Thursday, July 19, 2012

This isn't a real post

Hey, everyone.

こんばんは、皆さん。

So last week I showed Nakano-san and Itou-san my blog, and apparently they showed it to a bunch of other people, and now I have gotten a bunch of requests to translate my blog into Japanese, because even if pretty pictures cross language boundaries, English does not.  Unfortunately, translating my entire blog would be A. insane and B. insane and C. really hard, so I'm going to have to pass on that.  However, I am going to try to at least make some of the upcoming posts bilingual, so that the Japanese-speakers can at least have some sort of idea what's going on.  They're not going to be direct translations, because A. my writing style in English is pretty drastically different than anything that can even be attempted to be conveyed in Japanese and B. I'm not that good at Japanese (oh gosh, now will be the chance for you all to find out EXACTLY how weak my Japanese is, oh dear).

先週、中野宮司さんと伊藤宮司さんに私のブログを見せたけど、彼女たちは他の人たちに見せて、私はたくさんの人に「写真がいいけど、和訳したらいい」と言われた。あいにく、ブログを全部訳すのはちょっと無理だと思う。が、これからちょっとだけでも日本語を書こうとしようと思う。英語の書きスタイルと日本語の書きスタイルは全然違うし、英語より日本語の方がすごく下手だし、直訳じゃなくて、ただ同じような内容だ。まあ、日本の書きスタイルのほうはたぶん大人っぽいかもしれない。(笑)

In other news, I FINALLY SUBMITTED MY RESEARCH REPORT.  It wound up being 79 pages (21,093 words); for comparison, my senior thesis was 28k. I feel like I managed to say most of what I wanted to say, although I probably could have said more if I had the time/energy/typing stamina.  I haven't been sleeping well for the past...oh...three weeks or so, 'cause of the insanely gross heat, so right after I submitted my report, I passed out on my bed and napped for two hours like a pro.  But then I felt a bunch better!  My air condition is amazing~

今日、研究レポートを提出してしまった!79ページになってしまった。言いたいことがたくさんあったからだ。卒業論文に比べて四分の三の長さだった。言いたいことは本当にたくさんあるよね。
最近蒸し暑さのせいでよく眠れないので、提出した後で、2時間昼寝した。エアコンはすばらしい~

Anyway, next time will be a REAL POST about my last tsukinamisai at Susanoo Shrine (noooo), my last calligraphy class (nooooo), and my last Japanese class (nooooooooo).  Basically, it will be a bundle of sadness.  Until then, I shall be listening to "Christian Bale Is at Your Party" over and over and over and over and over and over...

次回:須佐之男神社の月次祭、最後の習字稽古、最後の日本語の授業。つまり、悲しいことだけ。;_;
また、ね!

1 comment:

  1. Congratulations on submitting your paper, Dana! That must be a huge relief.

    ~Abbie

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