Translation Request - Help!

[stevesayskanpai]

'm writing to an ex-colleague in Japan about the fortunes of my favourite baseball team, and am finding it really hard to phrase what I want to say well.

Any help- stabs at translation- are extremely welcome!

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Up until now the Tigers have been very dissapointing haven't they. Kanemoto has played to his usual high standard, and Toritani has played well, but other batters have been disappointing- particularly Mench who has been useless! I also don't think that Mayumi Kantoku's decision-making has been good, in particular when to bring in the relief pitchers. I hope things will improve soon, but this weekend we have already lost two games away to the Baystars!

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So frustrating not being able to write this in Japanese, and the Edict dictionary is fairly useless for finding the kind of words that people would use naturally. Anyway like I said if anyone wants to help me translate this into Japanaese I'd be very grateful!

[Rod Wadd]

I'm in no sense an expert and would take my translation with a grain of salt, but this is what I came up with. Might be a good idea to wait for a second opinion.

btw, alc.co.jp is really useful for English -> Japanese translations.


今までタイガーズは本当にがっかりだよね。金本はいつものレベルで、谷本も良くやっているが、他の打者は案外に、特にメンチは役立たず。そして、まゆみ監督の意思決定もあまりよくないと思う。特にリリーフピッチャーの使い方。もうすぐ好転するように願っているが、今週末はもうベースターズに二回も負けてしまった！

[Jessi]

I think the translation looks good! It's concise and conveys the intended meaning of the original

And I agree, alc.co.jp is a great resource!

[stevesayskanpai]

Where is the translator on alc.co.jp? Can't seem to find it

[Javizy]

Where is the translator on alc.co.jp? Can't seem to find it

There isn't one, but it's a large dictionary with loads of example sentences, so you can search for phrases and get natural translations. For example, earlier I searched for 'hold a service' and 'in mourning'. It'd be hard to look up such things with a simple EDICT dictionary. I use the iPod version all the time for English > Japanese lookups.

[hatch_jp]

http://www.alc.co.jp/