Tips to increase your ability to translate Japanese quickly and correctly
For Japanese learners, translation skills are probably the thing that makes them feel most frustrated. So, what to do to improve Japanese translation skills?
Let’s explore tips with IFK to increase your ability to translate Japanese quickly and accurately through the following article to improve your translation skills and Japanese language ability.
Translating Japanese is always a difficult skill for those studying this language. However, with some tips below you can quickly improve your Japanese translation ability:
1. Read more, listen more
You should spend a lot of time reading Japanese documents, books, newspapers, and documents translated from Japanese into Vietnamese. This way, you can learn how to use language, how to translate,… and gain valuable experience.
In addition to Japanese documents, you also need to diligently read Vietnamese books and newspapers to increase your vocabulary. This can help you avoid not finding the right Vietnamese word during the translation process.
Besides reading, you also have to regularly practice listening to Japanese. There are two ways to help you practice listening: attentive listening and passive listening. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, you should combine both to improve your Japanese ability further.
2. Learn the meaning and write down Japanese vocabulary and terms
You should have a notebook to record good vocabulary and terms that are useful for translating into Japanese. For each vocabulary and term you should attach a specific explanation.
The advantage of taking notes is that it can help you remember longer. Therefore, you can record it 2-3 times to remember more deeply what you have learned.
3. Master grammar
For each content that needs to be translated, you should read it once to understand the topic, context and analyze the sentence structure. During the reading process, if you discover new words or sentence structures, you need to mark them for further reference. Next, you arrange the ideas in the sentence to express them most fluently.
4. Practice translating
Initially, you should try to translate correctly, then consider translating well. When translating, don’t pay too much attention to the language or context that distorts the original content.
To practice translation, you can use many different methods, for example:
- Translate online exercises
You can go to websites that provide simple Japanese translation lessons to start learning translation like ManyThings. On this website, you will practice translating with 5 simple exercises. Thereby, your brain will be warmed up before continuing with more difficult translations. Another website that can help you improve your translation ability is FluentU. This website provides learners with videos of many different genres and topics with full subtitles and translations. You can practice by watching without subtitles, then test again. If you continuously maintain this way of learning, you can improve your Japanese vocabulary and ability. - Translate Japanese news
To practice translating, you can follow newspapers such as Yomiuri, Asahi or Mainichi. If not, you can also download NHK Easy Japanese or Asahi applications to practice Japanese translation easily.
The vocabulary in the articles is usually not too difficult, so it is very suitable for those who are just starting to learn Japanese. Besides, translating news also gives you a variety of knowledge about economics, politics, and society. You also learn many new words, sentence structures and have a better understanding of Japanese style.
- Translate Japanese news
To practice translating, you can follow newspapers such as Yomiuri, Asahi or Mainichi. If not, you can also download NHK Easy Japanese or Asahi applications to practice Japanese translation easily.
The vocabulary in the articles is usually not too difficult, so it is very suitable for those who are just starting to learn Japanese. Besides, translating news also gives you a variety of knowledge about economics, politics, and society. You also learn many new words, sentence structures and have a better understanding of Japanese style. - Translate poetry
This is also a great method to help you translate Japanese faster and more accurately. Through translating poetry, you will have a richer vocabulary, know more kanji, and be able to understand vague sentences.
When you first start, you can find translations of simple poems on the Matome Naver page. When you become more proficient, you can switch to translating poetry at the Nakahara site.
Translate diary
Translating your diary is a great way to help you record your emotions and improve your ability to express yourself. At the same time, writing a diary regularly also helps your handwriting become more beautiful.
5. Equip yourself with a suitable dictionary
If you want to translate Japanese well and accurately, you cannot lack a dictionary. Because, no matter how good you are at Japanese, there are still words you don’t know the meaning of. Then, instead of guessing the meaning, you should look it up in the dictionary, which will be both quick and accurate.
6. Proficient in translation support tools
To translate Japanese quickly and accurately, you should not ignore the support of translation tools. Currently, there are many popular search and translation support tools such as: Google Translate, Qtranslate, Babylon, Inapp Translator, Quick Translator, etc. You should choose a suitable tool for yourself and learn how to use it successfully. proficient.
Above are some tips to increase your ability to translate Japanese quickly and correctly. And IFK wants to share with you. Hopefully you can apply these tips to become more and more proficient in your Japanese translation skills. Good luck!
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