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In reply to the discussion: Should DU be an English Only site? [View all]yuiyoshida
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We used to have people coming into our Asian Chat room, speaking Japanese. My real Japanese friends would say.. Why is he from Japan and using a translator? Some times the words can have the same kind of meaning but are not the same. I will give you a perfect example.
In Japanese we cans say.. Watashi wa Sake o tabemasu.
I can also say .... Watashi wa Sake o Nomimasu.
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Tabemasu means to eat. Nomimasu means to drink. How could I eat and drink Sake?? The answer is Sake can mean the alcoholic Rice drink, and Sake can mean Fresh Salmon. How do you tell between the two? Sake, the drink has a different Kanji (Chinese symbol) than Sake the fish.
If a translator messes up and a person wants to drink fresh Salmon... He will cause quite a bit of confusion.