Japanese keyboard. How to make a computer speak Japanese?

All of us from early childhood know how complicated the Japanese language, because it contains several thousand unusual characters, which, it would seem, is simply unrealistic to learn. In order to freely communicate with the inhabitants of the country of the Rising Sun and not feel any discomfort at this, it is necessary to know only two thousand such signs. Another thing - writing. A typical European is difficult to imagine what a Japanese keyboard looks like, so let's try to understand this interesting question.

Language features

Let's imagine what a Japanese keyboard should be like. If it contained all the signs and symbols - this would be a real nightmare not only for us, but for the Japanese. Is it really necessary to fully master this incredibly complex language in order to communicate with a friend on the Internet? And what size should the Japanese keyboard be, so that all these mysterious sticks and hooks can fit on it?

As you know, in Japan two alphabets are used - "Hiragana" and "Katakana". The first is designed to record the most common words, and the second helps to identify words of foreign origin. Each alphabet contains 47 basic unique symbols and 73 derivatives. Everything would be fine, but the Japanese language is so cunning that it uses one more alphabet - "Kanji", which we call hieroglyphics. These symbols are so complex that writing them requires a lot of skill and long training. But not everything would be so bad if these alphabets were used separately. So no! The same book can contain characters from all three alphabets. Now it remains only to imagine an unfortunate and tormented Japanese blogger sitting with a huge keyboard and trying to find on it the necessary hieroglyph ...

We reveal the secret of the Japanese keyboard

Fortunately, in fact everything was not so sad. The fact is that the Japanese keyboard is practically the same as the European one. How can this be so? After all, the Japanese in their speech use so many characters and letters that simply do not fit even on the largest keyboard. And the secret is quite simple: for typing, Latin is used, which is automatically processed and converted into Japanese words. At the same time, clicking the left mouse button over each word, you open an additional menu, which contains possible variations of this word in Japanese. Who would have thought that everything is so simple?

Easy translation

To translate Russian texts, many versions of the online translator have been developed, which supports more than thirty foreign languages, has the ability to sound and print, and also has built-in dictionaries. The Russian-Japanese keyboard allows you to virtually enter the required data with the mouse directly on the monitor. And large and comfortable buttons make it easy to type text with your fingers on the touch screen, which is very convenient for people who spend a lot of time e-mailing.

Interesting to know!

As for the Japanese operating system Windows, it differs from ours only in that all the inscriptions in it are translated into Japanese. All other functions remain unchanged and familiar to the European user. From all of the above, we can conclude that the Japanese keyboard is a kind of converter of Latin letters into intricate and incomprehensible symbols for us. If you suddenly decide to experiment, then even your usual keyboard can be turned into Japanese. To do this, you just need to change the language in your usual way. Perhaps such experiments will be your first step towards learning a mysterious country called Japan.