Google automatic translation delights
Granted, automatic translation from Japanese to English is a hard job, but sometimes it yields true gems:
The many user is in the midst of connecting. At present the server to be packed, we apply annoyance. It is the number of hands, but putting in place time, accessing for the second time, it can receive, the fish we ask.
I see.
Registering online (tickets, concerts, etc) is major fun when all the forms are in Japanese. The important information is usually displayed as images on buttons, which you have no way to translate. Also, you better know how to write your name in Japanese katakanas… In my case: セヴェイ セバスチャン (sebei sebasuchan)!
If you want to train your Japanese, the original text was:
多数のユーザーが接続中です。 ただ今サーバーが混み合いご迷惑をおかけしております。お手数ですが時間をおいて再度アクセスしていただけますようお願いいたします。
Now hopefully, I did not order pink skirts and successfully bought my ticket for the incredible Summer Sonic Festival!
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June 7, 2007 at 23:22
Rhooo tu vas au Summer Sonic Festival? On hésite trop avec ma soeur et Yannick, mais les billets sont chers! Sinon j’ai déménagé dans un nouvel appart à Tokyo, à 20min de mon boulot à pied, en traversant un parc! Je pétais les plombs à traverser la gare de Shinjuku tous les jours ;) Redis-moi quand tu passes à Tokyo, pour ma part Kyoto ce sera mi-juillet avec Trân et début août avec Trân et Yannick :)
June 12, 2007 at 15:28
Hey Séb, am enjoying dipping into your blog, the expat insights make me smile. Life has washed me up in Turkey. I’m in Ankara for the next while… Saw you posted a short short on ARI, but I’m on the digest, so wasn’t able to pick it up. Send it if you’d like me to read…
& thanks for all the fish….
:)
June 12, 2007 at 16:45
Hi Wendy, great to hear from you! Wow, Turkey! I hope you’re settling down again and that you find time to write :-) And thank you for your books, too. I like The Speed of Dark, and Spin was absolutely fantastic! I’m trying to catch up on this year’s Hugo finalists, since I should be able to make it to WorldCon this time!