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- Please help me hear what's being said in Japanese video clip! One of the first things that drew me towards the Japanese language was a beautifully made Japanese snowboard film called Signatures. 5 years ago I vowed that when I began learning Japanese, I would return to that vid to learn and understand for myself at least a small section of what the narrator of this film says. Now I've finally come back to tackle it and I can't work out/ hear the words he is speaking! The English translation is: 'We're not trying to race down a hill to see who can go the fastest, we are trying to make the most out of the terrain. There are so many apporaches to the same line and how you decide to express yourself reflects your personality.' Audio goes from 0.46 - 1.20 but there is only about 10 seconds of talking all up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0LjDFewj6E I've managed to pick out some phrases but my Japanese is still very limited to someone speaking slowly (I even tried to slow the video down!) but I jut can't get enough for it to make any sense.. If anyone could help to write the romaji for this very short clip that would be amazing. I can read hiragana but romaji would be a great starting point. The second sentence is my favourite.. I would love to surprise my Japanese boss with a phrase like that next month! More than happy to help anyone out with English! Arigatou gozaimasuOctober 25, 201560
- A rather confusing English- Japaese translation There is a phrase that I'd use in English that I'm struggling to translate into Japanese. This phrase is: 'If I had have had more time, I would have seen more places' Ie. 'I spent 2 weeks traveling around Japan and saw some incredible things. If I had have had more time, I would have seen more places' etc... A Japanese friend helped me with this a few months ago but said there wasn't really a direct literal translation... Can you tell me if this makes sense please?! What I have written down is: 'Moto ji kanga are ba, moto taksan no basho ni ite ta' Quite obviously written phonetically and not spelt right!! Anyone who thinks they can help, that would be awesome :) Arigatou!August 11, 201410
Blue blood
The phrase (or 'term'?? not too sure what you mean) "blue blood" is about an aristocratic man. Scientists say that the human blood is red in colour, because the blood has hemoglobin in which contains ions of iron. Some mollusks and arthropods has have hemocyanin in their blood. Hemocyanin has ions of copper, which gives them their blue colour.
Very advanced piece of writing- great work! Only thing I'm not sure about is the first sentence... depending on what you mean, you may be better off saying;
'The term 'blue blood' is used when talking about an aristocratic man'
But I'll leave that up to you :)
0 votedAugust 11, 20141Directly Reply (To You)
We have received your letter of dated 15 June and it has been delivered to our Shanghai branch. They will reply directly to you, because as these commodities you inquired about are in their product stock.
'To You' in brackets as I don't think it's necessary, but that is your choice.
Hope this helps :)0 votedMay 28, 20140The Community Center
After work, I went to the community center to play badminton. It has a drop-in schedule for it from 6pm to 7:45pm. When I got in there 15 minutes before drop-in started, there were already lots of people waiting for it. The receptionist said that it had a regulation that a maximum of 16 people only 16 people could play at the same time and now there were over 16 people.
I regretted not signing up through by phone in advance before coming here going there. Accordingly, I had to wait until someone who had signed up already had their booking cancelled due to not showing up even 10 minutes after drop-in had started starts.
Luckily, I was able to get in could get in only 10 minutes after drop-in had started starts. Perhaps because lots of people on the waiting list had expected that they wouldn't get in, and had left. they left there.
Great English! Corrected a few things, and changed a few phrases to make them sound a little better. Hope this helps!0 votedMay 23, 20141I hope you will get better soon and that you'll always be healthy. It is normal that after such a serious operation you feel tired and exhausted. It is great that you are at home with your family after having stayed such long time in the hospital.
Two days ago was my daughter's birthday. We celebrated it modestly- only two cakes- but I bought her many nice clothes and a golden chain and bought small cakes and small bottles of juice for the children in order to give them at a small party in the kindergarden.
She was very happy that it was her Birthday. As for me, I am so indifferent to this holiday- every Birthday you get older and it is not a fun thought!
Today I went to the Immigration office to deal with my mum's immigration process. Again, huge queues and you have to wait in a small coridor without any windows. It was so hot there that you wouldn't believe that only two months ago everything was covered with snow and it was frosty.
Once again, my journey there was unsuccessful and there were so many people that I queued to no avail.
Your English is fantastic! I made a few small adjustments but overall that was incredibly well-written. I would love to be able to write like you in a second language! The only part I am confused with is the section in bold. Do you mean that you gave up on waiting because the queue was so long?
0 votedMay 23, 20141Hello! My name is Evgeniy, and I am a Security Systems Engineer.
I would like to work in your company.
I think that your company is the best choice/ option/ company (?) for me.
I have been working in this industry/ position for more than 6 years and I have a lot of experience.
I have made a few small corrections. Apologies that I don't understand what you mean in your sentance; 'I think that your company is the best...'
Also, in the final sentance, use 'position' if you have been working in that specific job role and 'industry' if you have done similar- but not identical- jobs in the past.
Hope this helps!0 votedMay 23, 20141
