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Ani-watcher
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Wow! Even the Madoka series made a hugh impact on the Finnish government. No surprise because this series was a masterpiece that I enjoyed to absolutely no end.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica ftw!! 
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Fencedude5609
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Hell yeah, Eila rocks. |
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Mr. Nescio
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This is getting strange. Finland doesn't have nothing to with Madoka (unlike Strike Witches), so the reason for posting this is not apparent. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with it, though. The real strange thing is that the translation is strangely informal and not grammatically correct Finnish ( my translation of the phrase would be "Tee sopimus minun kanssani tullaksesi taikatytöksi"). Furthermore, the audio demo doesn't sound like it was made by a native Finnish speaker.
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reanimator
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It's curious that Finnish embassy is showing interest in Japanese pop culture, especially anime. What do they gain out of this? I'm sure they'll have great relationship with Japanese fans, but are there more to it?
I wonder if youth culture in Finland has some influence on the embassy... |
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Hainohaino
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There is no "ä" and "ö" letters in it but it should be "Teepä sopimus mun kaa, ja tuu taikatytöks." And it's in a certain Finnish dialect or colloquial, so it's not right from the book. I know 'cause I'm Finnish :----D
And the people in the Finnish embassy probably just like Madoka Magica, so I cand find anything weird about it :---D Last edited by Hainohaino on Sat May 05, 2012 5:02 am; edited 1 time in total |
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testyal1
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Darn it, Finland! Now I have to choose between living in Germany, Japan or you!
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maaya
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The reason simply seems to be teaching some Finnish words to Japanese followers (they made some other posts explaining how to say "cold" and "hot") and using anime makes that more interesting, and yes, probably there are also some anime fans working in the embassy as well (young interns often take care of twitter accounts and similar stuff). |
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Ryo Hazuki
Posts: 370 Location: Finland |
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The Japanese phrase itself isn't formal speak, so it makes sense to translate it into a colloquial (not really grammatically incorrect) phrase. |
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enurtsol
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That's because it's the Finnish Embassy in Tokyo. The Finnish government probably doesn't even know anything about it. |
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partially
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Not even that, it is their PR person in charge of the twitter account. This is simply the posting of a single individual working in a government posting and likely bored during an idle moment. I find it odd that people always think such things must be some sort of vast government push/conspiracy. It is simply a harmless curiosity hence why the persons superiors don't care or take it down. |
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Melanchthon
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Tourism. When you hear something like this, you think, hey Finnland's pretty cool. And the next time you feel like traveling to Scandinavia to tour the fjords in a nice boat, you remember how cool Finland is, and you go there. And yes, the embassy probably just said "Henrikki the intern, just toss some Finnish/Japanese translations on twitter," and he ran with it, but it does increase goodwill between the two nations, which is the purpose of the embassy to begin with.
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naninanino
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I don't know who these guys over at the Finnish Embassy are, but they sure can't speak finnish.
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zr2008
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Google translator from Finnish to English
Teepa contract my gas, and wind taikatytoks And English to Finnish Tee sopimus minun tulla maaginen tyttö It seems to prefer this Finnish phrase to translate into English Tee sopimus mun kaa, ja tuu taikatytoks Make an agreement on my gas, and wind taikatytoks |
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TarsTarkas
 Posts: 5936 Location: Virginia, United States |
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Funny how some are complaining that the Finnish people working in the Finnish Embassy, can't speak Finnish properly. Makes one wonder who can't speak Finnish, the complainers or the Finnish Embassy.
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Juno016
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Hidden proof that Kyuubey is actually a skunk.
When I went to the American embassy in Tokyo in 2008, there were a few Japanese people and apparently an Englishman working there, too, so they aren't necessarily Finnish. Besides, I trust some of the Finnish people on this site to know what they're saying. =P |
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