“The parasitic flatworm”, it is said.
I’m Fascinated With Japanese To English Translations.
So much so that I keep a bookmarklet in my browser’s bookmark bar that will automatically translate Japanese to English for any web page I visit. I added this bookmarklet to make it easier to understand (or, at least, attempt to understand) my favorite Japanese site — Nekoyanagi.net. Source of such wonderful mistranslations, including…
Pathos of a man hanging back.
A friend is like a weak but long awaited ring!
It is a small fraction of the time around.
Life is enviable sense.
Original post from February 27th…
I love my name. I’m not even bothered by the fact that my first name is sort of popular. I knew a few Andy’s growing up, but not enough to feel my name was commonplace. There were far more John’s and James’ around me. I rarely say my name out loud. In fact, I sometimes catch myself after saying “Andy”. That’s my name? It sounds kind of weird, phonetically, I mean. Nasally, a little awkward sounding. No. Andy is fine. It’s not the name, but its initial I care most about. You see, I have the greatest last name in the world, or at least, the greatest last name to be preceded by the initial “A”. I realized I was “a fluke” very early on, but when I tried to express this to the rest of my family, I was always rewarded with blank stares. Was it that they didn’t get it? Were they ashamed of that meaning of our last name? As a kid I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. My friends names were boring and meaningless in comparison. I didn’t even mind the other definitions of “fluke”. Whale’s tail, cool. Anchor prong, whatever. Parasitic flatworm, now you’re talking. My name has influenced my attitude about the universe we live in on a fundamental, very rational level. Probability and chance have defined my interpretation of the world around me, and yet, I can’t help smiling when I think my name puts me on the upside of every coin. Although that’s completely irrational, of course.
Same post translated to Japanese by Google Translate…
私は自分の名前が大好きです。私も、私の最初の名前人気のソートされているという事実が気ではない。私は、いくつかのアンディ育ちだが、私の名前を感じるように十分ではありません知って当たり前だった。そこにいたはるかにジョンとジェームズ’私の周りに。私はほとんどが私の名前を大声で言う。実際、私はある”と述べ後、自分自身をキャッチアンディ”。それが私の名前は？これは、音声学的に不思議な感じの音、私を意味する。経鼻的に、少し厄介なサウンド。ナンバーアンディ罰金です。これは、名前はないが、その私が最も気に初期。あなたが、私は世界で最も偉大な最後の名前、または最大の最後の名前までに、少なくとも先行する必要がありますを参照して、最初の”A”です。私は”まぐれ”非常に早い時期にされたが、実現するとき、私の家族の残りに、この表現を試みたが、私は常に空白の視線に報われた。 、彼らはそれを取得していないになりましたか？私たちの最後の名前の意味を恥じるでしたか？私はそれが世界で一番クールなものだと思った子供の頃。私の友人の名前を退屈されたとの比較では意味が。私も”まぐれ”の他の定義を気にしなかった。クジラの尾部を冷却する。アンカー突起、何でも。寄生扁形動物で、今は話している。私の名前は我々の基本的な、非常に合理的なレベルでのライブは、宇宙についての私の態度に影響しています。確率と偶然私の周りには、まだ、私は、私の名前はすべてのコインの上下なあと思う笑みを浮かべて助けることができない世界の私の解釈を定義している。しかしそれは完全に不合理なのは、もちろん。
Translated back to English (best rewrites highlighted)…
I love my name. I also worry about the fact that the sort of popularity that is not my first name.I grew up in Andy, but some, enough to feel you know my name was not granted. John and James were there far more ‘around me. I yell out my name mostly. In fact, I have “after saying, Kyatchiandi itself.” That’s my name? This is a strange sound phonetically like, I mean. Through the nose, sounds a bit awkward. Andy is a fine number. This is the name, but I am most concerned that early. You, my greatest last name in the world, up until the last name or refer to the prior art must be at least the first “A” is. I was “dumb luck” was very early on, when you realize the rest of my family, tried to express this, I was always rewarded in the blank gaze.They do not get it now? I was ashamed of our last name mean? I was a kid I thought it the coolest thing in the world. The comparison was bored with my friend’s name meaning. I “luck” did not care about the other definitions. Cool the whale tail. Anchor projections, whatever. The parasitic flatworm, it is said. My name is basic We live in a very reasonable level, and affects my attitude about the universe. Probability and chance around me, yet I have defined my name is my interpretation of the world can not help smiling all the coin I think I’m up and down. But it is completely absurd, of course.
