Translator Reviews ( Japanese → English )

Japanese

私の好きな親戚は、私の母方の叔父です。叔父は小さい頃に父親を原爆で失い、母親と兄弟と生きてきた苦労人です。短大を卒業後、会社員として働きながら公認会計士の試験を受け合格しました。
叔父の好きなところは、穏やかで他人に優しいところです。叔父の言葉で今でも心に残っているのは、「人生には苦労もあるけれど、最後に自分がいい人生だったと思えれば、それでいいんだよ」 という言葉です。
辛いこともありますが、人生の最後によかったと思えるような生き方をしたいと思います。

English

My favorite relative is my uncle on my mother's side. My uncle lost his father to an atomic bomb when he was little, and is a wise man who had to live with his mother and siblings. After graduating from junior college, while working as a company employee, he took and passed the exam to become a certified public accountant. What I like about my uncle is that he is gentle and kind to others. One thing he said remains in my mind even now: "There are hardships in life, but if, at the end, you can say that it was a good life, that is all you need." I would like to live my life so that I can think it was good at the end, despite the tough times.

Reviews ( 1 )

eezebird rated this translation result as ★★★★★ 23 Aug 2013 at 08:24

original
My favorite relative is my uncle on my mother's side. My uncle lost his father to an atomic bomb when he was little, and is a wise man who had to live with his mother and siblings. After graduating from junior college, while working as a company employee, he took and passed the exam to become a certified public accountant. What I like about my uncle is that he is gentle and kind to others. One thing he said remains in my mind even now: "There are hardships in life, but if, at the end, you can say that it was a good life, that is all you need." I would like to live my life so that I can think it was good at the end, despite the tough times.

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My favorite relative is my uncle on my mother's side. My uncle lost his father to the atomic bomb when he was little, and is a wise man who had to live with his mother and siblings. After graduating from junior college, while working as a company employee, he took and passed the exam to become a certified public accountant. What I like about my uncle is that he is gentle and kind to others. One thing he said remains in my mind even now: "There are hardships in life, but if, at the end, you can say that it was a good life, that is all you need." I would like to live my life so that I can think it was good at the end, despite the tough times.

Great translation. Flows well and there are no glaring errors. I think that it is generally understood that when referring to an atomic bomb incident, it refers to the one from WWII, which is why I changed the "an" to "the".

[robbaran]

I struggled about that since there were two atomic bombs from WWII. I think either would be understood. Thank you for taking a look at my translation!

[eezebird]

That's true, you have a point. No problem. Just returning the favour.