Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
メールは過ぎたことはしょうがないでしょ
English translation:
We can't do anything about the mail that has expired.
Added to glossary by
Will Matter
Dec 15, 2004 08:45
19 yrs ago
Japanese term
nausi
メールは過ぎたことはしょうがないでしょ
Non-PRO
Japanese to English
Social Sciences
Linguistics
email
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | We can't do anything about the mail that has expired. |
Will Matter
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| 4 | FYI |
SenQ
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| 2 +1 | I suppose..... |
Hiromi Kobayashi
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| 3 | It could mean... |
MNakata45
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Proposed translations
+2
11 hrs
Will Matter
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
proofreading/editing/research/security
Native in: English 
Works in: English, Japanese to English, zzz Other zzz to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
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We can't do anything about the mail that has expired.
You could also say " We can't help the fact that the mail has expired" OR "There's nothing that we can do about the fact that the mail has expired" OR "The fact that the mail has expired can't be helped". All of these are acceptable, natural English for this phrase.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
1 hr
Japanese term (edited):
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FYI
it's nothing to do for the expired email.
メールは過ぎたことはしょうがないでしょ sounds not so fluent.
メールは過ぎたのがしょうがないでしょ sounds better.
メールは過ぎたことはしょうがないでしょ sounds not so fluent.
メールは過ぎたのがしょうがないでしょ sounds better.
+1
5 hrs
Hiromi Kobayashi
Japan
Japan
Native in Japanese
Japan
Licensed English tour guide, interpreter
Native in: Japanese 
Works in: English to Japanese, Japanese to English
Japanese term (edited):
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I suppose.....
I suppose:
1)
I can't do anything about e-mails which were already deleted.
2)
I can't do anything about e-mails which were already sent.
1)
I can't do anything about e-mails which were already deleted.
2)
I can't do anything about e-mails which were already sent.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
humbird
: The original sentence is not very articurate I don't know what it is referring to. Because of that we have to guess. For this reason this seems a good guesswork, possibly in its closest approximation.
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Thank you!
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7 hrs
Japanese term (edited):
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It could mean...
It depends on what was mentioned in the mail, but I think it could be something like;
We cannot really do anything about the things mentioned in the mail, which have alreay done.
Maybe this person just came back from a business trip and could not respond to e-mail in time to deal with whatever was mentioned in the e-mail.
We cannot really do anything about the things mentioned in the mail, which have alreay done.
Maybe this person just came back from a business trip and could not respond to e-mail in time to deal with whatever was mentioned in the e-mail.
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