Anyone speak Japanese?

grant · 07-09-2009, 02:09 PM

I was hoping to translate "fat man" and "little boy" into Japanese. Both characters and phonetically (romaji?).

I found some services that will translate the individual words, but I'm not sure if that's the way you'd actually say/write it in Japanese, or if it's transliterated.

NikeeGoddess · 07-09-2009, 11:05 PM

http://www.englishjapaneseonlinedictionary.com/

grant · 07-10-2009, 08:32 AM

Well thanks, but I already found stuff that will translate individual words. And that's what I'm going with for now. But I was trying to double check to see how the phrases would fit together to a native speaker.

There's the old game where you use an automatic translator to go from English to language X, and back again, and you end up with really weird stuff instead of the words you started with.

I don't want to end up with something like this.

cerckl · 07-10-2009, 09:32 AM

You can sometimes find help at university language departments.

07-09-2009, 02:09 PM	#1
grant Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 509	Anyone speak Japanese? I was hoping to translate "fat man" and "little boy" into Japanese. Both characters and phonetically (romaji?). I found some services that will translate the individual words, but I'm not sure if that's the way you'd actually say/write it in Japanese, or if it's transliterated.

07-09-2009, 11:05 PM	#2
NikeeGoddess User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 7,211	Re: Anyone speak Japanese? http://www.englishjapaneseonlinedictionary.com/

07-10-2009, 08:32 AM	#3
grant Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 509	Re: Anyone speak Japanese? Well thanks, but I already found stuff that will translate individual words. And that's what I'm going with for now. But I was trying to double check to see how the phrases would fit together to a native speaker. There's the old game where you use an automatic translator to go from English to language X, and back again, and you end up with really weird stuff instead of the words you started with. I don't want to end up with something like this.

07-10-2009, 09:32 AM	#4
cerckl Regular Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 311	Re: Anyone speak Japanese? You can sometimes find help at university language departments. __________________ "Berne is the capital of Switzerland. It has seven times the size of the graveyard of Naples, but it's only half as funny." Luciano di Crescenco

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