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That's what I was guessing. But since I don't understand Japanese, I can't read the article to check. But looking at photos of the island, it doesn't look like

That's what I was guessing. But since I don't understand Japanese, I can't read the article to check. But looking at photos of the island, it doesn't look like a good place to farm. So that's what led me to believe the island and the property might not be the same thing.

dahart 8y ago
> since I don’t understand Japanese, I can’t read the article to check. Sure you can! https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A//www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2015/12090710/%3Fall%3D1 https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https... * Does my comment seem flippant or 100% unhelpful or something? I’m super confused why it’s getting downvoted to death. I understand the parent might have been asking for nuance of translation, but I meant this to be helpful; you can in fact get a pretty good sense for what an article says by reading via a translation, this resource does allow you to check yourself rather than say I don’t speak X. Now I’m sorry for offering a suggestion, even if it’s obvious.
- howard941 8y ago
  I'm conflicted between gratitude for the translation link and anxiety over its NSFW picture. Damn this cube-shaped panopticon.
  - dahart 8y ago
    Hehe, well I do appreciate the gratitude part, so thank you for saying so. It seems many others didn’t appreciate. FWIW, this picture isn’t any worse than the video in the OP’s English article.
- Baeocystin 8y ago
  I am certain you meant the 'sure you can!' as a positive. To explain the downvotes, consider that ~99% of the time when someone laments a lack of something, and someone else replies with what is essentially a LMGTFY link, it is taken as snark. If you had instead started with "the automated translation of this particular page is better than you might think, and you can actually get meaning out of it", you'd probably have positive votes. Most people who use automated translation services have noticed how awful they are with Japanese<>English conversion compared to many other language pairs, so pointing out that in this case it's not so bad is a useful thing. :)

dahart 8y ago

> since I don’t understand Japanese, I can’t read the article to check. Sure you can! https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A//www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2015/12090710/%3Fall%3D1 https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https... * Does my comment seem flippant or 100% unhelpful or something? I’m super confused why it’s getting downvoted to death. I understand the parent might have been asking for nuance of translation, but I meant this to be helpful; you can in fact get a pretty good sense for what an article says by reading via a translation, this resource does allow you to check yourself rather than say I don’t speak X. Now I’m sorry for offering a suggestion, even if it’s obvious.

howard941 8y ago
I'm conflicted between gratitude for the translation link and anxiety over its NSFW picture. Damn this cube-shaped panopticon.
- dahart 8y ago
  Hehe, well I do appreciate the gratitude part, so thank you for saying so. It seems many others didn’t appreciate. FWIW, this picture isn’t any worse than the video in the OP’s English article.
Baeocystin 8y ago
I am certain you meant the 'sure you can!' as a positive. To explain the downvotes, consider that ~99% of the time when someone laments a lack of something, and someone else replies with what is essentially a LMGTFY link, it is taken as snark. If you had instead started with "the automated translation of this particular page is better than you might think, and you can actually get meaning out of it", you'd probably have positive votes. Most people who use automated translation services have noticed how awful they are with Japanese<>English conversion compared to many other language pairs, so pointing out that in this case it's not so bad is a useful thing. :)