# What does this say? (Japanese) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 23, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-say-japanese/561642 "2010-11-23T05:58:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Helix1047](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@Helix1047](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helix1047)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-say-japanese/561642/1 "2010-11-23T05:58:55Z")
I got a letter from a studio in Japan. “もっとHELIXさんのお話もお聞きしたいですし、 イラストも拝見させていただきたく思います。” What exactly do they want? Do they want to know more about me? Or see my portfolio? or what? Im sorry to trouble you guys with this but I dont really know anyone that speaks Japanese and google translate is not being very clear. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-say-japanese/561642/2 "2010-11-23T06:23:58Z")
Basically, “we’d like to know more about Mr. HELIX and see more of your illustrations.” ---
**Author:** ![J\_Cubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@J\_Cubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_Cubed)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-say-japanese/561642/3 "2010-11-23T06:31:09Z")
Awesome, **Helix** , you got a real-life Japanese version of [this](http://everything2.com/title/Your+ideas+are+intriguing+to+me+and+I+wish+to+subscribe+to+your+newsletter)! ---
**Author:** ![Helix1047](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@Helix1047](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helix1047)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-say-japanese/561642/4 "2010-11-23T06:37:10Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > Basically, “we’d like to know more about Mr. HELIX and see more of your illustrations.” WOW… thanks for the translation… Ive been mulling over that one for a while. Im very very grateful for the help. JCUBED… yeah, I actually work professionally, so inquiries from other artists are very welcome. ---
**Author:** ![J\_Cubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@J\_Cubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_Cubed)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-say-japanese/561642/5 "2010-11-23T06:47:18Z")
> [@Helix1047](#): > > JCUBED… yeah, I actually work professionally, so inquiries from other artists are very welcome. In case it didn’t read, i was being excited, not sarcastic. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-say-japanese/561642/6 "2010-11-23T06:57:37Z")
If you’re going to be getting communications from Japan in the future, might I suggest you install [Rikaichan](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2471/)in Firefox? Much better than babelfish. ---
**Author:** ![Helix1047](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@Helix1047](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helix1047)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-say-japanese/561642/7 "2010-11-23T07:27:55Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > If you’re going to be getting communications from Japan in the future, might I suggest you install [Rikaichan](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2471/)in Firefox? Much better than babelfish. Is to better than Google Translate? I get a lot of stuff from Japan, and there’s no good way for me to understand it at this point. I get the general gist, but not any actual meanings.