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LegacyUser
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September 9, 2020 edited August 16, 2024 in Search
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.

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  • Brett .
    Brett . ✭✭✭✭✭
    September 9, 2020 Answer ✓

    @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
    Martinus Wolf ✭
    September 9, 2020

    Feel free to send me scans or photos.

     

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

     

    Martinus (Marty) Wolf

    marty_wolf@stanfordalumni.org

    Sacramento, CA

     

     

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  • ms331
    ms331 mod
    September 13, 2020

    Hi, Do you still need help?

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  • LegacyUser
    LegacyUser ✭✭✭✭
    September 14, 2020

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

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