Japanese translation forum / website?
 

I just came back from Tokyo and got so excited to find a greentea chiffon cake mix at the Muji that I completely forgot I wouldn't be able to read the instructions!

Does anyone know of a forum where people translate for each other? Please let me know!! I've used one but it seems like the majority of the folks there only translate European langages...

I wouldn't be able to use something like the Babel Fish either, as I won't be able to type in the Japanese characters... :(

(Well I've broken down the instructions into a few sections and if anyone cares to take a look I would be much obliged to get translation for a section or two. -- But please forget my request if it is considered inappropriate here.)

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Thanks for the info and/or help,

Kat :9

Bonjour Kat,

Sorry I don't have the time to translate, but ...

http://www.mujionline.com/

and maybe

http://www.nihongo.org/english/language/education/

good luck :-)

KatKat, I took a quick look at your Yahoo photo site. Amazing, the things these internet sites can do! Anyway, like Florence, I don't have enough time to translate those instructions now. If the sites which Florence gave can not help you, you can come back here later. I could try the translation then even though on the instructions, there are more than a few things which are not very clear to me, a Japanese. Maybe those are some cooking terms non cooking amateurs shouldn't know. I love those sweets with maccha (green tean) flavor,too, cakes and ice cream. I should get some next time when I will be back in Tokyo. Good luck!

80 grams of cake mix
2 eggs
30 cc or 3 Tbls of Water
20 cc of 4 ts of veg oil
Bowl that came with mix

Pre-Heat oven to 335
Mix ingredents except egg whites (but use yolks)
Whip egg whites in seperate bowl until stiff merangue
Add merangue to mix a third at a time
Dont stir to vigorously
Add to cake pan and pound 2 or 3 times on your kitchen counter to bring bubbles to the surface.

Bake for 25 minutes and test with wooden skewer. cake shouldn't stick.

Enjoy

Digital Traveler, Hike and Florence --

Thanks a BUNCH for the translation, offer of help and useful suggestions!

I'll let you guys know how the cake goes... :9

:) Kat

The baking went really well. um... yummy... wish I had bought more!

Thanks a lot for the help!

Kat