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#51
Unless specifically requested, I only correct English journals that include the original Japanese (about 10% of the entries). It is too difficult to guess what the intended meaning is sometimes without it. I have a list of favorite journals that I always look for each morning. Even if you don't care to write your own, it is good practice to read the Japanese journals of students learning English. Though, as long as you are reading them, you might as well correct a few Wink
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sayu http://lang-8.com/62956/journals
oak http://lang-8.com/118823/journals
mari http://lang-8.com/104650/journals
hama http://lang-8.com/15057/journals
powerfullB http://lang-8.com/109542/journals
miho http://lang-8.com/27040/journals
Koyuki http://lang-8.com/31774/journals
takato http://lang-8.com/63545/journals
Satoko http://lang-8.com/57175/journals
Mac3 http://lang-8.com/97159/journals
Emichan7 http://lang-8.com/108344/journals
Ta-chan http://lang-8.com/ta_chan/journals
Tomo http://lang-8.com/33092/journals
Erin http://lang-8.com/74677/journals
Yu-ki http://lang-8.com/56375/journals
ベッサー http://lang-8.com/112108/journals
みん http://lang-8.com/81954/journals
kohei http://lang-8.com/111266/journals
ryu http://lang-8.com/112169/journals
kana http://lang-8.com/114314/journals
web http://lang-8.com/web/journals
Na http://lang-8.com/92433/journals
たってー http://lang-8.com/12789/journals
ふーみん http://lang-8.com/112494/journals
Candysweet http://lang-8.com/95082/journals
Chorus http://lang-8.com/60051/journals
Haya http://lang-8.com/71484/journals
Ankimo http://lang-8.com/105366/journals
Akiko&Qoota http://lang-8.com/78370/journals
Enksh http://lang-8.com/107053/journals
Karaoke♪♪ http://lang-8.com/92802/journals
Miuru http://lang-8.com/113582/journals
100%mint http://lang-8.com/75602/journals
Ika http://lang-8.com/7753/journals
ますぷぅ http://lang-8.com/1732/journals
May http://lang-8.com/112938/journals
Neat, huh? http://lang-8.com/107143/journals
Izumi http://lang-8.com/111302/journals
Mika_Shinohara http://lang-8.com/55229/journals
mana_momo http://lang-8.com/81495/journals
ちぃちゃん http://lang-8.com/40743/journals
Prince http://lang-8.com/40743/journals
shin-chan http://lang-8.com/109348/journals
LILICO http://lang-8.com/45704/journals
will (sitty) http://lang-8.com/60676/journals
yayoi http://lang-8.com/54028/journals
nuno http://lang-8.com/36842/journals
sato http://lang-8.com/73341/journals
asanaa http://lang-8.com/109312/journals
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#52
日記, Journal vs. diary
I have been seeing many Japanese users translate 日記 as diary. Which is correct, but for the context of sharing thoughts, journal seems better. In my mind, a diary is something you don't allow anyone else to see; something a girl locks with a key so her younger brat brother can't read about her crush on the 9th grader. A journal is meant to be published. No one else is correcting this mistake so I am wondering if I am in the wrong.
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#53
IceCream Wrote:"journal" is an american term. So, in british english, it's always "diary", for both meanings.
Ooops!
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#54
You can pick up on subtle mistakes for advanced students if they include the original Japanese draft. For beginners, ugghh! It gives me a head ache trying to figure out what the intended meaning is if the original Japanese draft is not included. I stopped correcting journals without both after one week.
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#55
I agree with bodhisamaya -- while I'll correct English entries without Japanese translation, I always supply an English translation with my own entries. (I write them in Japanese and then translate paragraph by paragraph to English; this way I write original Japanese, and the English still comes out reasonably idiomatic.)

I also simply enjoy reading native speakers' Japanese writings, so I'm trying to do the same with English.
Edited: 2010-02-16, 3:11 pm
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#56
I also like it when users write in Japanese and English. That way I can be learning Japanese while correcting their English, and also I can figure out what exactly they were trying to say.

I wonder is there a way to search for users that do this?
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