http://whiteperil.com/2009/07/21/aso-dissolves-lower-house/ Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:32:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://whiteperil.com/2009/07/21/aso-dissolves-lower-house/comment-page-1/#comment-3529 Sean Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:53:43 +0000 http://whiteperil.com/?p=2258#comment-3529 True enough, Zak. I was distracted by all the assuaging! I’ve often wondered what the protocols are for English translations at the big dailies in Japan. They rarely make the flat-out mistake you’re talking about, of using a transliterated word without saying what it means; but they frequently translate articles and leave out all the suggestive or potentially illustrative details.

]]> http://whiteperil.com/2009/07/21/aso-dissolves-lower-house/comment-page-1/#comment-3517 Zak Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:14:14 +0000 http://whiteperil.com/?p=2258#comment-3517 “Assuage” is indeed a nice touch, but the translator loses points with “amakudari,” a phrase that Japanese speakers and heavy Japan buffs are likely to know, but no one else. Could have just said “…the controversial practice of government officials taking up posts in the industries they used to regulate.” It makes for a little bit longer sentence, but it actually succeeds in conveying information, unlike the current version.

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