市役所や病院ので、「やさしい」と書かれたページをることがある。これは、を勉強中の外国人などに、必要なをに伝えるための日本語だ。のから始まった取組だが、今では、ごみの、、、子育てなど、のにでも使われている。出入国在留管理庁の・仕事ガイドブックにも、やさしい日本語版が用意されている。
You may see pages labeled ‘Plain Japanese’ in notices from city halls or hospitals. This is Japanese designed to deliver necessary information quickly and accurately to foreign residents and others who are still learning the language. The approach began with disaster information, but it is now used for everyday matters such as garbage disposal, taxes, work, and childcare. The Immigration Services Agency's living and working guidebook also has a Plain Japanese edition.
ただ文章を短くすれば、なるとは限らない。、「所定のへ避難してください」より、「へ逃げてください」のが、にもを想像しやすい。をことに加えて、の文にを詰め込みすぎないこと、主語やをはっきりことも大切だ。子ども向けのにのではなく、必要な内容を残したまま、迷いやすい部分を減らしていく。
Simply making a sentence shorter does not always make it easier to understand. For example, ‘Escape to the designated place’ makes the required action easier to picture in an emergency than a more formal expression using shotei and hinan. Besides replacing difficult words, it is important not to pack too much information into one sentence and to state the subject and deadline clearly. The aim is not to make the language childish, but to reduce ambiguity while keeping the necessary content.
やさしいは、翻訳の代わりをすべて引きものではない。病気の説明や法律の手続きなど、正確なが必要なもある。それでも、町に住むへのを届けるのとして役立つ。を開いた、やさしい日本語版があれば、元の文章と並べてと、でよくがどのように言い換えられているかもくる。
Plain Japanese cannot replace every translation. Situations such as medical explanations and legal procedures may require precise interpreting. Even so, it can serve as a shared first language for getting information to people who live in the same community. When a difficult notice has a Plain Japanese version, reading the two side by side also reveals how expressions often used by public offices are rephrased.