Keep Hoping Machine Running (
thefourthvine) wrote2008-03-22 12:36 pm
Help, friends list?
I need translations (in any language - I will totally welcome things like Elvish and Klingon, too) for the following five words:
Welcome
Read
Listen
Create
Explore
Any bilingual/multilingual people out there who like to help me out? You'll get - okay. You'll just get thanks. But they will be very sincere thanks.
Welcome
Read
Listen
Create
Explore
Any bilingual/multilingual people out there who like to help me out? You'll get - okay. You'll just get thanks. But they will be very sincere thanks.

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Mandarin: huan(1) ying(2) (欢迎 huān yíng)
Japanese: youkoso (ようこそ)
Read
Mandarin: du(2) (shu(1)) (读书 dú shū) or nian(4) (shu(1)) (念书 niàn shū) ('shu' is literally 'book'. 'du' or 'nian' are the verbs. usage of 'shu' is dependent on the context.)
Japanese: yomu (to read, not conjugated) (読む)
Listen
Mandarin: ting(1) (听 tīng)
Japanese: kiku (to listen, not conjugated) (聞く)
Create
Mandarin: depending on the context, it's either chuang(4) zuo(4) (创作 chuàng zuò) or just zuo(4) (作 zuò)
Japanese: souzou suru (創造 する) (it's literally 'to cause to exist')
Explore
Mandarin: tan(4) xian(3) (探险 tàn xiǎn)
Japanese: tanken suru (to go on an expedition) (探検する), saguru (to investigate) (探る)
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Welcome: 歡迎
Read: 讀
Listen: 聽
Create: 創作
[Definitely contextual; this version is specifically "create," with imagination implied, whereas zuo4 (作) by itself is a more general "do" or "make."]
Explore: 探險
[Also a bit contextual. This version (tan4xian3) is to explore in a sort of adventuresome way. If you want explore in a more investigative sort of way, then go with tan4suo3: 探索. I suspect the latter is more commonly used as well, but I'm not a native speaker so don't quote me on that.]
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Welcome
Yokoso (ようこそ)
Read
Yonde (読んで)
Listen
Kiite (聞いて)
Create
Tsukutte (作って)
Explore
Sagashite (探して) Literally closer to "Look for"
Shirabete (調べて) Literally closer to "Examine/Investigate"