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Why Google Translate FAILS at Japanese

DerekJohnson
DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,560 Founders Club
in Yellow Snow's Record Shoppe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J4id5jnEo8
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  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter
    This is a great video. The omission of a subject in a sentence really tripped me up at first. My teacher was unbelievably patient about this, “you’ll be understood, but it will be strange if you keep saying ‘私は...(I...)’.” For some reason the subject-object-verb sentence order didn’t faze me.

    And yes, literal translations of certain phrases are hilarious.
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  • dflea
    dflea Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,287 Swaye's Wigwam
    Japanese was the hardest class I took at UW. Quite easily.

    I can't tell you how happy I am that I worked that hard to forget everything except how to ask for a beer and where the can is.
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  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter
    dflea said:

    Japanese was the hardest class I took at UW. Quite easily.

    I can't tell you how happy I am that I worked that hard to forget everything except how to ask for a beer and where the can is.

    Yup. Everyday I chided myself for not taking Spanish as I tried to memorize kanji.
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  • huskyhooligan
    huskyhooligan Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,957 Swaye's Wigwam
    言われていることすべて、ジェイク・ブラウニングは嫌だ。

    Iwa rete iru koto subete, jeiku burauningu wa iyada.


    女の子のパンティーはどこで買えますか？

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  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter
    edited September 2020
    huskyhooligan said:

    言われていることすべて、ジェイク・ブラウニングは嫌だ。

    Iwa rete iru koto subete, jeiku burauningu wa iyada.


    女の子のパンティーはどこで買えますか？

    ATBSJBS

    🤣 The katakana of Browning-san’s name threw me off for a sec.

    Sadly I understood the second sentence loud and clear. I can’t believe they have vending machines for those.
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  • whatshouldicareabout
    whatshouldicareabout Member Posts: 12,992
    Doog_de_Jour said:

    huskyhooligan said:

    言われていることすべて、ジェイク・ブラウニングは嫌だ。

    Iwa rete iru koto subete, jeiku burauningu wa iyada.


    女の子のパンティーはどこで買えますか？

    ATBSJBS

    🤣 The katakana of Browning-san’s name threw me off for a sec.

    Sadly I understood the second sentence loud and clear. I can’t believe they have vending machines for those.
    They have vending machines for everything.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UJzVLXmBG4
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  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter
    whatshouldicareabout said:

    Doog_de_Jour said:

    huskyhooligan said:

    言われていることすべて、ジェイク・ブラウニングは嫌だ。

    Iwa rete iru koto subete, jeiku burauningu wa iyada.


    女の子のパンティーはどこで買えますか？

    ATBSJBS

    🤣 The katakana of Browning-san’s name threw me off for a sec.

    Sadly I understood the second sentence loud and clear. I can’t believe they have vending machines for those.
    They have vending machines for everything.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UJzVLXmBG4
    He didn’t bring business cards with him to Japan??? Rookie mistake.

    Otherwise great video.
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