Re: English -> Japanese help


"The Mad Jesuit" <mad_jesuit@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "B. Ito" <jg2cme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "The Mad Jesuit" <mad_jesuit@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>>> I think he means, "If you are able to read this sign, you should come
>>>>> into my shop."
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>>>> Thank you.
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>>>> "If you are able to read this sign, you should come into my shop."
>>>> would be lieterally translated into Englis as "Kono sain (or kanban) ga
>>>> yometara, mise ni ohairi kudasai."
>>>>
>>>> "You should come into my shop." must be a commercial expression,
>>>> so it maybe be, "Zehi ohairi kudasai." "Zehi" means "by all
>>>> means."
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>>> I think we now have the best meaning.
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>>> "If you are able to read this sign, you should come into my shop."
>>>
>>> So... would that properly be
>>> "Kono kanban ga yometara, zehi mise ni ohairi kudasai"
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> The hiragana is easy enough to figure out. However, the kanji is another
> matter. Have I selected the correct kanji characters? (I don't trust my
> current dictionary)
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I see that the kanji have not made it. If you can help me with the kanji,
please
send me an e-mail and I'll send you the kanji via e-mail.

---The Mad Jesuit


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