Comments on: The translator’s cat http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/ Japan... A whole lot more than raw fish Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Canine Karma http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/comment-page-1/#comment-487065 Canine Karma Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:12:50 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/#comment-487065 [...] friend alerted me to the fact that the most enlightened of animals is being given a proverbial run for its money where karma is concerned. Herewith I present to you [...] [...] friend alerted me to the fact that the most enlightened of animals is being given a proverbial run for its money where karma is concerned. Herewith I present to you [...]

]]> By: JP http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/comment-page-1/#comment-342394 JP Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:28:23 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/#comment-342394 Hey, Pink. . . You promised. . . Hey, Pink. . . You promised. . .

]]> By: Mr. Pink http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/comment-page-1/#comment-342380 Mr. Pink Sun, 31 Dec 2006 11:33:39 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/#comment-342380 Don't be fooled. JP actually has a Doraemon comic hidden between the covers of that particles book... Don’t be fooled. JP actually has a Doraemon comic hidden between the covers of that particles book…

]]> By: Marie Mockett http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/comment-page-1/#comment-342308 Marie Mockett Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:29:40 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/#comment-342308 I remember getting tested on wa and ga in college and resorting to answering the questions just by "feel." Even my mother couldn't always tell me why one particle was correct over another. Then I met some Japanese grad student with very long hair who was capable of doing backflips in the hallway and seducing women (not I, of course) working on a PhD devoted entirely to wa and ga and I realized that particles really can be these strange free floating things . . . . I remember getting tested on wa and ga in college and resorting to answering the questions just by “feel.” Even my mother couldn’t always tell me why one particle was correct over another. Then I met some Japanese grad student with very long hair who was capable of doing backflips in the hallway and seducing women (not I, of course) working on a PhD devoted entirely to wa and ga and I realized that particles really can be these strange free floating things . . . .

]]> By: JP http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/comment-page-1/#comment-342182 JP Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:24:23 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/#comment-342182 I would say that after knowledge of the source and target languages, knowing where to go when you run into something you don't know is the most important ability for a translator. As for pesky particles, hardly a day goes by when a particle or two doesn't cause the translation process to come to a grinding stop. I dont feel too badly about this, though, because even native speakers of Japanese have trouble keeping their particles straight. I would say that after knowledge of the source and target languages, knowing where to go when you run into something you don’t know is the most important ability for a translator.

As for pesky particles, hardly a day goes by when a particle or two doesn’t cause the translation process to come to a grinding stop.

I dont feel too badly about this, though, because even native speakers of Japanese have trouble keeping their particles straight.

]]> By: Marie Mockett http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/comment-page-1/#comment-342168 Marie Mockett Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:29:56 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/#comment-342168 I love the fact that the translator has a whole book devoted to those pesky particles . . . I love the fact that the translator has a whole book devoted to those pesky particles . . .

]]> By: Charles http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/comment-page-1/#comment-341775 Charles Thu, 28 Dec 2006 02:11:02 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/#comment-341775 Of course professional translators need dictionaries--you can't carry around the entirety of two languages (and the tenuous connections between them) in your head! Of course professional translators need dictionaries–you can’t carry around the entirety of two languages (and the tenuous connections between them) in your head!

]]> By: Marie Mockett http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/comment-page-1/#comment-341741 Marie Mockett Wed, 27 Dec 2006 21:08:39 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/#comment-341741 I'm relieved to know that professional translators also need dictionaries. I’m relieved to know that professional translators also need dictionaries.

]]> By: shaggywerewolf http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/comment-page-1/#comment-341506 shaggywerewolf Tue, 26 Dec 2006 09:18:29 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/12/26/4550/#comment-341506 <strong>KITTEH!!!!</strong> :mrgreen: KITTEH!!!! :mrgreen:

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