden? I don't know......
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Solveig Throndardottir
drnostrand
Nov 17, 2008 2:26 pm
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! ... I fear that you misunderstood why I posted the reference. It was not a suggestion that you learn how to dance. It was...
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Solveig Throndardottir
drnostrand
Nov 17, 2008 2:36 pm
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! ... I'm afraid that I am rather skeptical about this. LOTS of monks went on pilgrimages, study trips, and what naught....
