He's good at arithmetic. - English example sentence

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Hautis July 28, 2010 July 28, 2010 at 9:48:53 AM UTC

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This sentence is a bit weird. Wouldn't it be better to change the English one to "He can calculate very well" or "He is good at calculating/counting"? 算数 is arithmetic in Japanese, and 計算 is just calculating.

Spanish one seems to be correct.

blay_paul July 28, 2010 July 28, 2010 at 10:47:07 AM UTC

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I don't think this is a bad match. 'arithmetic' is one of the translations given for 計算 in the リーダーズ+プラス dictionary and it sounds more natural in that sentence than 'calculating' to me.