ALC to the translation rescue

One of the better dictionarial resources on the Internet for English/Japanese translation is Eijiro, accessed through the ALC search engine. Here are a few prime examples that we’ve stumbled across, to show just how far ranging it is. In fact, if you get lucky you may even locate an entire bilingual text such as this one, which is always a good study tool.

◆「fuck」は、性的な交わりを持つことをいう、最も直接的な表現だ
Fuck is the most direct way of saying ‘having sexual intercourse.’

◆重要なのは銭、一番大切なのはお金、世の中は金だ。
It’s all about the benjamins◆アメリカの百ドル札の表にベンジャミン・フランクリンの顔が描いてある。◆〈語源〉ラッパーのパフ・ダディの歌のセリフ(1997 年)より。◆This phrase refers to the portrait of Benjamin Franklin on the American hundred-dollar bill. Popularized by the line in a Puff Daddy rap song (1997).

◆ひどく複雑な手続き
ring-dang-do〈米俗〉

◆「こどちゃ」最高!
Kodocha rulez!

◆見るからにオカマっぽい〔差別語〕
as gay as pink ink

3 thoughts on “ALC to the translation rescue”

  1. Thanks but no thanks! Might be useful for those who need to learn Japanese for some purpose. But one think is very clear that its a difficult language to learn.

  2. But one think is very clear that its a difficult language to learn.

    Well, if you have that much difficulty with English, you’re better off giving it a miss.

  3. Be nice guys. When you go to some parts of the world where you definitely dont speak the language you have to appreciate it whenever someone at least gives it their best shot.

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