I don't think it's a very good translation of the Japanese. I suggest deletion.

There is also a German sentence linked to the same Japanese sentence. The German sentence means: "You know that better than I do." Is that a correct translation?

The two Japanese sentences have quite different meanings. The one that is linked to the German sentence has been translated by me and I hope correctly. The other one means something like 'You seem to know me, but I don't know you.'

Oh wow, Scott, you are fast.

"You know that better than I do." would be an acceptable translation.

And I unlinked the other sentence and used Fingerhut's translation.

Isn't "You seem to know me, but I don't know you." the same as "You have the advantage of me."? Is there a difference in registers or something?

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/y...dvantage_of_me

Oh, it seems to be some old-fashioned phrase. It would probably be a better fit for the other Japanese phrase.

OK, I am linking to the other Japanese sentence instead then.

By the way, there is also the very similar sentence "I am afraid you have the advantage of me." http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/264998 So far it's only one of the original JP-EN pairs.

Annotation: This sentence is standard, polite English; although nowadays not everyone, in the United States at least, can be expected to know what it means, which is "You apparently know who I am, but I don't know who you are." In many situations it would be semantically equivalent to "You seem to know me, but I don't know you."