[Haskell-cafe] Learn you

[Wojciech Jedynak]

(caveat: I'm not a native speaker of Japanese)

I think the Japanese title is in a similar spirit as the original one.
Breaking it down:

Sugoi Haskell tanoshiku manabou!

sugoi - "awesome" (rather colloquial)
tanoshiku - "while having fun"
manabou - "let's learn"

In formal grammar it should be "Sugoi Haskell tanoshiku WO manabou!" -
this WO is a particle identifying the object and this omission is
normal in colloquial, spoken Japanese.

How does the Japanese title sound to native speakers? I'm curious myself :)

Wojciech


2012/5/2 Brent Yorgey <byorgey at seas.upenn.edu>:
> I am curious how the title was translated.  Of course, the English
> title "Learn You a Haskell for Great Good" uses intentionally
> ungrammatical/unidiomatic English for humorous effect.  Is the
> Japanese title also ungrammatical/unidiomatic Japanese?  Or do
> Japanese speakers not find that humorous?
>
> -Brent
>
> On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 03:59:18PM +0900, Kazu Yamamoto wrote:
>> Hello cafe,
>>
>> Translating "Learn You a Haskell for Great Good" into Japanese was
>> finished and will be published on 22 May. I guess it's worth watching
>> its cover page:
>>
>>       http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%81%99%E3%81%94%E3%81%84Haskell%E3%81%9F%E3%81%AE%E3%81%97%E3%81%8F%E5%AD%A6%E3%81%BC%E3%81%86-Miran-Lipova%C4%8Da/dp/4274068854
>>
>> There are two translators: Tanaka is the author of "peggy" and Muranushi is
>> the author of "Monadius".
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> --Kazu
>>
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