Pen pal letter translation....
Japanese translation: I hope this works out.
| 23:17 Jun 5, 2003 |
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| 5 | More than one problem here |
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| 3 +1 | I hope this works out. |
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27 mins confidence: 
More than one problem here Explanation: Ok. You are having problems with structure, verb use, particle use and a few other things. For example, in the sentence "Hezaa san wa haha de byouin o hatarakimasu" alone there is more than one mistake. The subject is "Heather" so the "Hezaa wa" part is OK. Then you say "haha de" which is incorrect. "De" shows the location of action OR the means by which action occurs. Then you say "byouin o hatarakimasu" which is also incorrect. The sentence you are trying to make should read "Hezaa WA haha NO biyooin DE hatarakimasu". The "NO" is possessive it means that Noun #2 (biyooin) "belongs" to Noun#1 (haha) and the overall phrase means "(Heathers') mothers beauty salon". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-06-05 23:50:46 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- If anyone else wants to help, feel free, i am not doing this whole page by myself. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-06-06 00:15:29 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Substitute \"wa\" for \"ha\" everywhere, i doubt she\'s reading hiragana at this point and if she pronounces every sentence with \"ha\" it\'ll add to the confusion and she\'ll be misunderstood. Also, let\'s discriminate between \"byooin\" (hospital) and \"biyooin\" (beauty salon) because i doubt her mother owns a hospital and there is a SIGNIFICANT difference between the two, in hiragana, in Kanji and most importantly, in PRONUNCIATION. For #2 and #3 i would use \"hatarakimasu\" instead of \"hataraite imasu\" and for #7 i would use \"mendoo o MITE imasu\" instead. |
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39 mins confidence:
Try it this way Explanation: 1) Kanojo ha boifurendo ga imasen (In this case, "kare" or "kareshi" is a little too casual) 2) Hezaa [san] ha okaasan no byouin de hataraiteimasu. (haha would mean your mother; if that's what you're aiming for, you wouldn't use "san" to talk about someone in your in-group) 3) Sono okaasan ga yasumitai toki ni hataraiteimasu. ("sono" means "that," put it in just for variety) 4) Lit: Kanojo no shigoto ha denwa ni deru koto desu. Natural: Kanajo ha denwa ni demasu.["She answers the phone"] 5) Kanojo ha kekkou okane wo moratteimasu. 6) kanojo ha tada de kami wo yatte moraeru kara, ki ni itteimasu. 7) Kanojo ha itoko no ashurei no mendou wo[OR: mo] mitteimasu. ("itoko" means cousin, "itoko no ashurei" means her cousin Ashley. "mo" is "and," good to use if you're adding s.t. else she's doing in addition to working for her mom.) 8) Okane wa ii keredo, ashurei ha warui desu. (I think you're mistaking "harui" for "harai," which means "paying" or "payment." It's a bit tricky, but here you'd be better going with "okane," meaning THE money or THE pay.) Well, hoped that helped & sorry for writing a book :) |
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4 hrs confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1I hope this works out. Explanation: She doesent have a boyfriend -kanojyo niwa boifurendo (boy friend) ga imasen. Heather works at her mothers hair salon. -Heza(san) wa haha no biyouin de hataraitemasu. (You and the other person put "byouin". But, "byouin" is a hospital, and "biyouin" is a hair salon, so use "biyouin" instead of "byouin") She works when her mom needs a break. -kanojo wa haha ga kyuukei wo toru toki ni kawari ni hatarakimasu. ("kyuukei" is a short break in a day) (or) -kanojo(san) ha haha ga yasumitai toki ni hatarakimasu. ("yasumi" is a day long or longer break) Her job is to answer the phones. -Heza(san) no shigoto wa denwa ni deru (or detari suru) koto desu. ("deru koto" sounds like answering the phones is the only job she does. "detari suru koto" means, her main job is answering the phones.) She gets paid good. -Soko de no shiharai ha nakanaka iidesu. (in this case, "soko" means at the salon.) She likes it because she can get her hair done for free. -kanojo ha soko de tada de kami mo kitte moraeru node so shigoto ga kiniittemasu. (The reason why I put "mo" instead of "wo" is because I thought that's not the only reason why Heather likes working at the salon.) Heather also babysits her cousent. -Heza(san) wa itoko no Ashurei no komori mo simasu. The pay is good but ashley is bad. -Soko deno shiharai wa kekkou ii kedo Ashurei wo miru noha totemo taihendesu. (in this case, the "miru" is from "mendou wo miru = take care (the kid)".) |
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