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Originally Posted by RKitagawa
Hey everyone, I know there are a million tattoo threads already. I have a very specific question though. I'm getting a tattoo soon, and I need help figuring some stuff out.
I want to get a quote by Haruki Murakami from Sputnik Sweetheart. The quote is: “I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.”
But I really want to get it in the original Japanese text, as Murakami himself wrote it.
I am a huge fan of his work, and this has always been one of my favourite quotes.
Could someone help me to:
A) find out how it was originally written
B) tell me the differences in the translation. I don't know how accurate the english version of this quote is. And I realize that it could be completely different.
C) A general idea of what a Japanese person might think if they saw this quote tattooed on me. I don't want to get a tattoo that I love, but to a native speaker seems silly/stupid/offensive/etc...
I'll try to figure out what chapter the quote is in.
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Why not just have it in English? Why use a foreign language that you can't read/understand?