Translation Assignment Story about Hiromi One winter night, Hiromi who was two year old was watching TV. There was a boiling kettle which started shaking on the oil stove nearby. Since it boiled hea

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Translation Assignment Story about Hiromi One winter night, Hiromi who was two year old was watching TV. There was a boiling kettle which started shaking on the oil stove nearby. Since it boiled heavily, the kettle fell from it and the boiling water splashed on her left leg. She was screaming and crying because of the strong pain. Her mother run up to her and understood the situation and brought a buket of water. The mother undressed her and put her leg into the buket. Then, the mother called the doctor and wrapped her with a blanket and brought her to the hospital in hurry. Because of this terrible experience, the mother was afraid of using the oil stove and Hiromi was also afraid of the stove, fire, even an iron. But as she grew, she forgot about this horrible experience and didn't think about the scar of the scald anymore. First summer after she enroll at the elementary school, children started to learn how to swim in the PE class. Her classmates couldn't wait to have the first class. However, in order to change in to swim wear, they had to take off all of their clothes first.

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Translation Assignment Story about Hiromi

One winter night, Hiromi, who was two years old,* was watching TV. There was A boiling kettle which started shaking on the oil stove nearby. Since it boiled heavily, It was boiling so hard that the kettle fell from it and the boiling water splashed on her left leg. She was screaming and crying screamed and cried because of the strong severe pain. Her mother ran up to her and understood understanding the situation, and brought a bucket of water. The Her mother undressed her and put her leg into the bucket. Then, the mother called the doctor and wrapped her Hiromi with in a blanket and, as fast as she could, brought her to the hospital in hurry.
Because of this terrible experience, the girl's mother was afraid of using the oil stove again, and Hiromi, too, was also afraid of the stove, of fire, even of an iron.
But as she grew, she forgot about this horrible experience and didn't think no longer thought about the scar that resulted from of the scalding incident. anymore.
The first summer after she enrolled at the in elementary school, children started to learn how to swim in their PE class. Her classmates couldn't wait to have the first class. However, in order to change in to into swim wear swimwear **, they had to take off all of their clothes first.

久子さん、Great work. Translating is so difficult? How closely do you stay to the words of the original language, and how much do you change it to fit the target language? I made a lot of "corrections" that add English words, or that remove words in the original Japanese. As a student, it's important for you to understand what your teacher wants - what style your teacher likes - and adjust your translation style to fit it.

So . . . as you look at my "corrections" you will have to decide for yourself how much to change in order to satisfy your teacher. As you gain more skill at translating, you will be better able to decide for yourself what you like best.

* A more natural way to say this is: "One winter night, a two-year-old girl named Hiromi was watching TV."

** "into" and "swimwear" are normally written as single words.

Translation Assignment Story About Hiromi

One winter night, a two year old named Hiromi was watching TV. There was a boiling kettle which had started to shake on the oil stove nearby. Since it boiled so heavily, the kettle fell, from it and the boiling water splashed on her left leg. She was screaming and crying because of the strong pain. Her mother ran up to her, and understood the situation, and brought a bucket of water. The mother undressed her and put her leg into the bucket. Then, the mother called the doctor, and wrapped her with a blanket, and brought her to the hospital in a hurry.
Because of this terrible experience, the mother was afraid of using the oil stove; Hiromi was also afraid of the stove, fire, and even an irons.
However, as she grew, she forgot about this horrible experience and didn't think about the burn scar of the scald anymore.
The first summer after she enrolled at the elementary school, children started to learn how to swim in the PE class. Her classmates couldn't wait to have the first class. But in order to change in to swim wear, they had to take off all of their clothes first.

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