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Sentence #234793

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JimBreen JimBreen January 17, 2021 January 17, 2021 at 4:26:09 AM UTC link Permalink

This is just one of a number of sentences where "表す/stands for" occurs. Can you please provide a reason for the change? I know that 指す can mean the same, but it is less common.

small_snow small_snow January 17, 2021, edited January 17, 2021 January 17, 2021 at 4:54:58 AM UTC, edited January 17, 2021 at 6:01:04 AM UTC link Permalink

@JimBreen

@Sim5634は、最近Tatoebaに参加されましたが、正しい日本語を使われるので、adoptもお願いしました。adoptするに当たって、幾つかの注意点をお伝えしましたが、伝え方が不十分だったかもしれません。

Simさんには「表す」より「指す」がより自然に感じられ変更を加えられたのだと思いますが、特にこだわりがないようだったら戻すようにお伝えします。

ご連絡をありがとうございました。

small_snow small_snow January 17, 2021, edited January 17, 2021 January 17, 2021 at 4:57:39 AM UTC, edited January 17, 2021 at 6:45:56 AM UTC link Permalink

@Sim5634

絶対に「指す」がいい!って言うのがあれば、教えてください。そうでなくて「自然に聞こえたから」と言うことであれば、元の表現に戻すこともできます。よろしくお願いします。😊

CK CK January 17, 2021 January 17, 2021 at 5:01:35 AM UTC link Permalink

@Sim5634

After you change this one back to UFOは未確認飛行物体を表す。, you can add yours as an original sentence.

So, add this...
UFOとは未確認飛行物体を指す。

... as a translation to this...

https://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/72170
UFO stands for unidentified flying object.

Sim5634 Sim5634 January 17, 2021 January 17, 2021 at 1:52:48 PM UTC link Permalink

@JimBreen
失礼しました。この文脈では「指す」を使うこともできますが
「表す」でも意味の上では問題ありません。

@small_snow @CK
Thanks🙂

JimBreen JimBreen January 20, 2021 January 20, 2021 at 11:00:20 AM UTC link Permalink

Sorry to be late responding. Thanks for the comments, everyone. I should have provided more information to @Sim5634 about the issues around the sentences - I was hurrying through the changes to a large number of sentences.
@CK - it might be an idea to document somewhere guidelines for changing sentences. I have no problems with most of the changes made to Japanese sentences (around 60/week) as they are almost all useful improvements (e.g. dropping all those 私は at the front) and I wouldn't like them to be stopped, but in less obvious cases we should be encouraging people to leave comments as to why they have made a change.

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UFOは未確認飛行物体を表す。

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UFOとは未確認飛行物体を指す。

edited by Sim5634, January 12, 2021

UFOとは未確認飛行物体を表す。

edited by Sim5634, January 17, 2021