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Japanese translation: ホームページはただ今準備中ですので、少々お待ちください。

16:00 Nov 10, 2009

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English term or phrase: website soon available

Hello,

I'm looking over a simple statement telling users a website is currently unavailable but will soon be, but I feel like something is missing in the second sentence.

This is what I have currently:

ウェブサイトは、現在開発中です。すぐ、利用可能になります。

I'm especially worried because of adverb placement. Does anyone see any potential problems in this statement?

dwilcox Not a translator KudoZ activity Questions: 1 (none open) Answers: 0 United States
Local time: 06:54

Japanese translation:ホームページはただ今準備中ですので、少々お待ちください。

Explanation:
Your translation makes sense, but sounds too much like a translation, especially the 利用可能 part.

Selected response from:

Yuki Okada
Canada
Local time: 07:54

Grading comment

I do think some of the other translations carry a certain nuance, but I prefer this approach.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +5

ホームページはただ今準備中ですので、少々お待ちください。

Yuki Okada

3 +3

ウェブサイトは近日公開予定です。

Ikuko Amanai

ウェブサイト近日中利用可能!になります。

Kiyo Shima

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

27 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

ホームページはただ今準備中ですので、少々お待ちください。

Explanation:
Your translation makes sense, but sounds too much like a translation, especially the 利用可能 part.

Yuki Okada
Canada
Local time: 07:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

I do think some of the other translations carry a certain nuance, but I prefer this approach.

35 mins confidence:

ウェブサイト近日中利用可能!になります。

Explanation:
当ウェブサイトは、近日中にご利用可能になります。When you see 'soon', you know it means 'some time in nearest future' and should be left ambiguous with a word that implies such. Also, with this one sentence it implies that it is under construction. Do not forget to add polite prefix 'ご' for custumer's use before 'available'.　I just added　当　to indicate [our] before the website. You can use "ウェブサイト近日中ご利用可能!" just as the original.

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Note added at 36 mins (2009-11-10 16:37:05 GMT)
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I clicked and the site just uploaded my mess.... Sorry folks.
ウェブサイト近日中ご利用可能! is what I wanted to say.

Kiyo Shima
United States
Local time: 07:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Japanese

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

ウェブサイトは近日公開予定です。

Explanation:
I tried to make it as simple as possibile. 近日公開予定 is enough to mean that the website is under construction and will be available soon.

Ikuko Amanai
Japan
Local time: 21:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Japanese