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Subject:Re: Translation From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 12 Dec 1994 09:46:14 -0800
Richard Lippincott said:
> Ah, that would suggest that my original question may have been valid. If the
> original Japanese was -clear- who the actor is, you'd have less problem with
> the passive voice.
But Japanese doesn't *specify* actors. That's the way the language
works. Most of the time you can figure it out, but there are a lot more
cases where 'things happen' than you find in English, where we tend to
write 'you do things'.
