Sep 18, 2012 16:05
11 yrs ago
Japanese term
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将旗盤
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Poetry & Literature
In a book of philosophy written in the 1950s.
The sentence is:
宇宙は大きな将旗盤である。
The sentence is:
宇宙は大きな将旗盤である。
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | shogi board |
Nathan Takase
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| 4 | Shogi Game Board |
Yuko Fujita
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| 3 | chess board 将棋盤 |
David Gibney
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Proposed translations
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Nathan Takase
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shogi board
This is most likely a typo for 将棋盤, which is literally a shogi board (playing board for the game shogi). Of course, how this should be translated in your text will depend on context, even more-so since it is a text on philosophy.
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David Gibney
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chess board 将棋盤
I think "chess board" would be the best way to translate it for an English speaking audience. Specifying "shogi board" or "Japanese chess board" would lose some of the original nuance.
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Nathan Takase
: Hi David - I originally thought the same, but opted for the literal translation with a note since she provided so little context. Chess board is definitely a very good possibility for the appropriate translation.
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Yuko Fujita
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Shogi Game Board
I would add *game*
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