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Oi! I have a question about a Classical Han Chinese saying that migrated over to Japanese. While the hanzi/kanji are the relatively the same, the grammar and particles are obviously different.

As a Japanese person with a typical education, would you immediately gloss that into the Japanese translation?
I've seen the breakdown of 民は食を以て天と為す. Is 民 read as 'tami' or 'min'?
Any other cool sayings along the lines of "everyone deserves to be fed" or "Food is everyone's right"?

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[Arabic > English] Given to me by a man I once knew

u/DegreeUnusual2928

24 days ago

[Arabic > English] Given to me by a man I once knew

Translated [AR]

[Thai > Portuguese/English] Help with thai shorts

u/DrepoZasou

5 hr. ago

[Thai > Portuguese/English] Help with thai shorts

Thai

Chinese > English (hidden love letter addressed to my partner)

u/Visible-Ad1675

7 days ago

Chinese > English (hidden love letter addressed to my partner)

Translated [ZH]

[Unknown > English] I found this written on my windshield last night. I can’t quite tell which language it is - maybe Japanese? My best guess is “Wash Me” but I’d like to know for sure! Thanks in advance :)

u/RealLochNessie

6 hr. ago

Unknown

[Japanese > English] Military Table of Japanese Equipment

u/Matthew_Baker1942

2 hr. ago

[Japanese > English] Military Table of Japanese Equipment

Japanese

[ Chinese > English ] can someone explain this sign?

u/Adorable_Anybody7081

10 days ago

[ Chinese > English ] can someone explain this sign?

Multiple Languages [YUE✔, ZH✔]

[Japanese, Chinese > English] scroll Kano Shoei, accompanied by letter

u/Ger-Hun

12 hr. ago

[Japanese, Chinese > English] scroll Kano Shoei, accompanied by letter

Needs Review [JA]

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Chinese to English. We had Chinese visitors

u/ata8elithium

4 days ago

Chinese to English. We had Chinese visitors

Translated [ZH]

[Russian > English/Polish]

u/BialaTrojkatnaMaska

7 hr. ago

[Russian > English/Polish]

Russian

[Arabic (?) > English] Spotted a sign at Berlin Pride (CSD Berlin)

u/So9Sad_1997

5 days ago

[Arabic (?) > English] Spotted a sign at Berlin Pride (CSD Berlin)

Translated [AR]

[Italian > English] Note found in basement

u/tweek43110

13 hr. ago

[Italian > English] Note found in basement

Italian

[Japanese > English] I saw this shirt and wanted to make sure it doesn’t say anything questionable.

u/Duhburkuhchur

22 days ago

[Japanese > English] I saw this shirt and wanted to make sure it doesn’t say anything questionable.

Translated [JA]

[ Japanese > English ] Romanized words on kitty bag?

u/antediluvianevil

11 days ago

[ Japanese > English ] Romanized words on kitty bag?

Translated [JA]

[Chinese > English] freshly laid eggs from college graduates? what's the actual translation for this recipe?

u/JlYU3A

4 days ago

[Chinese > English] freshly laid eggs from college graduates? what's the actual translation for this recipe?

Translated [ZH]

[unknown > English] WhatsApp message I received by a random number

u/ThrowAwayskating12

6 days ago

[unknown > English] WhatsApp message I received by a random number

Translated [KA]

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[Vietnamese > English] A text box I got

u/Old-Eagle-8406

2 hr. ago

[Vietnamese > English] A text box I got

Vietnamese

[unknown > english] not really sure

u/hauntedphilis

7 days ago

[unknown > english] not really sure

Translated [GRC]

[Japanese > English] tattoo design for client tomorrow

u/throwawaymiddlename

8 days ago

[Japanese > English] tattoo design for client tomorrow

Translated [JA]

[Japanese>English] Videogame script comparison document, looking for advice on spreadsheet construction/layout prior to onboarding a translator.

u/AltaCount1944

12 hr. ago

[Japanese>English] Videogame script comparison document, looking for advice on spreadsheet construction/layout prior to onboarding a translator.

Japanese

[ Unknown > English] What does this sticker say? Sorry for blurry picture, it’s very small

u/PlainsHognoseSnake

3 hr. ago

[ Unknown > English] What does this sticker say? Sorry for blurry picture, it’s very small

Translated [?]

[Unknown>English] Found fake $10 bill

u/Regular_Average8595

19 days ago

[Unknown>English] Found fake $10 bill

Translated [ZH]

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Chinese	r/chineselanguage
French	r/french
German	r/german
Hebrew	r/hebrew
Hindi	r/Hindi
Italian	r/italianlearning
Japanese	r/LearnJapanese
Korean	r/Korean
Latin	r/latin
Polish	r/learnpolish
Portuguese	r/Portuguese
Russian	/r/russian
Spanish	r/learnspanish
Thai	r/learnthai
Vietnamese	r/Vietnamese

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