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by Kim Sung
Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:02 pm
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: Japanese diary 1943 translation help needed
Replies: 2
Views: 1727

Japanese diary 1943 translation help needed

The first and the second images show a toothbrush manufacturing plant of Lion Corporation ( ライオン株式会社 ) in Tokyo. And the third, the fourth and the fifth images show the addresses of China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan branch offices of Lion Corporation. Lion Corporation is still the most famous Japanese ...
by Kim Sung
Thu May 22, 2008 7:12 am
Forum: World War I
Topic: Could the Romanian Debacle been avoided?
Replies: 7
Views: 4969

Re: Could the Romanian Debacle been avoided?

and Russian support was not very well-directed. I think that the lack of Russian cooperation is one of the reasons of the Romanian Debacle. For example, Russia dispatched just three divisions to the Carpathian Front. And wouldn't things have been different if enough Russian forces had rapidly advan...
by Kim Sung
Thu May 22, 2008 7:11 am
Forum: World War I
Topic: Could the Romanian Debacle been avoided?
Replies: 7
Views: 4969

Re: Could the Romanian Debacle been avoided?

Hi Kim, in my opinion, Romania's intervention might have been decisive in spring 1915. A joint entry of both Italy and Romania would have caused the collapse of Austria-Hungary and a decisive outcome of the war in the East and Balkan theatres. In the strategic situation of 1916, Romania was simply ...
by Kim Sung
Sun May 18, 2008 8:54 am
Forum: World War I
Topic: Could the Romanian Debacle been avoided?
Replies: 7
Views: 4969

Could the Romanian Debacle been avoided?

If Romania had attacked Bulgaria first instead of Transylvania in August 1916, what would've been a possible result? Could the Romanian debacle have been avoided? And what about the possibility that the Romanian forces could have been connected with the British and French forces in the Macedonian Fr...
by Kim Sung
Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:49 am
Forum: Removed Threads
Topic: Anti-Chinese Uprising in Tibet
Replies: 44
Views: 10266

Re: Anti-Chinese Uprising in Tibet

We are owned by China and the lesson was well and truly rubbed in during the progress of the Olympic flame My impression is that the entire world is becoming China's hostage. Like a kind of blackhole, China abosorbs natural resources of the world which is getting more dependent on Chinese goods. Is...
by Kim Sung
Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:40 am
Forum: Removed Threads
Topic: Anti-Chinese Uprising in Tibet
Replies: 44
Views: 10266

Re: Anti-Chinese Uprising in Tibet

The opinion poll conducted Hong Kong's Apple's Daily shows that Hong Kong residents have a negative view on pro-Tibetan western activists trying to hamper the torch relay. According to this opinion poll, 55% of Hong Kong residents opposed to those activities hampering the torch relay. Only 11% of th...
by Kim Sung
Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:38 pm
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: Japanese translation help needed
Replies: 10
Views: 2994

Re: Japanese translation help needed

Mike James wrote:WOW - what a great piece of research Sung. I am very grateful to you for your help.
It makes these pieces really come to life to know who they were made for.

Mike
You're welcome~! :D
by Kim Sung
Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:47 am
Forum: Removed Threads
Topic: Anti-Chinese Uprising in Tibet
Replies: 44
Views: 10266

Re: Anti-Chinese Uprising in Tibet

Confrontation between two superpowers over Tibet? A verbal battle between a Chinese and an American in San Franscisco http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/1108/imagereadtop20082098651mt4.jpg http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/1108/imagereadtop20082098651mt4.64123f8f50.jpg http://news.mk.co.kr/outside/...
by Kim Sung
Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:49 pm
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: Japanese translation help needed
Replies: 10
Views: 2994

Re: Japanese translation help needed

Mike James wrote:I've recently purchased two banners (Nobori ??)
Yes, the Japanese call those kinds of banners noboribata (のぼりばた). Nobori is an abbreviated form of noboribata.

http://yaplog.jp/jb-manner/archive/40
by Kim Sung
Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:34 pm
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: Japanese translation help needed
Replies: 10
Views: 2994

Re: Japanese translation help needed

祝出征佐藤民義君 小綱木村大綱木村組合 祝 (shuku) - Congratulations! 出征 (shussei) - To serve in the war 佐藤民義 (Sato Tamiyoshi) - The name of a man 小綱木村 (Kotsunagi mura) - Kotsunagi village (a village in the Fukushima Prefecture) 大綱木村 (Ohtsunagi mura) - Ohtsunagi village (a village in the Fukushima Prefecture) 組合 (kumia...
by Kim Sung
Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:04 pm
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: Japanese translation help needed
Replies: 10
Views: 2994

Re: Japanese translation help needed

The first banner 歡送加藤榮吉君 贈阿蘇長治郞 歡送 (kanso) - hearty send-off 加藤榮吉 (Kato Eikichi) - The name of a IJN colonel. The head of the 87th Guards' Unit in the Battle of Bougainville. He was a Japanese B-class war criminal who was sentenced to death at the Rabaul Trial presided over by the Australians. He wa...
by Kim Sung
Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:19 pm
Forum: Removed Threads
Topic: Anti-Chinese Uprising in Tibet
Replies: 44
Views: 10266

Re: Anti-Chinese Uprising in Tibet

US Olympic torch relay descends into farce Chris Ayres in San Francisco The Olympic flame’s procession through San Francisco drew world-wide ridicule when the torch-bearers ran only a few yards before disappearing into a warehouse, only to re-emerge on a bus half an hour later. After furious clashe...
by Kim Sung
Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:47 pm
Forum: Removed Threads
Topic: Anti-Chinese Uprising in Tibet
Replies: 44
Views: 10266

Re: Anti-Chinese Uprising in Tibet

Yesterday, Shinko (新光) Research institute in Japan announced in a recent report that China can overtake Japan this year . Accoding to this report, if we assume Japan's GDP growth rate at 1% this year and China's at 17%, and if we set the exchange rate of Dollar-Yuan below 1:6.3 this year, China's no...
by Kim Sung
Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:48 am
Forum: Removed Threads
Topic: Anti-Chinese Uprising in Tibet
Replies: 44
Views: 10266

Re: Anti-Chinese Uprising in Tibet

This articles explains why the so-called western democratic countries are tight-lipped on China's bloody oppression of Tibet and its human rights violations. Until 2012, China will be the second strongest country in the world. China could overtake Japan as Asia-Pacific's largest economy Singapore - ...
by Kim Sung
Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:09 pm
Forum: Removed Threads
Topic: Anti-Chinese Uprising in Tibet
Replies: 44
Views: 10266

Re: Anti-Chinese Uprising in Tibet

A Chinese cartoon depicting the Beijing Olympic Games as a bloody festival

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http://www.nakorean.com/news/articleVie ... idxno=6119