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Sentence #3396498

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tommy_san tommy_san July 26, 2014 July 26, 2014 at 7:23:50 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

こんにちは。タトエバへようこそ。

日本語はほとんど独り言に近いので、isn't it? はそぐわない気がします。

英語ではため息を表記する方法はないんでしょうか?

kamaxwel kamaxwel August 3, 2014 August 3, 2014 at 5:48:17 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

よろしくお願いします!私の翻訳を答えてくれてありがとうございます。「はあ」というフレーズは英語ではないと思います。たとえば、本を書いたら主人公は息を出す時に私は"He sighed and said: "..."を書いたほうがいいと思います。

英語は日本語と同じで「はあ」とか「もう」ではないんです。

Or at least, I've never found an appropriate way tto translate them. Oftentimes I tend to categorize相槌 as phatic communion and just move on. I do need to work on handling them more appropriately.

tommy_san tommy_san August 3, 2014 August 3, 2014 at 10:39:39 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

「はあ」に関しては了解しました。oh no とか damn とか man などといった表現に置き換えてもいいかもしれないとも思いましたが。

isn't it? の方はいかがでしょうか? 独り言で isn't it? って言いますか?

kamaxwel kamaxwel August 3, 2014 August 3, 2014 at 6:53:39 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Oh! Now I understand what you mean! I think that we might be referencing two different things. I could have translated はあ as 'man' or 'oh no' and then continued to translate the sentence as I did. For example: "Damn, it's an unlucky/bad day, isn't it?" It's the なあ that I'm translating as 'isn't it'. Just a rhetorical sentence ending.

tommy_san tommy_san August 3, 2014 August 3, 2014 at 6:56:05 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

それで、この isn't it? はどういう意味なんですか?

kamaxwel kamaxwel August 3, 2014 August 3, 2014 at 6:58:43 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

「なあ」とか「でしょ」という意味なんです。

tommy_san tommy_san August 3, 2014 August 3, 2014 at 7:11:07 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

That doesn't explain anything.
If my sentence were 今日はついてないね, I think you could translate it with "isn't it?". ね means something like "You think so too, don't you?". な could also mean the same thing.
なあ expresses an exclamation. My sentence doesn't involve any interaction. The speaker is just saying (more or less emotionally) that he's unlucky that day.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #3395496はあ、今日はついてないなあ。.

Today is an unlucky day, isn't it?

added by kamaxwel, July 26, 2014

Today is an unlucky day, isn't it?

edited by kamaxwel, July 26, 2014

linked by deyta, September 9, 2016