Jan 5, 2022 11:27
2 yrs ago
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Japanese term
Italy
すべての糧に
Non-PRO
Japanese to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Dear ProZ members,
a quick doubt about the topic sentence. In a cartoon, a 13-or-something years old girl is getting ready to eat her (humble) lunch and says this sentence. It seems like she's thanking God.
I would say it means "Thank you for all the food", but I was wondering if it could have some deeper implications, being that 糧 also covers the "food for the soul" semantic area. And that's where you need the natives!
What do you think about it?
Thank you so much!
a quick doubt about the topic sentence. In a cartoon, a 13-or-something years old girl is getting ready to eat her (humble) lunch and says this sentence. It seems like she's thanking God.
I would say it means "Thank you for all the food", but I was wondering if it could have some deeper implications, being that 糧 also covers the "food for the soul" semantic area. And that's where you need the natives!
What do you think about it?
Thank you so much!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | This will keep me going |
Patrick Hideo Kirby
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| 5 | a source of food for the soul/mind |
HeriListon
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Proposed translations
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Patrick Hideo Kirby
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Japanese-English Technical Translator
Native in: English 
Works in: Japanese to English, English, Japanese
Selected
This will keep me going
Since 糧 can have broader connotations, you could make it similarly vague in English. If her lunch is only small, then something like, "This will keep me going" might fit. Or, depending on the context, "This should keep me going" "This is all I've got to keep me going" or "I'll just make do with this."
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Elizabeth TILLY
: Agree, "This should keep me going" or "This'll do me (just fine)" - very colloquial but an option depending on the context.
3 days 15 hrs
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Comment: "Thank you so much!"
10 days
HeriListon
Indonesia
Indonesia
Works in field
Indonesia
Freelancer
Native in: Indonesian (Variant: Javanese) 
Works in: English to Japanese, Japanese to English, English to Indonesian
a source of food for the soul/mind
今までの経験すべてが糧になる：思い切って飛び込んだ場所が、「人の役に立ちたい」気持ちを叶えてくれた
All my experience will be a source of food: The place where I took the plunge made me want to help people.
All my experience will be a source of food: The place where I took the plunge made me want to help people.
Discussion
糧 here is used in the sense of "source of energy".
Definition of 糧: https://www.weblio.jp/content/糧
Definition of 兵糧: https://www.weblio.jp/content/兵糧