Anyone here speak Japanese?

[Dari]

????????????????

Please teach me (something about what book and pencils)

 

[Soundmanred]

It translates to:
"The iPhone now has cut and paste, something you could never do with simple books and pencils".
You're welcome.

 

[hiromizu]

Ignore Soundmanred. It says I love Chinese food.

 

[Jeeebus]

It says "you are the last person on Earth that apparently has not heard of Google's Translate feature"

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Enpitsu ga nanbon a ru ka oshi e te ku da sa i.

It doesn't really make sense, but the intent was probably "could you tell me how many pencils you have."

 

[Dari]

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Enpitsu ga nanbon aru ka oshi ete kudasai.

It doesn't really make sense, but the intent was probably "could you tell me how many pencils you have."

You are close. I forgot that ?? was a counter for skinny, long things. Thanks.

 

[AVAFREAK182]

Dari's 8==D is not ??

 

[Printer Bandit]

Originally posted by: Jeeebus
It says "you are the last person on Earth that apparently has not heard of Google's Translate feature"

this is what i got using google translate:

"Please tell us what books you have a pencil."

 

[fallout man]

Originally posted by: Soundmanred
It translates to:
"The iPhone now has cut and paste, something you could never do with simple books and pencils".
You're welcome.

FUCK. I had this tattooed down the side of my torso in 1994. The man must have been a psychic.

 

[Darien]

Originally posted by: Dari

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Enpitsu ga nanbon aru ka oshi ete kudasai.

It doesn't really make sense, but the intent was probably "could you tell me how many pencils you have."

You are close. I forgot that ?? was a counter for skinny, long things. Thanks.

This is roughly what I would have guessed -- "please tell me how many pencils are there". (Japanese, unfortunately vague in specifics, won't identify a few things to make English translation easier.)

What makes SacrosanctFiend's translation "close" but not exact/correct?

 

[gorobei]

should it be:
enpitsu ga nanbon aruka oshiete kudasai.
pencil speakingof howmany are(question) tell/share please

 

[Dari]

Originally posted by: Darien

Originally posted by: Dari

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Enpitsu ga nanbon aru ka oshi ete kudasai.

It doesn't really make sense, but the intent was probably "could you tell me how many pencils you have."

You are close. I forgot that ?? was a counter for skinny, long things. Thanks.

This is roughly what I would have guessed -- "please tell me how many pencils are there". (Japanese, unfortunately vague in specifics, won't identify a few things to make English translation easier.)

What makes SacrosanctFiend's translation "close" but not exact/correct?

"Could"
There is no question mark, just a soft demand.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Originally posted by: Dari

Originally posted by: Darien

Originally posted by: Dari

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Enpitsu ga nanbon aru ka oshi ete kudasai.

It doesn't really make sense, but the intent was probably "could you tell me how many pencils you have."

You are close. I forgot that ?? was a counter for skinny, long things. Thanks.

This is roughly what I would have guessed -- "please tell me how many pencils are there". (Japanese, unfortunately vague in specifics, won't identify a few things to make English translation easier.)

What makes SacrosanctFiend's translation "close" but not exact/correct?

"Could"
There is no question mark, just a soft demand.

Which is why I said "intent." You don't have to have ? for a question to be intended, and ???? doesn't always have to infer "please." That's the difficult thing about Japanese->English translations.

 

[Dari]

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: Dari

Originally posted by: Darien

Originally posted by: Dari

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Enpitsu ga nanbon aru ka oshi ete kudasai.

It doesn't really make sense, but the intent was probably "could you tell me how many pencils you have."

You are close. I forgot that ?? was a counter for skinny, long things. Thanks.

This is roughly what I would have guessed -- "please tell me how many pencils are there". (Japanese, unfortunately vague in specifics, won't identify a few things to make English translation easier.)

What makes SacrosanctFiend's translation "close" but not exact/correct?

"Could"
There is no question mark, just a soft demand.

Which is why I said "intent." You don't have to have ? for a question to be intended, and ???? doesn't always have to infer "please." That's the difficult thing about Japanese->English translations.

You're right about the translation.