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Difficult to Translate Expressions

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+ posted by Tsuchikage as tip on Feb 5, 2009 23:28 | Go to

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Note: I don't claim to be great at translating and I'm only just starting out. Honestly, this is just a personally kept list that I plan on regularly updating as I grow as one. But I've noticed there are a lot of expressions that are rather difficult to translate (whether due to the variety of translations available in terms of context or just a lacking equivalent) and more often than not, dictionaries are insufficient. If you have a better idea of how to translate one of the words below, tell me, cuz I'm all open to suggestions.

ふざけるな
-Don't mess with me
-you're not serious!?
-stop playing games


勝手
-selfish
-unfair
-willful

やはり/やっぱり
-I knew it
-just as I thought
-Indeed
-as suspected
-figures

お世話になって
-to be indebted
-to be in one's care

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#1. by shirokuro (永久眠り姫(*゚‐゚)ぼぉー・・)
Posted on Feb 6, 2009
I agree that there are expressions that are hard to translate and it also changes based on context how it'd be phrased in English. Also, a lot of one word expressions can't be kept as one word in english.
But, in my opinion:

ふざけるな: Don't mess with me/you're not serious!?/stop playing games
...along those lines.

勝手: selfish

やはり/やっぱり: I knew it/just as I thought/Indeed/as suspected

I don't know if those are any different from how you'd translate them, but thought I'd throw in my two cents :)
#2. by Tsuchikage ()
Posted on Feb 6, 2009
Precisely why I added this tip. It's meant to be built on people's suggestions and whatever measly insights I can add on my own.=P

In other words, greatly appreciated XD

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