就活エリート

単語

就職活動（しゅうしょくかつどう）：job-hunting

企業＊２（きぎょう）：corporation

内定（ないてい）：unofficial offer, informal (job) offer

いくつも：many, a great number of ~

就活（しゅうかつ）：short version of job-hunting

面接（めんせつ）：interview

失敗する（しっぱい）：failure, to fail

極度（きょくど）：maximum, extreme [極度に: extremely]

恐れ（おそれ）：fear, horror, anxiety, concern, uneasiness

望む（のぞむ）：to desire, wish for

得る（える）：to get, obtain, acquire [食べ得る: to be able to eat/can eat]

下がる（さがる）：to fall, to lack (in amount)

傾向（けいこう）：trend, tendency

側（そば/がわ）：side

評判（ひょうばん）：reputation

就職活動で企業から内定をいくつももらう学生を「就活エリート」と呼びます。彼らは、面接でのテクニックを知っています。失敗を極度に恐れ、自分の望む仕事を得られないとモチベーションが下がる傾向があります。企業側の評判はよくありません。

自分の翻訳１：

     After job hunting, students who receive many informal job offers from corporations are called, "shuukatsu erito". They know techniques (to use) in interviews. They have an extreme fear of failure and if they don't receive their desired job, there is a tendency for their motivation to drop. Their reputations from a company's side/perspective is not good.

自分の翻訳２：

     Students who receive many informal job offers from corporations after job hunting are called, "shuukatsu erito". They know what techniques to use in interviews. They also have an extreme fear of failure and if they don't receive the job they desire, their motivation tends to drop. From a company's perspective, they don't have good reputations.

ひらタイの翻訳：

     Students who gain many informal job offers after a period of job hunting are called, "shuukatsu eriito". They know the best techniques to use in interviews. They are extremely afraid of failure, and tend to lack motivation in their work if they don't obtain the position they desire. They have a bad reputation among corporations.

公園にいる母親はなぜ親しくしてくれないのですか

Why do mothers who are at the park not become intimate friends with me?

単語

親しい（したしい）：intimate, close (friends)

言い方（いいかた）：one's way/point, complaint, excuse

幼い（おさない）：(my) young

息子（むすこ）：son

連れて行く（つれていく）：to bring (a person)
母親（ははおや）：mother
無視する（むし）：to ignore

最近初めて近くの公園に幼い息子を連れて行きましたが。。。

自分の翻訳：

     Recently I brought my young son to a nearby park for the first time but...　「他の母親が厳しいですからびっくりしました。私を無視しましただけです。オーストラリアには他の親としゃべて子供に一緒に遊ばせてもらうことが普通です。外国人ですから？」

ひらタイの翻訳：

     I took my young son to a nearby park for the first time recently and was shocked that all the other mothers were so unwelcoming. They just ignored me. In Australia, it would be normal to exchange friendly small talk with other parents and let their kids play together. Is it because I'm foreign?



     Sadly, I lost the files to the complete article so I only have this tiny bit and I added the other japanese portion (that I lost) in the translation section. Of course these are my own words, not what the article said. T^T But I still wanted to put it up because I remembered that this article was very interesting. !

イケメン／イクジイ

単語

育児（いくじ）：upbringing, childcare/rearing

積極的（せっきょくてき）：assertive, positive, active, proactive

語呂合わせ（ごろあわせ）：a play on words, rhyming game

手助け（てだすけ）：a help, (who) play (a) part in

育児を積極的にする男性のことを「イクメン」と言います。かっこいい男性を意味する言葉「イケメン」の語呂合わせです。最近は育児を手助けするおじいさんも増えています。こちらは「イクジイ」と呼ばれます。「ジイ」は「おじいさん」の「じい」から来ています。

自分の翻訳：

Men who [do an active role/are active] in childrearing are called Ikumen. It is a play on the word Ikemen which has the meaning of a cool, handsome guy. Recently grandfathers who [are a help/play a part] in childrearing are also increasing. They are called, "ikujii". "Jii" comes from the "jii" of "ojiisan" which means grandfather.