ClockworkCoder
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ヤレヤレだぜ
Google: “It’s crazy”ヤレヤレだぜ
Some words and expressions simply do not translate well, without a deeper understanding of the language and culture.Google: “It’s crazy”
Microsoft: “It’s a jarree”
What the heck’s a “jarree”?!
True that! Sounds like I need to watch Jojo!Some words and expressions simply do not translate well, without a deeper understanding of the language and culture.
If you watch Jojo, though, you might understand "yare yare da ze" - it's a good expression to use if people are doing daft things (without realizing it).
Actually, I just remembered (was reminded) that the subtitle read "Good grief", which is as good a translation as any, I think.True that! Sounds like I need to watch Jojo!
That makes much more sense! ありがとうございますActually, I just remembered (was reminded) that the subtitle read "Good grief", which is as good a translation as any, I think.
そうです "it is" + ね "don't you agree?"Interesting. Google reckons that means “I agree”. Microsoft reckons that means “Let’s see”
いい加減にしろヤレヤレだ
その意味は良く分かりませんけどすみませんでした。いい加減にしろ
The reason I found it amusing is because “I agree” and “let’s see” aren’t really the same thing (With the latter, you’re not agreeing with the other person, yet; you may or may not agree with them whenever in the future it is that you “see”)そうです "it is" + ね "don't you agree?"
That's right, wouldn't you say?
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English. A very good example of why Japanese don't hear properly spoken English. It has to fit into the limited amount of sounds available to them natively.@liveunderwater : while we are at it, maybe you could help me understand one thing that I always wanted to know... there's a particular phrase that I constantly hear in Anime, and I have the "impression" it could be english, but also could be not...
The phrase (or word ??) "seems" spelled somehow "itsugò", and in the subtitles is most of the time translated as "Let's Go", but not always, sometimes other verbs with the same meaning are used, so maybe it's not just an "Engrish phrase" but maybe proper japanese that could seems english ?!
"iku zo", perhaps (means "let's go")The phrase (or word ??) "seems" spelled somehow "itsugò", and in the subtitles is most of the time translated as "Let's Go", but not always, sometimes other verbs with the same meaning are used
Google translate is pretty bad at Japanese, I haven't tried Microsoft but it sounds like it isn't much better. I mostly use Deepl.The reason I found it amusing is because “I agree” and “let’s see” aren’t really the same thing (With the latter, you’re not agreeing with the other person, yet; you may or may not agree with them whenever in the future it is that you “see”)
iku 行く・いく is in fact the verb for "to go" but the "let's do" conjugation would be ikimashou 行きましょう・いきましょう."iku zo", perhaps (means "let's go")
The ぞ would be the imperative part, but you're right, "ikou zo" would be more "let's"iku 行く・いく is in fact the verb for "to go" but the "let's do" conjugation would be ikimashou 行きましょう・いきましょう.
It could be this, I'll try to listen more carefully the next time it happens, but the more I pronounce it and the more it feels like itIn katakana its probaly this: レッツゴー! RETTSUGO-!
I've seen it used by natives cheering for sports teams(on HelloTalk), seen it in anime, manga, and video games... written in katakana like this レッツゴー.It could be this, I'll try to listen more carefully the next time it happens, but the more I pronounce it and the more it feels like it
Very Cool!I somehow already knew about that, a lot of years ago I used a katakana translation table to help me play all the Dragonball RPG games from NES to SNES... I was lucky that most of the story was related to the comic book, but some parts were really tricky to understand
There was in particular one of the games where I was flying without directions in the map and I didn't know what to do, but some people scattered around were telling phrases really similar to each other, except for some different or repeated phonograms... I wasn't able at the time to find a translation for many of those words, but at some point one of them turned out to be "North", and the repeated one was "More"... so some of them were telling "More North" or "More More North", so after getting that I was able to identify what where the directional words in the phrases of the other people, and the "Less" word, and I was able to find the spot in the map where the game was meant to continue... it was epic !!