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01-15-2010, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MMM View Post
A translation is changing it from one language into another.

You just wrote the pronunciation of the Japanese characters. Without seeing the actual Japanese in Japanese there is no way to be sure about a translation into English.
Yes, this is what I meant.

Watch:
僕はさびしい
boku wa sabisii is a transliteration
I am lonely is a translation

Translations change language. Transliteration changes merely the writing system.
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