Japanese Language

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Anonymous

2:05 AM

@cypher You'd think they would

2:51 AM

they said they were working with professional translators at meta.japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/1200, but who knows

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Anonymous

10:06 PM

Also worth noting is that Japanese is FAR more formulaic than English. The tighter bounds on writing (and talking) make for more easily implied readings. It's not perfect, of course, but you have to use the tools you're given. — kiss-o-matic 4 mins ago

Anonymous

It had never occurred to me to think of which language might be more "formulaic"

Anonymous

10:32 PM

I wonder if there's any discussion of that anywhere I could read

Anonymous

I suppose there's relatively more formulaic language in polite/honorific Japanese