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The reason real-time translation is difficult: sometimes you have to wait for the end of the sentence.
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Haha, you could also read this as someone speaking in a way where he constantly interrupts himself--like a really excited little kid.
"I--the hotel is across the street from this store, and in there, I saw this suit I want to try on!"
Japanese is a really fun language, I thoroughly enjoyed the classes I took before my depression swallowed me up for a bit. Absolutely reccomend, it's only about half as scary as it looks--the syllabary is not difficult to remember, and Japanese is a decently structured, ordered language. The main challenge is expanding your vocabulary, and keeping track of Kanji.
I taught myself Mandarin and found it quite do-able, especially reading it whereas speaking it is harder. Then I tried learning Japanese and gave up. I think you need to know more about Japanese culture and the unspoken meanings to really get the hang of it and use it correctly/politely. All I now can remember of Japanese is 'maramoto' (? spelling) which means 'cute little thing' and is Japanese for 'guinea pig' and 'chrissimassy cakeo' which, you'll never guess, is Japanese for 'Christmas cake'! I try to imagine myself visiting Japan and trying out my language skills - walking into a hotel and talking to reception by improvising with my only vocabulary - 'Maramoto, (greeting with a polite bow). Chrissymassy cakeo? (pronounced with accompanying hand gestures so as to convey 'do you have a room with view of the sea and en suite?')' I imagine being politely but firmly shown the door! Ha!