--- In [email protected], "kamuininja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "ai3131" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > Greetings. I have some difficulty in translating the following > phrase. > > > > "Just outside the city there is wetland. There, one finds > crocodiles, *lions, deer, ducks, cranes, hawks, swallows, tanuki- > like creatures called "raccoons", frogs, and a large variety of > insects, including an abundance of mosquitoes. The place is most > interesting and beautiful, but the hydrology has been disturbed to > divert water for human use and to drain land for development." > > > > *The "lion" being referred to herein is the mountain lion, which > looks more like a leopard than a lion, even though the fur color is > similar to that of a lion. > > > > Hope it's not too much in asking. > > > -- Arian I. > > Actually it is. Try to translate it yourself first, and then maybe > I can help you. > > Kamui>
OK, here goes (nothing)... "Machi no kôgai ni numachi ga arimasu.Asoko ni wani ya hyôshi ya shika ya kamo ya tsuru mo ga imasu. Sara ni,taka ya tsubame ya RAKKUUN ya kaeru mo ga imasu. Saigo ni iro-iro no mushi-ka itte takusan no ka ga imasu. Tokoro wa totemo omoshirokute utsukushii desu. Demo, ningen benri no tame ni mizu wa magiremashita. Jûtakuchitai no tame ni numachi wa nagasemashita. Sore de, asoko no suitai ga midasemashita." The sentence containing all the animals would be a run-on sentence, in Japanese or English, so in translation I broke it up into three. I do not know how to link more than two dependent clauses within a sentence in Japanese, so I had to separate the last sentence into three. Sorry. - Arian I. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/9rHolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
