Any Japanese translators?

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:22 pm

This is a "Help Me" but definitely "Off Topic", but can anyone on here read (and translate to English) Japanese?

Pretoria · Post by **Pretoria** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:13 pm

はい、私は、56の外国語に堪能です。

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:28 pm

Fu chi sing ting wong poo

Pretoria · Post by **Pretoria** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:44 pm

METHSSNIFFER:68534 wrote:Fu chi sing ting wong poo

あなたは、どういう意味ですか？

カンフー太極拳歌うティンウォンうんち

実際には絶対的ながらくたである。ただ、Googleが翻訳使用！

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:56 pm

You begin with poo and end in Fu

Pretoria · Post by **Pretoria** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:03 pm

Are you sure you're not reading it backwards ?

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:16 pm

oop s!

Marquis DeCarabas · Post by **Marquis DeCarabas** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:32 pm

Not me personally, but which ..er.. set of ideographs?

I note that above there is kanji, hiragana and katakana, which probably isn't too helpful.

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:59 pm

Difficult isn't it?!
If I knew which Kanji were used I'd certainly tell you but I haven't got a clue

I play Shogi (the Japanese version of chess) and have managed to get hold of a program so that I can play while touring on gigs etc. I've sussed how to play but the extra features such as "save/resume saved game", "set difficulty level", "replay game" etc (and I suspect there's "Tsume Shogi" or Shogi problems on there too), will be a dear to suss out

I just want to try and get the best out of the program.

Marquis DeCarabas · Post by **Marquis DeCarabas** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:02 am

Ah. Ok. The easiest way I can think for a possible solution involves a smartphone. Do you have one?

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:19 am

a possible solution involves a smartphone

I'm not much help at helping myself am I - sorry, no I don't have a smartphone.

Just to let you know, I've tried:~
The Shogi Federation on line
Googling the game title and "translation"
Various searches on YouTube
and contacting Matthew Foster (awaiting a reply with the time zone difference)

Marquis DeCarabas · Post by **Marquis DeCarabas** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:21 am

Shame - the smartphone solution involves taking photographs of the laptop screen and running them through google goggles.

I've found it very helpful in the past.

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:35 am

I've heard of Beer Goggles, but Google Goggles is a new one on me

(Mind you, I

at "smartphone - mine's one step up from the type that had a battery the size of the 'phone!) I'm a bit of a Luddite when it comes to all this new fangled gadgetry

Thanks for the (attempted) help anyway

Sir Clothem Cap · Post by **Sir Clothem Cap** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:22 am

Pretoria:68532 wrote:

はい、私は、56の外国語に堪能です。

Wow that is impressive Maybe if you were sent a photo of whats written you could translate.

Marquis DeCarabas · Post by **Marquis DeCarabas** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:20 am

Sir Clothem Cap:68557 wrote:
Pretoria:68532 wrote:

はい、私は、56の外国語に堪能です。

Wow that is impressive Maybe if you were sent a photo of whats written you could translate.

That's what I was hinting at with Google Goggles... or in the spirit of the moment: それは私がゴーグルとヒンティングされたものだ....

invicta280 · Post by **invicta280** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:10 pm

Tried Babelfish (on line)?

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:57 pm

Problem sorted (I hope)

I've managed to contact another Shogi player with the same program who has previously had the menu's translated by someone fluent in Japanese

Arigato gozaimasu, mata ne.

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