苦しい言い訳

くるしいいいわけ

lame (poor) excuse

言い訳が立つ

いいわけがたつ

to have an excuse

言い訳がましい

いいわけがましい

seeming like an excuse, seeming like a justification, defensive, in an apologetic tone

言い訳が立たない

いいわけがたたない

admitting no excuse

翻訳元言語

ほんやくもとげんご

language being translated from, source language

翻訳先言語

ほんやくさきげんご

language being translated to, target language

訳

やく わけ

conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard, reason, cause, meaning, circumstances, situation

訳無い

わけない

easy, simple

訳の分からない言葉

わけのわからないことば

meaningless words, words that make no sense

訳がない

わけがない

there is no way that... (expresses speaker's belief that something is impossible)

諸訳

しょわけ

details, intricacies

訳名

やくめい

name or word formed by translation

邦訳

ほうやく

translation into Japanese

直訳

ちょくやく

literal translation, direct translation

訳読

やくどく

oral translation, reading and translating

翻訳

ほんやく

translation

訳注

やくちゅう

translation with notes, translator's notes

訳語

やくご

translational equivalent, term(s) used in translation, gloss, equivalent term in another language

訳業

やくぎょう

the translation profession