Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-18
ENGLISH IN JApANEsE.

81, gives a few Illustrations Of the pc
cullarlties Of the Japanese language,
two Of which are here presented The
teacher was asked to translate verse
from the fifth chapter Of Hebrews,
which he did thus. writing it in Roman
letters:
"Hlto no uchi yon erabaruru subete
no saishi no asa wa, hito no tame nj
kasnl nitsuku koto wo ninzerarete
tsumni nj sonaemono 10 ikenie wo
sasaguru koto wo suru mono mari
The literal translation Of this into
English is;
MANS among from chosen or High
Priest, mans FOR God to follow thing
commanded sins Offering and sacrifice
offer thing to this is"
The puzzle is to find the verse in the
fifth chapter Of Hebrews which cores
ponds with this. Here is literal trans
lation OF Mathew 6, 6:
you pray when secret room 90 80 In
doors shut up hidden into be thy Father
TO pray then hidden into seeth thy
Father openly reward will"
Elder Taylor exclams; ooh, this Ian
guage is most bewilderng II takes a
brain more acute than that OF Phila-
delphia lawyer 20 make any sense out
Of IT, even when II is translated into
English. Yet our teacher tells us that
our arrangement Of words into sem
fences is just as strange to a Japanese
student las an arrangement like the
above IL to us
BY way Of a little news he relates
that night or two ago Brothers
Kelsch and Ensign and he were taking
a walk through a neighboring district.
It was getting dusk and they felt IN
cined TO sing little as they sauntered
along. They sang couple Of our
hymns very softly. The people whom
they passed would stop and look at
them very strangely until they had
walked half block or more, the chill
dren running after them, following for
a considerable distance, 1t Is extremely
odd, It seems, for a foreigner to be seen
walking through q Japanese district, let
alone singing. He remarks' IF we
we're only masters Of the language what
crowds simple song would bring, at
least until the novelty wore off, which
would take some time at least"
They are slightly improving In quar-
tette work. alma is practising tenor
Brother Kelsch alto, Brother Horace
bass; Brother Grant leads. But Horace
generally sings every part to keep US
from failing down in ours. Brother
Horace has entirely captured the guests
at the hotel where we are stopping by
his excellent solos
The Belgium minister, who is stay
Ing at the same hotel as the Elders,
bowed very low to Horace, compliment
ing him upon the delightful music
which he had furnished for the enter
talnment OF the entire company one
evening lately.
II is very hard to overcome the ex-
IRENE caution which the people exercise
in regard to associating with foreigners.
In fact. their actions almost bespeak
a superstltlous dread, but the Elders
have strong hopes Of overcoming TINS
suspicion or distrust and reaching their
hearts with the Gospel. II seems impos-
sIble even to master the language with
out mIngling among the people and get
ting them to feel free TO converse. To
leain the language from a teacher Is
like trying to dig down a mountain OF
s,one with q pick and shovel, The Ell
ders say they are not discouraged, how
ever, but keep trying In one way and
another to accomplish the mission upon
which they are sent. and they firmly be-
lieve that success will follow their eff
forts. They are all blessed with excel
lent health for which they are thank
ful indeed. They feel the great need Of
the faith and prayers Of the brethren
and sisters in Zion. Elder Taylor feels
very hopeful and his entire letter
breathes an excellent spirit.