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| Lightning Groupie United Kingdom livelanguagelove.bloRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5339 days ago 58 posts - 70 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese | Message 17 of 18 13 March 2011 at 9:55pm | IP Logged |
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Don't say to a Japanese person you have 心の問題(kokoro no mondai which is lit. 'heart problem') ... I tried to say I have 'heart problems' but was promptly told a few minutes later, "That means you suffer from mental problems." ^^;
edit: This was back when literally translating things was a good idea. Edited by Lightning on 13 March 2011 at 9:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| squelchy451 Triglot Newbie United States Joined 5010 days ago 13 posts - 13 votes Speaks: English, Korean*, Spanish | Message 18 of 18 15 March 2011 at 2:28am | IP Logged |
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There's a website dedicated to these kind of things...mostly in East Asia
engrish.com Enjoy! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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