Bad translation or poetry?

[Warren Smith]

A sign in the capsule hotel where I am staying. 

[Bill Lise]

5-4-5-5

Worse in Japanese.

靴をロッカーにお入れください

通路に置いていると、通知されずに移動させて頂く場合があります。

字余り on steroids.
Of course the 場合があります waffle helps. 

When politeness is involved, English can be more efficient.

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Bill Lise

wlise...@gmail.com

https://kirameki-translation.co.jp/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-lise/

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On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 17:14 'Warren Smith' via Honyaku E<>J translation list <hon...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

A sign in the capsule hotel where I am staying. 

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[Steven Venti]

Bad translation, Warren.

If it were poetry, the last line would have read "Moves on a whim."

Cheeres

[Warren Smith]

I like it!

Clearly your localization career must have been a smashing success.

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