Daniel Burke

Japanese to English translator. Specialist in philosophy and the humanities. Kyoto U. grad. I tweet mostly about translation and language learning.

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Looking to chat with fellow J-E academic translators? Stop by our discord channel and say hi. https://t.co/eAIypn7vt8

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@GaijinMommy Used to walk across this line every day. I really miss the efficiency of those level crossings. In Perth the crossings drop 2-3 minutes before a train even arrives.
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Been off work for a few months now due to eye issues (neurological stuff). Gradually recovering thankfully.

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新しいメガネが届きました。🤓

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@katrinaltrnsl8r Ahaha. That one makes the list.

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@crazyfruitbat Tokyo in particular!

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@GaijinMommy Hehehe.

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That time I went to a Tokyo Halloween party as a foreigner with the ドンキホーテ foreigner nose.

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@HenshinSophia @RaraSensei That is ridiculous. They owe you a fair bit more than that at minimum.

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@paularcurtis @motokorich Had that guy blocked from so long ago. What a weirdo.

[Marco Godano @GodanoMarco]

Sometimes people complain about stories with historical/fantasy settings using the verb "to fire" to refer to shooting arrows, since firearms don't exist in that world, meaning that that wording shouldn't exist. I disagree.

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As somebody else pointed out, how do you even know when somebody is a "gaijin"? Used to speak exclusively in Japanese to a friend who was French-Japanese. Similar with many other foreign friends from non-English speaking backgrounds.

[Jake Jung （ジェイク・ヤング） @jake_j_jung]

I think it can be helpful to think about the opposite situation. Would two Japanese people who live and work in the US speaking English (or who live and work in Germany speaking German) together make you uncomfortable?
It absolutely shouldn’t.

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For the record, I'm now pretty fine, and much recovered (I think heart inflammation caused by virus or vaccine reaction), but months in I've never seen anybody other than a GP, and received zero medication. All I could be told was, "no damage so far, and not dying right now".

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You can quickly book a therapist about anxiety caused by chest pains, but seeing an actual cardiologist takes months. Lol.

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The Australian medical system. You're supposed to avoid turning to Dr. Google, particularly if you are dealing with health anxiety. Meanwhile you can wait months to actually see a specialist who might help you (and that's if your GP gives you the correct referral!)

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The Australian medical system. You're supposed to avoid turning to Dr. Google, particularly if you are dealing with health anxiety. Meanwhile you can wait months to actually see a specialist who might help you (and that's if your GP gives you the correct referral!)

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Maybe I'll volunteer at my local bank branch while I'm at it.

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Email from my ex-university alumni association: "would you like to volunteer for open day?"
I don't know. Would you like to stop running the university as a business and paying the VC like a CEO? I'm not loyal to brands.

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@acelee Luckily I live in west Australia where the time zone is basically the same.

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Simple.

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My partner was complaining about the English prepositions "in", "on", and "at".
Look, I said. It's very simple. Here's an example.
My cup was on the desk, at reception, in the lobby, on the third floor, in the building, on Example street, in the CBD.

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@jake_j_jung I knew it!