Translation from old Japanese Kanji to English

LegacyUser

Translation from old Japanese Kanji to English

I received several pages of records from the government of Japan in old style writing. The few relatives living cannot read this version. Looking for a way to discover past relatives.

Brett .

@Brian Hayashi​ 

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Brian

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Not that I can help ...

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But ...

That said ...

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This might shed some light ...

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From 'FamilySearch' "Wiki"

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Japanese Genealogical Word List

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Japanese_Genealogical_Word_List

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Plus ...

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You might like to try ...

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'Google' "Translate"

https://translate.google.com/

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OR

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Tradukka > Translate > English

https://tradukka.com/translate

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I just used them to translate 養子 which result in ... 'Adopted'; or, 'Adopted son', [ respectively ]... and it worked ...

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Furthermore ...

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I am "Tagging" in the 'Groups' retaining to Japan/Japanese in this "Community.FamilySearch" Forum; as, some of the members of those groups may have suggestions to assist you or be able to help.

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@日本語コミュニティサポート Japanese​ ... [ PRIVATE - Group ]

[ Japan Temple Family History Counselors ]

https://community.familysearch.org/s/group/0F93A000000DLKbSAO/日本神殿家族歴史相談員グループ

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@日本語コミュニティサポート Japanese​ ... [ PUBLIC - Group ]

[ Japanese Community Support ]

https://community.familysearch.org/s/group/0F93A0000009aOhSAI/日本語コミュニティサポート-japanese

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I hope this helps

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Brett

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Martinus Wolf

Feel free to send me scans or photos.

 

If these are koseki documents, the writing is not particularly old or difficult.

 

Martinus (Marty) Wolf

[email protected]

Sacramento, CA

 

 

Michiko Shimoji Shepherd

Hi, Do you still need help?

LegacyUser

Yes. I could send an image so you can see an example.