Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。
I'm writing this post to keep a record of my translation experience. Please read the following two sentences:
(1) I will email you about the following, which you already know:
(2) I am writing to you to make you aware of the following just in case there is any misunderstanding:
These two sentences were translated from the following same Japanese text:
既にご理解のこととは存じますが以下についてメールいたします。
(1) is Google Translate's translation, while (2) is mine. This is the beginning of a business email. Which would you choose?
When asked by someone to translate business emails written in Japanese into English, I try to interpret the source text and convert it to something equivalent in English. I don't do word-for-word translation. Only few, who are Japanese and fluently speak English and can do translation themselves, but ask me to translate for them, appreciate this my small "effort." I always want to add value to my translation. That's the only way for me to survive.
先日ちょっと考えさせられた翻訳があったのでご紹介します。以下の文章の訳を頼まれた時です。
既にご理解のこととは存じますが以下についてメールいたします。
(1) I will email you about the following, which you already know:
(2) I am writing to you to make you aware of the following just in case there is any misunderstanding:
メールの冒頭部分です。(1)はGoogle 翻訳、(2)が私の訳。まあ意味分かるからどっちでもいいし、どちらがいいかはユーザーが決めるわけですが、この機械翻訳の時代、ビジネス文書の翻訳をする際には、何かしらの付加価値を提供したいと日々努力しております。AIにできないことしないとね!
Hi! I'm Kei Narujima. This is a blog about flowers🌼 and bugs🐛 (and sometimes netsuke, i.e., miniature sculpture) that make you smile😊 (or so I hope)!! こんにちは。花や虫(そして時々根付)などについて書いてます😊。税務英語については https://zeimueigo.blogspot.com/ に移行しました。
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