Looking for members. (A cookbook for /search and Auto-Translator invites)

Silent Howler · 12-08-2007, 12:11 PM

I still use "Take care." I'm sure lots of JP players have talked about that and understand what we mean to say.

IfritnoItazura · 12-08-2007, 03:44 PM

Um... The OP is all about communicating better. ◀Take care.▶ (気を付けてください) is just inappropriate as a good-bye in Japanese, unless it's to people traveling in a dangerous zone. Even then, it still doesn't mean good bye--you can use it on the way to a camp surrounded by mean monsters.

◀Detect by sound▶◀Take care.▶

You can't demand a Japanese phrase mean what it does not because the phrase chosen for English can be used in other ways. In any case, just use ◀Good bye.▶ and ◀See you again!▶; the first should work for all languages, and the second definitely works for Japanese.

Solymir · 12-10-2007, 10:24 AM

You would think the english half of that auto translate would be better as [be careful] or something similar rather than [take care].

12-08-2007, 12:11 PM	#16
Silent Howler Member Bronze Ribbon of Service Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 526 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 68 Thanked 48x in 38 Posts My Mood:	Re: Looking for members. (A cookbook for /search and Auto-Translator invites) I still use "Take care." I'm sure lots of JP players have talked about that and understand what we mean to say.

12-08-2007, 03:44 PM	#17
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12-10-2007, 10:24 AM	#18
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