I desperately need your help

[~Xiao A~]

konnichiwa! i really need your help...i am poor in nihongo and i have to come up with a speech soon. Can you translate this for me? Arigatou.

*I watch Meteor Garden everyday
*Do you know Jerry Yan?
*He is my favorite Chinese actor.
*He has many fans because he is handsome and a good actor.
*He belongs to a group called F4.
*His friends are Vic Zhou, Ken Zhu, and Vanness Wu.
*They are all from Taiwan.
*I'll tell you more about Jerry Yan.
*He was born on January 1, 1977.
*He is now 27 years old.
*He likes to dance and act.
*I've seen him dance on TV and he is very good at it.
*Jerry Yan also speaks basic Japanese & his favorite country is Japan.
*He has visited Japan many times.

sumimasen ga, i really need the translation for these sentences...i'll be waiting for someone to answer me...Domo arigatou!

[Ewok85]

If you have a try yourself we'd be happy to help you ;) Have a shot and see how much you can do!

[~Xiao A~]

sorry about that...

here are the only sentences that i can translate...


*I watch Meteor Garden everyday -->watashi wa Ryusei Kaen wo mainichi mimasu.
*They are all from Taiwan. -->Karera wa mina Taiwan no haiyuu desu.
*He is now 27 years old. -->Kare wa ima 27 sai desu.

im not even sure if these are correct...but i tried...i dont know how to translate the rest...sumimasen...

[~Xiao A~]

and is this right?

ohayou gozaimasu. watashiwa armi desu. keiei gakku no san nen sei desu. watashi no happyou wa Jerry Yan san nitsuite desu.

good morning. im armi. im a 3rd year student of Business Administration. My speech is about Jerry Yan.

if it's wrong, please correct me...i'd really appreciate it...thanks!

[keyki_ken]

when is this posted? i can't understand the date.... 07-03-04

[keyki_ken]

Originally Posted by ~Xiao A~

and is this right?

ohayou gozaimasu. watashiwa armi desu. keiei gakku no san nen sei desu. watashi no happyou wa Jerry Yan san nitsuite desu.

good morning. im armi. im a 3rd year student of Business Administration. My speech is about Jerry Yan.

if it's wrong, please correct me...i'd really appreciate it...thanks!

yup this is correct.

[keyki_ken]

watashi mo f4 daisuki desu.

f4 rulez!!!!

[PaulTB]

Originally Posted by keyki_ken

when is this posted? i can't understand the date.... 07-03-04

Seeing your post is shown as 11-03-04 should give you a hint. ;-)

I've always thought US date format is pretty stupid. I prefer
yyyy-mm-dd
because that way it sorts in the correct order even in text format.

[PaulTB]

Originally Posted by ~Xiao A~

*I watch Meteor Garden everyday -->watashi wa Ryusei Kaen wo mainichi mimasu.

Looks plausible - however the series Meteor Garden isn't Japanese so 流星花園 is presumably pronounced differently to ryuusei kaen. (n.b. note 'ryuu')

*They are all from Taiwan. -->Karera wa mina Taiwan no haiyuu desu.

Reasonable - although that's literally "They are all Taiwan Actors."
Possibly you'd be better off with 'shusshin'
出身 【しゅっしん】 (n) (1) person's origin (town, city, country, etc.); (2) institution from which one graduated; (3) director in charge of employee relations; (P)

*He is now 27 years old. -->Kare wa ima 27 sai desu.

Looks OK.

[mdchachi]

Originally Posted by keyki_ken

when is this posted? i can't understand the date.... 07-03-04

Yeah this board uses a random date generator. As you can see that was posted July 3 and your post was November 3rd. You just gotta get used to it.

[mdchachi]

Originally Posted by PaulTB

Seeing your post is shown as 11-03-04 should give you a hint.

I've always thought US date format is pretty stupid. I prefer
yyyy-mm-dd
because that way it sorts in the correct order even in text format.

I also prefer yyyy-mm-dd. What's stupid about mm-dd-yyyy? The order is written exactly as we say dates in speech. "Let's make an appointment March 4th." Perhaps UK/Europeans order of speech is different? Do they say "4th of March"? That would explain the difference. Neither way is stupid, imo. I just wish we could configure it like other boards allow. Or, if it has to be hard-coded, why not go with the Japanese format? This is a Japanese-related board after all...

[PaulTB]

Originally Posted by mdchachi

I also prefer yyyy-mm-dd. What's stupid about mm-dd-yyyy?

For one thing if you sort it (as text) it ends up in this
01-20-1998
03-06-1997
03-10-2002
03-18-1987
03-25-1991
05-03-1986
05-16-1975
05-23-1995
06-08-1984
08-23-1992
09-11-2000
10-03-1996
11-08-1995
12-09-1995
12-24-2004
12-28-1990
sort of order.

With yyyy-mm-dd you can have useful things like
2004-03-1x (for a date between 10th and 19th)
and still have them sort into a sensible position.

For another thing having Year Month Day gives you a nice orderly progression from largest unit to smallest unit.

[mdchachi]

I already said I prefer yyyy-mm-dd and that I like it better. But does that format being better make mm-dd-yyyy stupid? Is it more or less stupid than the format this board uses (dd-mm-yy)?