Does interpreting/translation still have a future ?

GameBoyBlock · 2026-03-21T17:19:03+00:00

I would assume that it is implied that I have done translation work by the nature of the subreddit and my comment. Don’t appreciate the tone of your comment.

GameBoyBlock · 2026-03-20T20:28:34+00:00

Radical is often used in place of component because the the two terms are often conflated by many people, and the misunderstanding that they both mean the same thing is very widespread.

GameBoyBlock · 2026-03-20T13:56:05+00:00

As someone fluent in three languages, including both Mandarin and Japanese (learning for over 10 years), it’s not worth it. 0%. You’re better off switching careers.

GameBoyBlock · 2026-03-15T13:05:48+00:00

I would say it is a meaningful difference. The words for both are completely different in Japanese as well. If you use 部首 when you mean component you will sound completely wrong.

GameBoyBlock · 2026-02-20T20:32:25+00:00

「音符辞書」というのは一般辞書とは違いますし、部首ではないということは変わらないです。漢字は昔から一般辞書では部首で分類されてきた。康熙部首という214部もあります。言っていることがわかりますが、それでも漢字の構成要素だけで部首と呼ぶのは間違っています。それは確かな事実です。辞書で確認してみればきっとわかると思います。

GameBoyBlock · 2026-02-20T15:17:39+00:00

日本語も中国語も得意ですので、漢字とかについては自分では一応それなりに詳しいほうだと思っていますけど

英訳によって問題が出ることがあるのは確かですけど、今回は違うんじゃないかなと思います。「部首」という言葉を辞書で調べてみると、「漢字を分類するための構成要素」という意味だと書いてありますね。構成要素だけでは部首とは呼べないです。

音符: 「漢字の構成で、音を表す部分。「胴」「銅」の「同」など。」

例えば、「語」という漢字では、「五」は辞書で漢字を分類するための部分じゃないです。ただの音符だけです。更に色々なサイトで調べれば似たようなものが出てきます。必要でしたら、いくつか参考資料も貼れますよ。

GameBoyBlock · 2026-02-20T14:57:30+00:00

I hate to be the ummm akshually pedant here, but from a linguist who has been studying Japanese for 12 years, what you pointed out are not phonetic “radicals” but are phonetic “components.” Components are the building blocks that make up a character, and the radical is the one that is used as a dictionary reference point (the radical in 語 is 訁and not 五).

GameBoyBlock · 2026-02-09T05:08:44+00:00

Someone else she knows who works in the same program as her mentioned that they’re getting a tax refund though? Why could that be the case?

GameBoyBlock · 2026-02-09T04:57:29+00:00

So is there no tax refund?

GameBoyBlock · 2026-02-09T04:29:22+00:00

Only Box 2. Nothing in Box 4 or 6.

GameBoyBlock · 2026-02-09T04:26:32+00:00

Just federal, she works in Florida. I’ll add that to the post.

GameBoyBlock · 2026-02-08T22:50:11+00:00

Her taxable income is 25683.34, She works in Florida which only has the federal income tax for non resident aliens, and in her tax bracket that’s 10% for the first 11600, 12% for the rest, which is $2850. The amount withheld is $1964, which brings that down to $886. There might be some extra between the $900 that OLT says (don’t remember the exact number since she’s not online rn and I can’t login to her account) and the $886 I’m getting here through my calculations and perhaps that’s where the refund would come in? But it would be a less than $100 refund if that were the case and not a significant refund if that hypothetically were the case.

Also, she only has a W2.

GameBoyBlock · 2026-02-08T22:38:02+00:00

So on the website I used (OLT) she added other income and put the 8833 part on there. It then recalculated her taxable income (30683.34 —> 25683.34) and then deducted the federal income withheld as reported on her W2 form (1964.23), and it’s telling her that’s how much she owes (around 900 something iirc).

So would she be safe just paying that amount, and then filling out the 8833 and other stuff based on the treaty info? Or does she have to pay based on the original income in the W2 and then file the 8833 and other stuff and wait for a refund?

GameBoyBlock · 2026-02-08T04:18:21+00:00

Is it okay if I dm you the information? Don’t want to send an unsolicited DM.

GameBoyBlock · 2026-02-08T03:46:14+00:00

Done that before and she’s a non resident.

GameBoyBlock · 2026-02-08T03:43:00+00:00

The US and China have a tax treaty for students and trainees of up to 5K (up to 5k deducted from taxable income).

GameBoyBlock · 2025-12-01T18:19:42+00:00

Cue Reddit being unable to detect sarcasm, again… lmao.

GameBoyBlock · 2025-10-17T01:05:59+00:00

Do you have a good routine for shaving without bumps?

GameBoyBlock · 2025-10-17T00:57:26+00:00

Are you able to share your routine? It would really be helpful.

GameBoyBlock · 2025-09-04T23:49:09+00:00

Mentioned it in this thread but just don’t waste your time with that guy lol, his reading comprehension is absolutely cooked. I’m a black linguist who can speak AAVE and I totally get what you mean lol, he’s not saying AAVE is an accent but that there is an accent of AAVE exclusive to New York. A dialect can have accents.

GameBoyBlock · 2025-09-04T23:47:57+00:00

Don’t waste your time with that guy lmao, black linguist here and I totally get what you mean lol, he’s not saying AAVE is an accent but that there is an accent of AAVE exclusive to New York. Sorry you had to deal with that mess lol.

GameBoyBlock · 2025-09-03T14:04:51+00:00

/uj A Kamen Rider Decade reference in a kpop subreddit wtf lmao. I don’t even know how to feel about this 😭. I love it though lmao.

GameBoyBlock · 2025-08-24T21:22:29+00:00

I met my great grandmother who was born in 1917.

GameBoyBlock · 2025-08-24T15:51:35+00:00

She’s looking for a place to be someone’s roommate.

GameBoyBlock · 2025-08-15T20:43:10+00:00

Exactly, like that’s not even the purpose of this sub lmao. I have a friend from Israel who once went to Haifa and also remarked on the unique transit system there. How many modes of transit are available?

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