Translations (JP to English)

[Murugan]

It's at the foot of mount Fuji, it's not CALLED Mt.Fuji.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aokigahara



They are most definitely not. I have no idea where you pulled that out of. They even stopped publishing the number of suicides that happen in said forest just to downlplay the tragedy.

The significance of the site to those contemplating suicide there is its relation to Mount Fuji, it is a traditional site with ties to death/spirituality going back thousands of years. My point was that it is not just "some forest" where a bunch of loons go to kill themselves because the country is crazy, but a deeply spiritual place with traditions going back hundreds if not thousands of years.

Second of all it is not true that they no longer report suicides there to "downplay the tragedy" Japan has among the best census and information gathering regarding the trends of its citizens of any country in the world, and as of 2011 they are still reporting on not only the number of suicides (and known suicide attempts) in Japan but also specifically in the forest.

How can the subject (even specifically in relation to Mt Fuji) be "covered up" when it is celebrated in renowned Japanese literature and poetry, and the contemporary connection well known. Sure many Japanese probably do not appreciate being painted by misguided/ignorant people as "suicide fetishists" and I'm sure the park's department doesn't appreciate having to deal with it, but that is hardly evidence of a culture-wide "cover up" of the realities of death and society. Truth is they are more open in this regard, and generally as a result the Japanese have a much more mature understanding of death/dying than is common today in some modern Western societies.

As to where I pull this stuff from mostly peer reviewed journals as it is a subject I teach. Some articles maybe you should read before judging an entire culture:

Char, D. F., Tom, K. S., Young, G. C., Murakami, T., & Ames, R. (1996). A view of death and dying among the Chinese and Japanese. Hawaii Medical Journal, 55, 12, 286-90.

OTANI, Izumi. (2010). "Good Manner of Dying" as a Normative Concept: "Autocide,""Granny Dumping" and Discussions on Euthanasia/Death with Dignity in Japan. International Journal of Japanese Sociology, 19, 1.)



For an outline of the vast differences between such death accepting societies as Japan (which is not related to suicide rate) and Western European/American examples of death denying societies (who also still can have high suicide rates). Here is a link to a textbook devoted to the subject:

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Dance-Enc...7306788&sr=1-1

[Betelgeuzah]

Intonation is used in all languages.
Just google or wiki the word, english uses intonation all the time.
I am italian ( but raised in los angeles) and I've always been taught japanese phonetics are very similar to italian.

Of course but it doesn't change the meaning of the word like it does with Mandarin.

Japanese intonation is extremely easy.

[Dreadnought]

Of course but it doesn't change the meaning of the word like it does with Mandarin.

Japanese intonation is extremely easy.

From what I understand the inflections in mandarin word distinguishing is not the exact same thing as intonation. Intonation is used to stress feeling in a word that would other wise be inflected differently. In mandarins case the inflection is the words standard inflection until spoken with something like sarcasm or what not which would then require intonation, the same process for english.

[Firon]

Stop... make another thread.... please...

[Holland]

Stop... make another thread.... please...

They can't xD

It would be off topic and deleted in mins/hours lol.

Everybody knows no one mess with Reinheart's thread, so its safe here ;D

Anyway. Ive clicked on the thread several times expecting to see Reinheart posting on it =/

[Betelgeuzah]

From what I understand the inflections in mandarin word distinguishing is not the exact same thing as intonation. Intonation is used to stress feeling in a word that would other wise be inflected differently. In mandarins case the inflection is the words standard inflection until spoken with something like sarcasm or what not which would then require intonation, the same process for english.

Actually yes, I had my words mixed up. Tone is the correct term. Probably inflection too but I am not familiar with it.

[AlexNiculaie]

Stop... make another thread.... please...

Please! Seriously, it's getting to where we have to wade through pages between translations now.

Rein, thanks for your efforts. it is a great thing you do.

[Reinheart]

Original Thread Link: http://goo.gl/stsFp

こんばんは。
Good Evening,

昨日、以下のコメントをさせていただいたのですが、
Yesterday I commented below

チョコボの名前って他人から見えるんでしょうか？
Can others see the Chocobo's name?

チョコボの頭上にネームプレートなどは出ませんが、騎乗した際、チョコボから降りた際に、ログが表示されます。
そのため、ログを確認することで、他人のチョコボの名前がわかります。
There will be no name plate displayed over Chocobo's head but when mounting or dismounting it will show up in the log.
For that reason by checking the log you can find out other peoples Chocobo names.

開発チームより仕様が変更になったと、本日連絡がありました。
I have received message today from the dev team today regarding this.

騎乗した際、チョコボが降りた際にチョコボの名前がログに流れなくなりました。
そのためパッチ1.19の段階では、他人からチョコボの名前は見えません。
When mounting or dismounting the chocobo the name will not show up in the log.
For that reason at point of 1.19 patch others will not be able to see the name.

ただし、将来実装が予定されているチョコボと一緒に戦闘を行うといったコンテンツが実装された場合、
名前が他人に見えるようになる予定です。
However, when we release the future planned content where you can fight together with your chocobo, we are planning to make it where others will be able to see the name.

They must of run into some bugs last minute and had to take it off for now; not a big deal imo, we still get our chocobo's

[Konachibi]

Original Thread Link: http://goo.gl/stsFp


They must of run into some bugs last minute and had to take it off for now; not a big deal imo, we still get our chocobo's

It may have had something to do with me instantly pointing out the slight flaw in it:

Konata Chibi mounts Mr. Flibble

The amount of crude humour that would be derived from it would be... quite substantial.

Also Rein, sorry for kinda causing the huge debate in your thread, I didn't mean for it to go so nuts ; ;

[Reinheart]

This one talks about a feature which most MMO's already have as a standard feature...
Being able to display the current progress of quest/mission.

Original Thread Link: http://goo.gl/vZNr3

こんにちは。
Hello,

フィードバックありがとうございます。
Thanks for the feedback,

こちらの件については、すでに仕様についてはある程度固まっており、Todoリストのようにリーヴやクエストなどの情報を常時表示させて、倒すモンスターはあと何匹だとか、集めるアイテムはあと何個だとか、進行度がどれくらいか…など確認できるようにする予定です。
Regarding this one, we are pretty much set on the ideas for this one, we are planning to make it where the widget will show in a todo list style which displays the leve or quest information and on there show/be able to check how many monsters needed for kill, how much more items to obtain, whats the current progress.

ただし、今の段階で時期についてお約束することができません。
時間はかかってしまうと思いますが、実装に向け対応を行っていきますのでお待ちいただければ幸いです。
However at current state we cannot tell you when this will be ready,
it may take some time but we are looking into this to implementation so please hand in there.