Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
You're putting words in my mouth.
Japanese translation:
それはあんたの言い方でしょ
English term
You're putting words in my mouth.
| 5 +2 | それはあんたの言い方でしょ |
humbird
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| 4 | そういう意味ではなくって/そういう意味じゃなくって |
ad_yumi
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| 3 +1 | そういう意味で言っていないよ。 |
Kurt Hammond
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Aug 3, 2005 16:44: Sinziana Paltineanu (X) changed "Language pair" from "Japanese to English" to "English to Japanese"
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Proposed translations
それはあんたの言い方でしょ
My title answer is "That's what you say". My second answer is: それはあんたのいいたいことなんでしょ to the same end. Hidden meaning of this expression is "That's not what I want to say." Or more directly:
”自分の意見を押し付けないでよね”。
Hope this helps.
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Yoshimine
: I agree with you 100%. I would say “あなた” instead of “あんた” though. Or "それはお前の言い方だろ
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間柄によりますよね。ちょっとくだけた言い方をしてみました。
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Can Altinbay
: うまいですね。天晴れ。やっぱりハムバードさん。「あなた」と「あんた」は両方結構。相手との関係等によりますね。
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Canさん、いつもどうも。
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そういう意味ではなくって/そういう意味じゃなくって
そういう意味で言っていないよ。
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Note added at 9 hrs 2 mins (2005-08-04 01:15:59 GMT)
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A note: ¥"you¥'re putting words in my mouth¥" is not as strong an expression as ¥"don¥'t push your opinion on me¥" which was suggested by another answerer. While it sounds strong, usually ¥"you¥'re putting words into my mouth¥" means ¥"You are incorrectly paraphrasing what I just said¥", hence ¥"そういう意味で言っていないよ¥"
You can easily say ¥"you¥'re putting words in my mouth¥" without starting a fight, but ¥"don¥'t push your opinion on me¥" is sure to anger the listener. Likewise, the other answerer¥'s Japanese suggestion is a bit harsh and alienating, while my proposed answer is closer in ¥"conflict level¥" to the original English.
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