Google translate

I have hit a bit of a hump after going great last week. I have hurt my rotator cuff in my left shoulder. Otherwise known as "swimmer's shoulder". I might give the swimming a miss from now on. Shame. Maybe another jogging session. I didn't actually do it while swimming. I went swimming last Thursday, killed it, felt great, then hurt it on Monday night playing with the kids. It just started aching. I think I might have done it during the Chest & Shoulders workout after work last Monday, so maybe it wasn't swimming. Whatever. I've taken it really easy the last week.
I took the day off work and we all went to Nagashima Spaland last Tuesday, which is a massive amusement park. We just went to the pool section. Jo Jo lost his mind in the wave pool and Willy went on his first proper waterslide. "It was very crazy" he said. Fun day. Mind you, I didn't have to go to work, so it was always going to be an awesome day because I am hating work at the moment.
I'm thinking of changing the oil in my motorcycle so I consulted the manual and decided to translate a section of it because I was bored. Maybe you are interested in where Google Translate is at. I am. Here it is.

ORIGINAL JAPANESE
エンジンオイル
エンジンの性能を維持するためには、定期的なエンジンオイルの点検・補給が必要です。
汚れたオイルや古くなったオイルは、エンジンに悪影響を与えますので、早目に交換してください。エンジン停止直後のメンテナンスは、エンジン本体、マフラやエンジンエキゾーストパイプなどが熱くなっています。ヤケドにご注意ください。
この車の潤滑装置はドライサンプ方式を採用しています。
エンジンオイル量の点検は下記の手順で行ってください。
エンジンを始動して、オイル量の点検をする前に、以上の点検を行ってください。
１．右側サイドカバーを取り外します。（３２ページ参照）
２．オイルレベルゲージを外します。
３．布などでオイルレベルゲージについたオイルを拭きます。
４．車体を垂直に立て、オイルレベルゲージをねじ込まずに差し込みオイルレベルゲージにオイルが付着するかを確かめます。
５．オイルレベルゲージにオイルが付いた場合は、７１ページ記載の要領でオイル量の点検をします。

GOOGLE TRANSLATION
Engine oil
To maintain the performance of the engine, check engine oil supplement is required periodically.
Old oil and dirty oil, so can adversely affect the engine, please replace early. Maintenance after the engine stops, the engine body and the engine is too hot exhaust pipe and muffler. Please note burns.
The car's lubrication system is adopted as the dry method.
Please check the engine oil is doing the steps below.
Start the engine and check oil level before you, please do more inspections.
1. Remove the right side cover. (See page 32)
2. Remove the oil level gauge.
3. Wipe the oil with a cloth and oil level gauge.
4. Body upright, but check to be deposited into the oil to the oil level gauge oil level gauge Neji込Mazu.
5. If the oil level gauge with oil, then check oil level in the manner described on page 71.

MY LITERAL TRANSLATION
Engine Oil
In order to maintain the functionality of the engine, regular inspection and supply of the engine oil is necessary.
Dirty or old oil has a bad effect on the engine, so change it beforehand. The engine, muffler, and exhaust pipe are hot when performing maintenance immediately after stopping the engine. Take care not be burn yourself.
This motorcycle uses the dry sump style lubrication unit.
Follow the instruction below to check the amount of engine oil.
Perform the following inspections before starting the engine and checking the amount of oil.
1. Remove the right side cover (see page 32).
2. Remove the oil level gauge.
3. Wipe off any oil on the oil level gauge with a clean cloth.
4. Stand the motorcycle vertically, insert the oil level gauge without screwing it in, and check the amount of oil on the oil level gauge.
5. If there is oil on the oil level gauge, use the guidelines on page 71 to check the amount of oil.

MY FINISHED TRANSLATION
Engine Oil
You should regularly check the engine oil in order to maintain the performance of the engine.
Dirty or old oil can damage the engine, so it should be changed before this happens. Take care not to burn yourself when performing maintenance immediately after stopping the engine, because the engine, muffler, and exhaust pipe will be hot.
This motorcycle uses the dry sump lubrication method.
Follow the instructions below to check the amount of engine oil.
1. Remove the right side cover (see page 32).
2. Remove the oil level gauge.
3. Wipe off any oil on the oil level gauge with a clean cloth.
4. Stand the motorcycle vertically, insert the oil level gauge without screwing it in, remove it, and check the amount of oil on the oil level gauge.
5. If there is oil on the oil level gauge, use the guidelines on page 71 to check the amount of oil.

Notes:
Google translation: is shit. Steps 1 and 2 are the only acceptable translations. I like the [Please note burns]. "Oh yes, I have burnt myself here, here, and, oh, here. I also note the pain these burns are causing."
My job is safe: for now. And for a while, it seems.
Literal translation: This is my translation using the Japanese as a base. So it sounds stiff and strange, but hey, that's what is says.
Finished translation: A clean up, attempting to make the English more natural-sounding. Also fixing up any unclear sections, like in the Japanese (and the literal translation) it says "insert the oil level gauge without screwing it in, and check the amount of oil on the oil level gauge". That would be pretty hard to do without removing it again. So I added the bit about removing it again.
The hard part is making it sound natural after being distracted by the original language. If my boss told me to just write out a section from scratch about how checking and changing oil is important and how you do it etc for the English edition of this manual, it would sound much better, and it would be different, too. But the translator has a source, and if the source has a look at the translation and can't see that this means this and that means that he might think "WTF? I didn't write this!" and talk to the translator's boss. So it has to be recognizable as a translation, if you know what I mean. Maybe not so much in an enlightened workplace, but you won't find one of those here in Japan, unless, ironically, you go to the Google offices in Tokyo.
Anyway, back to the workouts sans swimming this week.

Week 2 & 3

What a win by Sydney last week. I really expected them to be a little bit flat after the sadness of the week, but they came out fired up. Reminded me of when we played Collingwood earlier this season. In that game it looked like they had really committed to doing everything they can to win. Couldn't beat Collingwood, but we got Geelong. They look really flat, and are in danger of going into the finals with 2 losses. I'm not sure they can make the Granny now. They look shaky. Swans will probably play the Saints first week of the finals. Probably the best outcome for us.
Workouts going well. Running, swimming, stretching, lifting. All good. I feel stronger. I was a bit flat after not getting the IBM job in Brisbane. I keep thinking how cool it would have been to get it. At least the reason I didn't get it has nothing to do with me, more to do with the job. Hopefully a position I am suitable for will open up there in the near future. It has spurred me on to get better at what I do. I don't want to be given the chance to work there and then flunk the interview.
The Chest, Back & Shoulders workout is the problem. It's long and hard. I think what I'll do is take out all of the pull-up exercises out of it, which cuts it down to eight exercises, and with the pull-ups, I'll "grease the groove". That means, every time I walk under my pull-up bar, I do between 5 - 10 pull-ups. So instead of doing them during a once-a-week workout and doing, say, 25 of them, I'll do some every time I go down to the garage, with might be many times a day, meaning I'll do 100s a week without the fatigue.