Comment on My hotel elevator has a toilet
EddoWagt@feddit.nl 4 weeks agoIt says “非常時”, which means in case of emergency or something along those lines, definitely not extraordinary
Comment on My hotel elevator has a toilet
EddoWagt@feddit.nl 4 weeks agoIt says “非常時”, which means in case of emergency or something along those lines, definitely not extraordinary
LePoisson@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
What is an emergency if not an extraordinary time? (I get what you’re saying too, just think it’s interesting as far as translation goes)
EddoWagt@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
Emergencies are certainly an extraordinary time, but not all extraordinary times are an emergency. I wonder why it translated like that
LePoisson@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Japanese and other character languages (idk the linguistic term off hand) tend to encapsulate phrases or meanings to characters. So it isn’t the same as say translating from French to English. It is a lot more challenging plus context can change the meaning of characters too.
EddoWagt@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
You’re right, but there’s no additional context here, should be a pretty easy translation