OT: Japanese Translation

Fyron · #1 June 19th, 2003, 03:38 AM

That is the official web site of Proxomitron (or was, as I do not know what the site is trying to tell me

).

Arkcon · #2 June 19th, 2003, 03:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
That is the official web site of Proxomitron (or was, as I do not know what the site is trying to tell me ).

Like a wise man once said, you just have to stick the fish in your ear.

Babel fish link

The translation is poor I'll grant you, but I get the jist of it -- it appears the site is down temporarily only, not lost for good.

[ June 19, 2003, 02:50: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

Fyron · #3 June 19th, 2003, 04:24 AM

I know I can get a machine-generated translation, but that is not what I wanted. I want a real translation.

TerranC · #4 June 19th, 2003, 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
I know I can get a machine-generated translation, but that is not what I wanted. I want a real translation.

Then pay for it.

Edit:

Babelfish tells me that the phrase says "It went away".

After looking around several Japanese-English Online dictionaries, and after I tried my best to comprehend it, I believe it says something along the lines of "On Hiatus; Thank you for your understanding.".

[ June 19, 2003, 03:49: Message edited by: TerranC ]

Kamog · #5 June 19th, 2003, 06:22 AM

The Japanese characters say "kiema****a" which translates to "Disappeared".

Tenryu · #6 June 22nd, 2003, 11:18 PM

I speak and read some Japanese, 2 years a university level, 25 years ago, damn I'm getting old, and lived and worked in Japan for about 4 years. I still am hopeless at it. So much for my lame credentials. Anyway:

I think the best current translation of that would be "vanished" past tense. Or, perhaps, more lightly, "Poofed" as in suddenly disappeared, like magic.

[ June 22, 2003, 22:20: Message edited by: Tenryu ]