Reply With QuoteThis is a job for Kitsune!
I know, sounds like an odd title for the gaming forum... but I know several of you import games from Japan to play here in North America or the UK.
At any rate, since I was having such a bad time in the hospital, my family all went in together and got me Nintendo DS Lite. I've got Animal Crossing, and the Brain Age games... and the Brain Age ones require a lot of scribbling. I don't want to scratch my DS so I got a laminator thing and the directions leave me confused...
Thanks to anyone that can help.
Here they are:
This is a job for Kitsune!
The instructions say "Apply directly to the foreh...screen."
Why are the instructions even in Japanese? Did they import a Japanese screen protector? Why?
No idea why it's all in Japanese. http://www.daydeal.com/product.php?p...at=2139&page=1
The thing that throws me off, is why they're using scotch tape too?
You don't really need a screen protector as long as you use the stylus and not your fingers at least most of the time. If you want one, there are plenty out there that have instructions in English, or you can just cut a PDA one to fit. It's basically just a sticker. The instructions you posted made it look like there was some weird machine you used to stick it on, but the link looks like any other screen protector..Just stick it on there and mash out the bubbles.
My wife's Japanese, and is due back home from a visit to Tokyo in a couple of days. I'd ask her to translate, but this has to be a put on. You peel off the bottom protective cover, place the laminate on the screen, and then peel off the top protective cover.
Am I missing the joke, ie "Hurr. Get a load of all the text to place a sticker on my screen"?
No joke. It's just so confusing sicne what I got doesn't appear to be exactly what they're showing. And if they're going to have it all in Japanese... why the two English words PLAY! and UP! What are they tryign to say there? And why are they using scotch tape?
I can tell one thing from those instructions. Don't let Pac-Man near your DS.
Here are the instructions for the Hori screen protector for the PSP. I imagine it works equally well for the DS:
http://www.estarland.com/product22578.html
There are three layers. The actual protector is the middle layer, and the protector protectors are on the top and bottom. First you peel off the bottom protector protector (the one that doesn't have a red tab), then apply the protector, then peel off the top protector protector using the red tab.
The bit about the scotch tape is showing you how to remove the protector from the screen or how to pick off bits of dust and dirt that may have adhered to the sticky side of the protector.
I have this screen protector, I'm very happy with it. As usual with Hori it's high quality. Don't let water touch these thing's sticky parts though.
The first one in green:
"Filter for the Upper Screen -
Uses an AR film that is often used in plasma screens! Prevents against reflections for comfortable PLAY!
(1) AR Layer [pictured as the light blue layer on top with the number 1]
Absorbs [for lack of a better word) the reflection, and the LCD screen becomes easier to see. Because it uses transparent material, the screen will not become any darker.
(2) Hard Coat Layer [pictured as the darkest blue underneath the first]
The hard coat layer (PET) protects the screen from dust and scratches.
(3) Silicon Adhesion Layer [in slight purplish blue at the very bottom]
Because it uses a silicon material, you can restick and reposition the protector as many times as you like.
-Bottom Screen (Touch Screen) Filter-
Uses a special element that improves pen contact! The most suitable for software you're meant to write on! Your sense of control will go UP!
(1) Pen Contact Layer [as in the first diagram, it's the top one]
So that the touch pen will not slide, you will be able to write figures smoothly. Soft and flexible, it will feel nice to write on, but the screen won't get darker!
(2) Hard Coat Layer [same as above]
Uses a high strength hard coat (PET) suitable to touchpens to protect against scratches borne from touch pen use.
(3) Silicon Adhesion Layer [in slight purple again]
Because it uses a silicon material, you can restick and reposition the protector as many times as you like.
[At the warning label sign] Warning, be careful:
-Do not set fire to yourself!
-Do not have diarrhea!
-Do not let Pacman eat you!"
The second one in gray:
"Please confirm this before fastening:
This product has, as seen in the diagram, a 3-sheet organization.
Top Screen Filter [from top to bottom]
-Protection sheet with a red tag
-Filter
-Protection sheet
Bottom Screen Filter [ditto]
-Protection sheet with a white tag
-Filter
-Protection sheet
[!] Each of these protection sheets protect the actual filter. Don't mix them up and misunderstand which one is the actual filter.
-How to Attach-
1. Take the cleaner cloth included with this product and use it take and remove dirt and dust.
*Don't do it on places with lots of dust. Also if you wipe with too much force, we fear you might damage the screen, so please be careful.
2. Take off only the protection sheet.
*Please do so in such a way that your hands or finger do not touch the adhesive layer.
3. Attach the filter to the upper LCD screen.
Lineup the postion and stick it on. In order to have it glued on, start from the middle area of the filter, and angled toward the outside areas, push out the air by lightly pressing your finger and attach it.
(*When you put on the filter meant for the touch screen, put it in the middle portion so that it doesn't jut out on the sides. If by some chance, it juts out over the border, the touchscreen may not recognize input as correctly, so carefully and cleanly peal off the filter and re-apply.)
4. Peel off the red tab on the upper protection film.
Slowly peel off the the upper protection film as if you were turning a page in a book. Be careful not to pull off the filter attached to the DS now. With this step, attachment is finished.
The above written directions are for attaching the upper screen filter, but for the lower screen (touch screen) filter, in the same manner, follow steps 1-4 for and attach it.
-How to Peel Off the Filter-
When you peel the filter off the screen, use cellophane tape and attach it to the edge of the filter, and peel it off.
*We're afraid that if you scratch it off with your fingernails, damage will occur.
-If Trash, Dirt or Dust Has Entered-
If dust, trash or dirt has become stuck to the adhesive layer of the filter, use cellophane tape's adhesion to pull it off and remove it.
*Please don't touch or coarsely rub the adhesion layer with your hands or fingers.
-If Air Bubbles Have Entered-
If air bubbles have become caught between the filter and the screen, either press lightly to push them out or use cellophane to remove the filter and reattach it.
*If you press the screen with your fingers, please don't do it too strongly. We fear there is a chance of damaging the screen."
Any questions? Sorry for any typos.
BTW, I spent my time doing this instead of playing Dragon Quest, so you'd better say thank you.
-Kitsune
Good thing Kitsune's around. Now that I see the work involved, she would have taken one look at the directions and told me to shove off.
Hello Kitsune, just out of interest, how difficult was it to learn our alphabet when you started with the japanese one?
Damn straight. You'd have to pay me to translate that whole thing.Originally Posted by mono
Kitsune and everyone else. Thanks so much! This has been a very interesting thread to me. With my sister in China and unique games we never get coming out from Russia, Japan, and Germany I've often thought about "trying" to learn Russian, Chinese, Japanese, or actually learning more than a few key phrases in German - with all my free time. Thanks!
I'd like to echo Hetzer's question...how difficult was it to learn our alphabet when you started with the japanese one?
Ugh...I was tired the other night and had just come home with my new DSLite and started to install the touch screen pad upside down (this same kind, Hori, which is the absolute best). Naturally, I got it dirty and this was my last set, so I had to order more. I refuse to play Ouendan until I get a cover on the touch screen.
It's a shame there isn't a QT3 wiki where we could keep this useful information for all eternity.
It would have to be called "sh1t B0n3rz!!"a QT3 wiki
Japanese doesn't have an alphabet per se. Their system is syllabic. Leaving aside the fact that there are two different sets of symbols for the same phonetic sounds (hiragana, for native japanese words, and katakana, for foreign words), there are only 46 symbols to be learned. This might make it sound more difficult than English, which only has 26 letters, but the exact opposite is the case. Because Japanese is syllabic, there is only one way to spell any given word, whereas in English, letters can be put together in all sorts of creative ways to make words.
In short, while the English alphabet itself is easy to learn, figuring out how to spell with it is a nightmare. The Japanese kana are slightly more difficult to learn, but child's play to use by comparison.
(This is not true of kanji, however, which is the third set of symbols used in Japanese. These are the complicated Chinese-origin symbols used in written Japanese. But inasmuch as they stand for entire words, they can't really be considered an alphabet.)
And no, my name isn't Kitsune, but I did live and work in Japan for four years, and my ex-wife is Japanese. Thus, I do speak, read, and (attempt to) write a little Japanese myself.
Not very. Romaji, as we call how we use the English alphabet, is a small part of Japanese anyway. There are a precious few words you can't or wouldn't want to spell in Japanese without it (like say, OL, 3D or PS2). So you could say it's part of knowing Japanese. And you certainly can't expect to live in Japan these days and be able to function easily without knowing romaji.
It took me a few months (around four or five, I believe) to get it stable. It was of course very easy to learn the letters (you learn about 150-200 kanji per year in elementary school, so its physically not very tasking to add another 52) but the problems a little six or seven year old Japanese kid can have you'd probably find comic.
For instance, I had trouble at first remembering to put a space between letters after each word, which I found pretty annoying at first. I had a tendency to think of letters in groups, like vowel sounds such as ea, ai, oa, ee, ae, ir, ur and oi, or sh, tch, ch and st (I know the last one technically different, so don't get on my case, language meisters). I used to raise the silent e's at the end, like in superscript too, like you do with things that make a sound aspirated or voiced in Japanese.
It should have been easy for me to wrap my head around, seeing as how capital vs. lowercase is similar in at least form to the difference between hiragana and katakana, in that you have two sets of the same symbols representing the same sounds for different purposes, but for some reason that took me the longest. And actually correctly applying the grammar for when to use capitals took me a lot longer than a few months. Especially since we don't exactly use the rules when we use English in our Japanese, as you can see above with the insertion of words like PLAY.
-Kitsune
I had a Wiki but it appears that the mysql upgrade I performed has screwed it up. Either that or the new PHP
http://www.jasonmcmaster.com/wiki/HomePage
Just want to agree that these Hori protectors are *awesome*. I only wish that I had Kitsune around when I was figuring out how to install mine.
Luckily, they color-code the various labels so it's not too hard to figure out, even though I read Japanese at about a two-year-old's level :)
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