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I think what the article addresses is the literal translation for "I love you" in Japanese, not the idiomatic translation.
by jpamata 8y ago
I think what the article addresses is the literal translation for "I love you" in Japanese, not the idiomatic translation.
- ekianjo 8y agoLiteral translation cannot make any sense between languages that do not share similar roots anyway. Its not a very insightful observation to make in the first place.
- jpamata 8y agoI see. Having no knowledge of Japanese, I found it interesting. Coming from China, I could say that both Mandarin and Cantonese have popular literal translations for the expression, albeit most Chinese find it cheesy and prefer to use English instead.