Multilingual Materials for Disaster and Medical Needs: http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/press/1503/30a/eew20150330.html - multilingual templates for official earthquake alerts: PDF http://www.gsi.go.jp/common/000138865.pdf - 地名等の英語表記規程, guidelines for translating Japanese place names https:/...
We selected 10 topics and categorized them into three themes: (1) “Life” comprising “Family,”“Daily Life in the COVID-19 Disaster,”“Education in the COVID-19 Disaster,”“The Importance of Humanity,” and “Daily Life unrelated to COVID-19”; (2) “Awareness of the emergency” ...
There were lots of names and nouns, and you dealt with onomatopoeia that’s so great in the Japanese language for its simplicity, but can be a real headache for J to E translators for whom that simplicity is elusive. How did you decide which words to leave in Japanese? Did you have a...
The tubby, sixtysomething cop who normally stands in the airport lobby with nothing much to do comes out to check our names and injuries, etc. ANA staff had become de facto officials at a disaster evacuation centre, and begin distributing blankets and water. It begins to get darker and col...
Butterflies, flowers, crosses, skulls, angels, devils, names of loved ones, quotes, you name it. If it isn’t something seen on a Yakuza tattoo–i.e., Wabori–it’s mostly called Youbori. Watch 73-Year-Old Tattoo Artist Is A Legend In Japan [Video] ...
The same applies for when I use made-up names for a location. I’ve been there, I’ve seen it, including the signs that are usually all over the place – often painted in letters so large that even Brian would stop in awe. So if you have information that is not mentioned by me,...
Things that are optional, like my dishes, don’t get done. Make it essential in your daily life. My dishes, I mean. What you do with Japanese is your business. About half of life is doing the right stuff. The other half is avoiding the wrong stuff. It reminds me of the ancient Ja...
(hokensho) in each of Japan’s 47 prefectures. Though they have different names, they all function as animal control centers where lost or abandoned pets or ownerless dogs and cats are taken to. Only a few animals are returned to their owner, and some are adopted into a new family. But...
Yumi notices, and says that Julie was always bad with names. So the girls' day began... When Julie was given to task to park the bus, with Ami guiding her to the spot, she ends up ramming Ami against the wall with the back of the bus. Then, when Ami, Yumi and Julie are ...
身代わり猿. Literally "substitution monkey." This red monkey charm is hung on the eves of the house to protect the inhabitants from sickness, disaster, and to block evil from entering the home. One doll for each person of the home is hung on the eve of the house. Said to protect sin...