Fujitsu ATLAS V14, User Manual

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Advanced Techniques
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Using clear Japanese
Since terms coined by appending "
～化
" or "
～的
" or abstract sentences are not suited for
translation, they should be changed into clearer Japanese.
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Clarifying modification
Write logically corresponding sentences since sentences without proper correspondence
between modifier and modificand or sentences without a modificand for a modifier (or vice
versa) are not suited for translation.
Action
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Using an articulate expression
Ex. × 警察は彼を 事件の首謀者と し た。
The police made him the mastermind of the event.
○ 警察は彼を 事件の首謀者と みなし た。
The police considered him to be a mastermind of the event.
Action
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Writing homonyms in kanji
Ex. × 彼は、 にんきがある 。
He is [ninkigaaru].
○ 彼は、 人気がある 。
He is popular.
○ 彼は、 任期がある 。
He has the term of office.
Action
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Avoiding awkwardly coined words
Ex. × その文は漫画的発想を 持っ た人によ っ て書かれたのであろ う 。
The sentence might have been written by the person who had cartooned
conception.
○ その文はユーモラ スな発想を 持っ た人によ っ て書かれたのであろ う 。
The sentence might have been written by the person who had a humorous
conception.
Action
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Making proper correspondence
Ex. × こ の写真は、 その状況である 。
This photograph is the situation.
○ こ の写真は、 その状況の証拠である 。
This photograph is evidence of the situation.