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乾燥に注意

English translation: Product may dry out during refrigeration

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Japanese term or phrase:乾燥に注意
English translation:Product may dry out during refrigeration
Entered by: conejo

23:23 Sep 27, 2007
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink
Japanese term or phrase: 乾燥に注意
(This is about konnyaku)
袋から出したら冷蔵庫で保管し、乾燥に注意し1週間以内に食べる。

Are they saying that the konnyaku should not get dry when it is in the refrigerator, or that it should be kept dry?

Thanks.
conejo
United States
Local time: 02:00
Product may dry out during refridgeration
Explanation:
This is saying not to keep the konnyaku dry, but that it might dry out while being stored.

I would translate it like this:
袋から出したら冷蔵庫で保管し、乾燥に注意し1週間以内に食べる。

Refridgerate product after removing from package and eat within one week. Product may become dry during refridgeration.

I had to break it into two sentences, but this sounds like a natural food warning label in English.

Hope this helps.
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Troy Fowler
United States
Local time: 00:00
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Thanks everyone.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +7Product may dry out during refridgeration
Troy Fowler
3avoid drying
Kurt Hammond
2keep out moisture
seika


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Product may dry out during refridgeration


Explanation:
This is saying not to keep the konnyaku dry, but that it might dry out while being stored.

I would translate it like this:
袋から出したら冷蔵庫で保管し、乾燥に注意し1週間以内に食べる。

Refridgerate product after removing from package and eat within one week. Product may become dry during refridgeration.

I had to break it into two sentences, but this sounds like a natural food warning label in English.

Hope this helps.


Troy Fowler
United States
Local time: 00:00
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks everyone.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Can Altinbay: Sounds good to me.
3 mins
agree  Nobuo Kameyama
5 mins
agree  KathyT: Noice. Refrigerate without the "d" - (the contraction "fridge" usually adds the "d", though) - a label may be more likely to say "consume" within 1 week.
22 mins
  -> Oops! I actually dropped "refridgerate" into a word file to 'psuedo-spell-check' it, and it didn't get flagged...I guess my spell-check settings were off. Thanks for pointing that out.
agree  casey
2 hrs
agree  Duncan Adam: yes, it's saying you should be aware that it may dry out, rather than that you should keep it dry.
6 hrs
agree  Ruth Sato
8 hrs
agree  RieM
14 hrs
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
keep out moisture


Explanation:
...はどうですか

seika
United States
Local time: 03:00
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
avoid drying


Explanation:
just another take on the question.

Kurt Hammond
United States
Local time: 00:00
Native speaker of: English
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