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> I'm far from a translator... but it is not "We opened a door" but "A door is open to do missions that were not possible before". You're being overly literal.
by lmm 3y ago
> I'm far from a translator... but it is not "We opened a door" but "A door is open to do missions that were not possible before".
You're being overly literal. Omitting the subject is normal in Japanese; translating that to a passive-voiced sentence in English is usually misleading.
- mathrawka 3y agoYes, but... 新しい扉が開き vs 新しい扉を開き
- lmm 3y agoAgain, not a distinction that carries the same nuance that it would in English. The whole animate/inanimate distinction just isn't there in the same way in non-indo-european languages.
- mathrawka 3y ago新しい扉が開き が makes the subject the door, not JAXA. Plus it would be very uncharacteristic of a Japanese person in that position making such a bold claim. It goes against Japanese society norms.