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Did you know that the english word “star” and the japanese word 星（ほし）don’t actually mean the same thing?
Language does not simply name pre-existing categories; categories do not exist in 'the world'
— Daniel Chandler, Semiotics for Beginners
I read this quote a few years ago, but I don’t think I truly understood it until one day, when I was looking at the wikipedia article for “star” and I thought to check the Japanese article, see if I could get some Japanese reading practice in. I was surprised to find that the article was not titled 「星」, but 「恒星」, a word I’d never seen before. I’d always learnt that 星 was the direct translation for “star” (I knew the japanese also contained meanings the english didn’t, like “dot” or “bullseye”, but I thought these were just auxiliary definitions in addition to the direct translation of “star” as in "a celestial body made of hydrogen and helium plasma").
To try and clear things up for myself, I searched japanese wikipedia for 星. It was a disambiguation page, with the main links pointing to the articles for 天体 (astronomical object) and スター（記号）(star symbol). There was no article just called 「星」.
It’s an easy difference to miss, because in everyday conversation, 星 and star are equivalent. They both describe the shining lights in the night sky. They both describe this symbol: ★. They even both describe those enormous celestial objects made of plasma.
But they are different - different enough to not share a wikipedia article. 星 is used to describe any kind of celestial body, especially if it appears shiny and bright in the night sky. “Star” can be used this way too (like Venus being called the “morning star”), but it’s generally considered inaccurate to use the word like this, whereas there is no such inaccuracy with 星. You can say “oh that’s not actually a star, it’s a planet”, but you CAN’T say 「実はそれは星ではなく惑星だよ」 (TL: that’s not actually a hoshi, it’s a planet). A planet IS a 星.
星 is a very common word, essentially equivalent to “star”, but its meaning is closer to “celestial body”. I haven’t looked into the etymology/history but it’s almost like both english and japanese started out with a simple, common word for the lights in the sky - star/星 , but as we found out more about what these lights actually were, english doubled down on using the common word for the specific scientific concept, while japanese kept the common word generic and instead came up with a new word for the more specific concept. If this is actually what happened, I’d guess that kanji probably had something to do with it - 星 as a component kanji exists inside the word for planet, 惑星, and in the word for comet, 彗星, and in the scientific word for “star”, 恒星, so it makes sense that it would indicate a more general concept when used standalone.
This discovery helped me understand that quote - categories don’t exist in the world, we are the ones who create them. I thought that the concept of “star” was something that would be consistent across all languages, but it’s not, because the concept of “star” is not pre-existing. Each language had to decide how to name each of those similar star-like concepts (the ★ symbol, hot balls of gas, twinkling lights in the sky, planets, comets, etc), and obviously not every language is going to group those concepts under the same words with the same nuance.
Knowing this, one might be tempted to say that 恒星（こうせい） is the direct translation for “star”. But this isn’t true either. In most of the contexts that the word “star” is used in english, the equivalent japanese will be simply 星. Despite the meanings not lining up exactly, 星 will still be the best translation for “star” most of the time. This is the art of translation - knowing when the particulars are less important than the vibe or feel of a word. For any word, there will never be an exact perfect translation with all the same nuances and meanings. Translation is about finding the best solution to an unsolvable problem. That's why I love it.
Hello! I'm not sure if this is rude to ask as I didn't see anything against it and I hope I do not offend but-
What's happening with the dbh au and the following fic? Is it discontinued, on hiatus, just taking a while?
Sorry again I don't mean to be rude if I am being rude I just really liked the fic and your posts made about it so I thought it would be worth it to ask!
Love your art by the way!! ᗡ:
Not rude at all! Its just taking a while lol I had open heart surgery a few months ago and moved states shortly after and have been having to help my family with various things and recently got a fulltime clinic job on top of it so its just been on the back burner while Life happens but I do plan on finishing it! I have it completely plotted out, its just a matter of being able to sit down and write it up lol but thank you for being so interested in it, its definitely motivating to know people still care about it :D
Hello! I know I dont make personal posts too often but my darling Bucky Bear needs medical treatment that is very hard for me to afford. I have truly no issue going into medical debt for him at all but this clinic doesnt do personal plans, and I got rejected by ScratchPay and CareCredit so thats fun.
He currently has a blockage and theyre worried it could rupture in his intestines, theyve been trying enemas and laxatives first because my good boy doesnt ever get into anything so were hoping its a hairball but he only pooped once after 2 hours and 2 enemas so theyre heavily discussing surgery now and i just really can't afford it and neither can my family.
I really don't wanna lose him over something that CAN be fixed so any help-shares or donations-would be deeply appreciated
*they also haven't given me a firm estimate on his surgery despite bringing it up like 5 times so I threw in a ballpark number but will update when I know the actual cost !! Thank you in advance <3
Hello, I'm Miles/NyxedBones and some of you may know I have a very sweet, big fluffy boy n… Miles Mori needs your support for Bucky Bear get
Hello, do you allow your arts to be used as profiles in social medias? I will put proper credits 🙇♂️
Yes, I do! Thank you for asking :]
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Chapter 8 is Here! Uploaded yesterday or so but im really proud of it!!
Chapter 8 is Here! Uploaded yesterday or so but im really proud of it!!
If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading
ch8 is done !!! waiting for my beta reader to go through it then ill post it :D
monty and reader interaction my beloved <3
snippet for the next chapter im working on for rlbl :]
Red Light Blue Light Ch 7!
after a VERY long hiatus chapter 7 of RLBL is up HERE if youre still following along with it <3 if you are thank u for being patient with me while sort my life out lmao
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sometimes my Beloved Mutuals will rb a post about a certain character archetype and i will have to physically restrain myself from saying “yeah you would say that wouldn’t you”
jasper you don’t get to get away with this that easily.
new ask game: what’s the character archetype that makes you go “of course you would say that” when i post about it?
