In Japan there are a lot of translations from English to Japanese (E-J) and from Japanese to English (E-J), there isn't much real demand for J-S and S-J.
Thai people call their country's capital Krung Thep. If you translate this it means 'City of Angels'.
タイの国民は自国の首都を「クルンテープ」と呼んでいる。これは訳すと「天使の都」という意味である。
Goethe's poem "Mignon" is widely read in Japan in Mori Ogai's excellent translation.
ゲーテの詩「ミニヨン」は日本では森鷗外の名訳で広く愛誦されてきた。
I'm sorry. I'm a stranger around here.
申し訳ありませんが、この辺はよく知りません。
And so everything ends up coming down on Mai's shoulders.
それゆえに、全てが舞さんの肩に圧し掛かってくることになる訳だ。
I like when my friends translate my sentences.
自分の文を友だちに訳してもらうのが好きだ。
If you translate from your second language into your own native language, rather than the other way around, you're less likely to make mistakes.
第二言語から自分の母語へと翻訳するほうが、その逆よりも間違いが少ないでしょう。
He made the excuse that his watch was wrong.
彼は時計が壊れていたと言い訳した。
With regard to our appointment on February 27, I regret to inform you that I will not be able to keep it because my business trip schedule has been changed.
I may have made some minor mistakes in translation.
私は訳す際に、何かちょっとした間違いをしたかもしれない。
The author translated the fairy tale into our mother tongue.
その作家がそのおとぎ話を私達の母語に翻訳した。
Thank you for being patient as we respond to the high volume of calls.
電話が殺到しておりまして、お待ちいただいて申し訳ございません。
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting so long.
長らくお待たせして申し訳ありません。
In order to put into application the case of treating Japanese, Masato Hagiwara all by himself wrote an additional chapter 12 for Japan that is not in the original book.
Between E->J translations and J->E, it appears that more people want English-Japanese translations.
英日の翻訳と日英の翻訳では、英日の翻訳を希望する人のほうが多いようです。
She translated the letter from Japanese into French.
彼女はその手紙を日本語からフランス語の翻訳した。
Why doesn't anybody translate my sentences?
どうして誰も私の文を訳してくれないのですか？
Put the following sentences into English.
次の文を英訳せよ。
I'm sorry I've lost my watch.
申し訳ありませんが、時計をなくしちゃったんですよ。
Instead use words like "some", "many", "often", and begin statements with openers like, "In my experience, ...", "Excuse me if I'm wrong, but...", "In many instances, ...."
Comparing American English and British English is like counting incompatible sets of floors of a building. That's why, when you try translating over and over again between the two, it's like climbing an endless set of floors. You might even reach the moon
