I have also had my translations "corrected" many times by people who didn't know what they were doing. For some reason, the most annoying changes have been for...
Tom Gally
tomgally@...
Mar 1, 2001 8:54 am
28419
... this ... Tell your client that there is no way a Japanese can ever reach native speaker level of English, just like an American, Englishman, Australian or ...
Private
akebono@...
Mar 1, 2001 9:16 am
28420
... believe ... even ... their ... While I can agree in a general way, and understand your thoughts on translating in the wrong direction, I feel the above is...
Jeremy Angel
jangel@...
Mar 1, 2001 12:02 pm
28421
... to ... author. 90% of native speakers can't write in their own native tongue, but if the above is true, you belong to a small, very small, very very small...
Private
akebono@...
Mar 1, 2001 12:30 pm
28422
Hi everyone Can anyone tell me the English for チップ立ち現象 (chippu dachi genshou), chip standing phenomenon/effect(?), more familiarly known as...
mike17@...
Mar 1, 2001 1:40 pm
28423
-- "Private" <akebono@c...>､ｵ､､ﾎ･皈ﾃ･ｻ｡ｼ･ｸ
> > You talk about established gaijin writers. Well, I too have had the ner= ve
> to
> > write...
Robert Marshman
rmarshman@...
Mar 1, 2001 1:44 pm
28424
Another related term is "transfer" as in "transfer press" where workpieces are passed from one press to another, where multiple presses are connected in series...
Minoru Mochizuki
minoru.mochizuki@...
Mar 1, 2001 2:05 pm
28425
=== I'd be careful before saying "never ever"; you might find yourself in a pos= ition in which the volume of documents is so great that you'd have no choice...
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akebono@...
Mar 1, 2001 2:06 pm
28426
I occasionally do some editing of English written by Japanese translators for a certain company (although I am trying to wean them off of me). Some of what I...
Zachary Braverman
zachary@...
Mar 1, 2001 2:08 pm
28427
Got the message. Your, Jim's and Fred's comments backfired succesfully. GDM...
Guido De Mey (Mendez ...
Guido.De.Mey@...
Mar 1, 2001 2:12 pm
28428
... What's wrong with using tombstone/tombstoning (or the Manhattan effect) if that's what the problem is normally called in English? I have certainly seen...
Yuno Hanlon
yuno.hanlon@...
Mar 1, 2001 2:47 pm
28429
... I don't want to sound sarcastic (says she insincerely :-} ) but "artists's impressions" have been around for appreciably more than half a century. So has...
Doreen Simmons
jz8d-smmn@...
Mar 1, 2001 2:51 pm
28430
... Oh yes, certainly. By way of illustration, here's a comment that ... By no means is this guy a poor writer, either. He's wigging that there are better ways...
Tod McAvoy
mctod@...
Mar 1, 2001 3:23 pm
28431
... One way to resolve this frustration is to charge a pittance (500 yen/page in my case) for editing/proofing the good translations and your standard...
Tod McAvoy
mctod@...
Mar 1, 2001 3:23 pm
28432
Doreen Simmons <jz8d-smmn@...> quotes someone: (Norman, I think) ... Yes, *we* know that, but I take Norman's comment to mean that the AmE ...
chandler@...
Mar 1, 2001 3:51 pm
28433
... Buut, buut, buut, buttt. . . ... I can only assume this is meant as an "IMEeJI discussion," Brian; I dunna mind ya givin away m' secrets, I'm just trying...
Norman Havens at 'Gre...
nhavens@...
Mar 1, 2001 4:41 pm
28434
A new day has arrived for me. It is not a new thing to other people I suppose, but I received for the first time a CD disk containing several technical...
Minoru Mochizuki
minoru.mochizuki@...
Mar 1, 2001 6:17 pm
28435
In the context of types of plant diagnoses/surveys being offered by a company that specializes in this$B!'(B The $B%5!<%S%9%a%K%e!<!!(Bhas, under the...
K. Luce
translators@...
Mar 1, 2001 7:27 pm
28436
... From: Chris Nanjo <nanjo@...> ... I can't really say that "progressive" for jun-okuri is incorrect here, as I have seen "purogureshibu" in katakana...
James Sparks
james.sparks2@...
Mar 1, 2001 7:42 pm
28437
I've had excellent experiences with data transfer to CD, even with a fairly old burner. I don't use it any more because the motor became excessively noisy....
Jeremiah Bourque
jbourque@...
Mar 1, 2001 8:19 pm
28438
... A CD burner is a must for me, and I have been very pleased to have one. I bought a medium-priced, external, one with a USB connection (quite some time...
K. Luce
translators@...
Mar 1, 2001 10:00 pm
28439
... I found CD disk writing a bit confusing at first, though my confusion cleared up after I gave in and read the manual. Recently, what I've been doing when I...
Tom Gally
tomgally@...
Mar 1, 2001 10:21 pm
28440
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001 07:21:22 +0900 Tom Gally <tomgally@...> wrote... o I haven't done this for any highly confidential files, though I think o...
John Zimet
john@...
Mar 1, 2001 10:35 pm
28441
-- "K. Luce" <translators@c...>$B$5$s$N%a%C%;!<%8(B ... Just a candidate: trend analysis ...
Yutaka Fujioka
fujioka@...
Mar 2, 2001 12:10 am
28442
I wish to thank all of you who responded to my query. Another novice question: How does a CD stack up against a Zip drive disk in terms of memory capacity?...
Minoru Mochizuki
minoru.mochizuki@...
Mar 2, 2001 12:30 am
28443
CDs are much faster thank Zip disks. The biggest disadvantage is that you have to burn the whole CD each time, evidently even for CD-RWs. Look closely in the...
Benjamin Barrett
gogaku@...
Mar 2, 2001 12:41 am
28444
Dear Doreen, Sorry, I meant to reply to this yesterday - where did the day go? I'm in fashion retail and we use the katakana ...
Lisa Hew
lisarhew@...
Mar 2, 2001 12:49 am
28445
CD's can hold 650 megabytes of information. Zip disks can hold 100 megs, if memory serves. (ouch!) Normal CDR's cannot be used more than once, but CD-RW's can....
Zachary Braverman
zachary@...
Mar 2, 2001 12:53 am
28446
... Just a word of warning about Zip disks. If you haven't had any trouble up to now, you're lucky. Take a look here to see what can happen: ...
Jeremy Angel
jangel@...
Mar 2, 2001 1:02 am
28447
... From: Lisa Hew <lisarhew@...> ... insufficient? Because it is an incorrect translation. As many others have pointed out, the usage of ime-ji in...
