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彼女は下町で生まれ育った。

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➜ #312769She was born and brought up on the backstreets.

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 blay_paul blay_paul September 26, 2010 September 26, 2010 at 2:23:43 PM UTC link Permalink

Yeah, every dictionary I just checked (three) said "doesn't translate as downtown", but none of them said what it should translate as and one of them said "no equivalent word in English".

'shitamachi' and a footnote would be one option, I suppose.

qahwa qahwa September 26, 2010 September 26, 2010 at 2:28:07 PM UTC link Permalink

Please see this:
http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?...%81%A1&dtype=3

blay_paul blay_paul September 26, 2010 September 26, 2010 at 2:34:32 PM UTC link Permalink

> Please see this:
> http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?...A1&dtype=3

Haha, yes, but they cop out with "Shitamachi" in the English translation too. ;-)

I think 'backstreets' would probably be the closest you can get in English for this sentence.

qahwa qahwa September 26, 2010 September 26, 2010 at 2:41:29 PM UTC link Permalink

Isn't "backstreets" 裏町 or 裏通り?

blay_paul blay_paul September 26, 2010 September 26, 2010 at 2:50:01 PM UTC link Permalink

> a working-class neighborhood

Meh, it's too long for my tastes.

blay_paul blay_paul September 26, 2010 September 26, 2010 at 2:54:42 PM UTC link Permalink

Hey, here's a nice link. Somebody translates 下町 as both downtown and backstreets in the same article. :-P

http://www.uk-japan.net/feature...ntowntokyo.htm