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Japanisch ist viel kontextbasierter, was zu Problemen bei automatisierter Übersetzung führt. Ich habe gelernt offensichtlichen Kontext wie „watashi“ und „anata“ zu vermeiden, um den Satz höflich zu haltrn. Wenn man denselben Text hin und her zu übersetzt, kann man oft Überraschungen erleben. Wildes wechseln zwischen „Du“ und „Sie“ zum Beispiel. Wenn man einen Satz mit einem Subjekt beginnt, wie zB meinem Igel im vorherigen Beitrag, und mit einem zweiten Satz fortfährt, ohne den Igel direkt zu erwähnen, könnte das Übersetzungstool den falschen Kontext oder das falsche Thema einfügen. Lange Rede, kurzer Sinn… gestern hätte ich fast gepostet, dass mein Hintern in der Tür eines Kartons stecken geblieben ist. 😸 Seid vorsichtig mit automatischen Übersetzungen. Besonders beim Schreiben über pummelige Igel! 😉 Japanese is much more context-reliant, which messes with automated translation. I‘ve learned to avoid obvious context, like „watashi“ and „anata“ to keep the sentence polite. If you play around with translating the same text forth and back, you may be surprised how the content changed. In German it erratically changes between polite „Sie“ and familiar „Du“. If you start one sentence with a specific subject, like my hedgehog in the previous post, and you continue with a second sentence, without directly mentioning the hedgehog, the translation tool may fill in the wrong context or subject. The point being, yesterday I nearly posted that my backside got stuck in the door of a carton box. 😸 Be careful when using automated translation, especially when you write about chubby hedgehogs! 😉 ここで強調したいのは、日本語は文脈に大きく依存しており、自動翻訳がかなり混乱するということです。 私は、文章を丁寧に保つために、「私」や「あなた」などの明らかな文脈を避けるべきだと学びました。 同じテキストを何度も翻訳してみると、その内容がどのように変化したかに驚くかもしれません。 ドイツ語では、丁寧な「Sie」と親しみやすい「Du」が不規則に切り替わります。 前の投稿の私のハリネズミのように、1つの文を特定の主語で始めて、ハリネズミについて直接言及せずに2番目の文を続けると、翻訳ツールが間違った文脈や主語を入力する可能性があります。 つまり、昨日私は、お尻が段ボール箱のドアに挟まったと投稿しそうになったのです。😸 自動翻訳を使用するときは、特に太ったハリネズミについて書くときは注意してください！😉 ## Learning Language **Japanese** ## Topics #439 #1404482 ## Metadata - **Posted**: 11/26/2024 - **View on HelloTalk**: [https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/vLIxzUZWFDBVDD.md](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/vLIxzUZWFDBVDD.md) --- ## Language Exchange Partners - [English Exchange Partners](https://www.hellotalk.com/partners/exchange/english.md): Connect with native English speakers - [Spanish Exchange Partners](https://www.hellotalk.com/partners/exchange/spanish.md): Connect with native Spanish speakers - 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