Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
1/10セイカツ
English translation:
living on 10 percent
Added to glossary by
Renata Rusu
Sep 3, 2007 17:12
16 yrs ago
Japanese term
Japan
Native in: Romanian
Works in: Japanese to Romanian, Japanese to English, English to Romanian, and 3 more.
1/10セイカツ
Japanese to English
Social Sciences
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Ecology
1/10のセイカツとは、日本で言えば1955年頃。私たち日本人が戦後の出発点とした時期と同レベルのエネルギー量になります。
It's a text about eco-design, and this paragraph basically says how people should live on one tenth of the resources they are currently using, but I have no idea how to say this, especially since 1/10セイカツ is also the title, so it should be short and catchy...any ideas? Thanks!
It's a text about eco-design, and this paragraph basically says how people should live on one tenth of the resources they are currently using, but I have no idea how to say this, especially since 1/10セイカツ is also the title, so it should be short and catchy...any ideas? Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | living on 10 percent |
peter arnout
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| 1 +3 | Ten Percent Living (or Life/Lifestyle) |
Neil Hansford
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Proposed translations
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peter arnout
Belgium
Belgium
Belgium
Getting Better all the Time
Native in: Dutch
Works in: English to Dutch, French to Dutch, Dutch to English, and 5 more.
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Comment: "Thanks!"
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19 mins
Ten Percent Living (or Life/Lifestyle)
It is totally a matter of judgment, but in my opinion 10% is easier to use in a 'catchy' way than 1/10 is. So the idea I came up with was -
'Ten Percent Living'. Or 'Ten Percent Life/Lifestyle'
I'm pretty sure someone can come up with something better than that though....maybe by sticking even less to the original Japanese than I have?
'Ten Percent Living'. Or 'Ten Percent Life/Lifestyle'
I'm pretty sure someone can come up with something better than that though....maybe by sticking even less to the original Japanese than I have?
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Yuko Osugi (X)
: "10 % Lifestyle" sounds catchy to me...
3 hrs
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| agree |
sigmalanguage
: I vote for "ten percent life".
4 hrs
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| agree |
Kurt Hammond
: I think that any final translation should have "lifestyle" included to capture the spirit of the original.
11 hrs
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