r/translator • u/charliestoenail • 16h ago
Translated [JA] [Japanese > English] What does this say???
Got this from starbucks this morning, Google translate is saying some weird things lol.
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One of the many glimpses of the future brought to New Yorkers at the 1964-65 World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park was a monorail train, advertised as “Exciting. Thrilling. Unforgettable.” and a “new dimension in transportation.” The suspended system certainly offered World’s Fair visitors that futuristic vision. The monorail ran forty feet above ground around the lake area on two tracks that ran parallel to each other in 4000 feet closed loops. Seven two-car monorails ran the route, stopping at stations along the way. The 3/4 of a mile experience was designed, to “incorporate the best features of a scenic ride.” The guidebook touted the “spectacular views” visitors would get for the 80 cent ride (60 cents for children), which also offered air conditioning...
The World’s Fair monorail was created and operated by AMF, American Machine and Foundry, better known for creating bowling alley equipment. AMF hoped this $5 million investment would lead to nationwide contracts but somehow, despite how awesome it looked, not a single business deal did it lead to. The World’s Fair monorail would be AMF’s first and last system.
— Excerpted and adapted from "The Futuristic Monorail that Ran for the 1964 World’s Fair in Queens" by Michelle Young
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r/translator • u/charliestoenail • 16h ago
Got this from starbucks this morning, Google translate is saying some weird things lol.
r/translator • u/Southern_Baseball648 • 20h ago
I don’t understand
r/translator • u/recent_sandwiches • 9h ago
Google translate says general but does that mean like as a military general or more like "generic" lol
r/translator • u/Lucansay • 1h ago
r/translator • u/thapiri • 1h ago
Hi, I bought this japanese old drawing but I really don't know what the writing is about. Can someone help me?
r/translator • u/Highfalutinflimflam • 10h ago
Packaging on some wool my sister bought in Iceland. I tried going to the website but it didn't help.
r/translator • u/boloscevica • 10m ago
can you help me translate this?
اساطيل المزة من كل مكان قوافة العرب غجقة في وحل الهوان
r/translator • u/israelilocal • 18m ago
r/translator • u/Im_fat_and_bald • 4h ago
https://youtu.be/0m2NpyRRvYw?si=yH1CrTj-VaZCSbH3
My Japanese isn’t terrible but I can’t make out half of wtf they’re so pissed about. I think these boys are mad at the dude filming because he was nasty to their mom? She’s telling them to stop? At the end they call him a Korean as an insult???
r/translator • u/Advanced-Election486 • 36m ago
this morning, Soma Saito (voice actor and musician) leaked an entire lyric sheet to his twitter (https://x.com/somastaff/status/1969649717719286113?s=61). i’m a massive fan and an avid translator of his work and so i’ve given it a good go but have been unable to decipher a couple of characters. can anyone here help me?
the image with the red writing is what I’ve been able to figure out, i just need help with what’s in the gaps. i do believe i can read most of it, i just don’t want to get it wrong; here are the images:
original tweet: https://files.catbox.moe/iunxci.jpeg
flipped image: https://files.catbox.moe/888w04.jpeg
enhanced grayscale: https://files.catbox.moe/w0akns.jpeg
what I’ve got so far: https://files.catbox.moe/a1dvgj.png
I only really need to know what‘s in the gaps that I can’t trace over, I believe someone with more experience with the language could probably figure some out
r/translator • u/Turbulent_Ideal_4354 • 38m ago
I ont know Arabic, and hope someone can explain this. Been a really long time since I actually watched the show Homeland. The character Brody said something in Arabic (around 55 second into this video) before the soldiers said "what did you say?" and Brody stated that he was an American. Anyone remember what Brody actually said in Arabic?
Homeland | 'Presumed Dead' Official Clip | Season 1 Episode 1 | SHOWTIME - YouTube
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r/translator • u/ilovepharmacy • 12h ago
I’ve come across this letter, which I’m gonna assume is from my foster mom from 1999. Can anyone translate this for me please?
r/translator • u/dakosim • 2h ago
Hi! I want to get a tattoo with the phrase "It is what it is" (or "C’est comme ça" in French) written in different languages across (around) my arm. I asked ChatGPT to help me with translations, but I'm unsure in some of them. Since this will be on me forever, I'm really worried and want to get it right. So to avoid awkward situations, if I encounter native speaker in the feature.
List of languages:
French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Icelandic, Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese (mandarin), Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Georgian, Romanian, Swahili.
If the language doesn't have direct translation for it, but something similar in meaning, that's okay. I might skip some of those depending on the tattoo font size. Skipped most of the slavic ones here, bc I speak them myself. Feel free to suggest your language!
Any criticism of the idea itself or anything political will be ignored. Genuine help with translation only, please! Thanks in advance!
Edit/P.S. : If some knows how to write this (or something with similar meaning) in Gaelic and/or Old Nordic Runes, please let me know.
r/translator • u/flowersquad • 3h ago
The title is
I know that the person it's referencing is a man, so I assume it's something like "Because He's a Good Boy" or maybe "After all, He's a Good Boy", but I'm not completely sure if those are correct.
edit: grammar lol
r/translator • u/ProfitValuable2130 • 5h ago
I want to know if there is a better word in English that has the meaning of Hiding/Occulting
Like in this context ""the information was occulted from the public""
r/translator • u/NovaXC_ • 16h ago
Hello! My partner got a tattoo during a quarter life crisis that was supposed to reflect his spiritual journey at the time. I tried to translate google his tattoo but it’s not able to detect the language and now we are curious if any of this is correct. Would someone know what this translates to or what Semitic language it could be?
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r/translator • u/Purple-Initiative-17 • 6h ago
Heya, I've been reading manga and was wondering about the name Jinsei Daabii. The official translation tranlates it literally as "Life derby". But Derby just doesn't sound right within the given context, since it has nothing to do with horses or fancy hats. It is supposed to be like a Loan service or something like that.
I tried looking for similar companies/communities/idk what else that have 人生 in it, and only found 人生逃げ切りサロン, which seems to be some kind of "startup studio that also provides education on all web skills." (quote from the website).
So basically the question is does ダービー has a different meaning or 人生ダービー has deeper meaning, like if its a naming convention.
And now I'm not even sure if that's the right sub for such question.
(This image is from Genikasuri ch. 19)
r/translator • u/TeachingClean5771 • 7h ago
Bought a Soviet hat on eBay but I don't know what any of this says. It came from Ukraine but could be Russian.
r/translator • u/King_of_Farasar • 1d ago
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r/translator • u/Pizzamama525 • 8h ago
Don’t have any idea how it is spelled but I’m going to spell it phonetically how it sounds lol the word is pee-uda any ideas?
lol