You're putting words in my mouth.

Japanese translation: それはあんたの言い方でしょ

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English term or phrase:	You're putting words in my mouth.
Japanese translation:	それはあんたの言い方でしょ
Entered by:	humbird

16:13 Aug 3, 2005

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English term or phrase: You're putting words in my mouth.

After I say something, someone else interprets my words in a way that I did not originally mean. So, I say "You're putting words in my mouth." What's the most natural way to say it in Japanese?

statusquo (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 15 (1 open) Answers: 13
Local time: 18:20

それはあんたの言い方でしょ

Explanation:
Now, as you know original connotation of this English expression is "Don't push your opinion upon me".
My title answer is "That's what you say". My second answer is: それはあんたのいいたいことなんでしょ to the same end. Hidden meaning of this expression is "That's not what I want to say." Or more directly:
”自分の意見を押し付けないでよね”。
Hope this helps.

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humbird

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Thanks... It seems like there's no 100% accurate way to say this, but this is pretty good.
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5 +2

それはあんたの言い方でしょ

humbird

そういう意味ではなくって/そういう意味じゃなくって

ad_yumi

3 +1

そういう意味で言っていないよ。

Kurt Hammond

Discussion entries: 1

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2 hrs confidence:

you're putting words in my mouth. そういう意味ではなくって/そういう意味じゃなくって

Explanation:
It's very casual way of saying "you're putting words in my mouth" in Japanese.I don't know which kind of situation you would like to use it for.If you need it more fomal style, there will be different ways of saying that.

ad_yumi
Local time: 11:20
Native speaker of:

Japanese

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

you're putting words in my mouth.

それはあんたの言い方でしょ

humbird
Native speaker of:

Japanese,

English
PRO pts in category: 20

Grading comment

Thanks... It seems like there's no 100% accurate way to say this, but this is pretty good.

8 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

you're putting words in my mouth. そういう意味で言っていないよ。

Explanation:
Another way to say it. This is how I have seen Tokyo-ites tend to say it. In Japanese they generally do not say so strong as to suggest "you're putting words in my mouth" but more softer like the above, which has the meaning "that's not what I was saying" or more literally "I did not intend for what I was saying to have that meaning"

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Note added at 9 hrs 2 mins (2005-08-04 01:15:59 GMT)
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A note: ¥"you¥'re putting words in my mouth¥" is not as strong an expression as ¥"don¥'t push your opinion on me¥" which was suggested by another answerer. While it sounds strong, usually ¥"you¥'re putting words into my mouth¥" means ¥"You are incorrectly paraphrasing what I just said¥", hence ¥"そういう意味で言っていないよ¥"

You can easily say ¥"you¥'re putting words in my mouth¥" without starting a fight, but ¥"don¥'t push your opinion on me¥" is sure to anger the listener. Likewise, the other answerer¥'s Japanese suggestion is a bit harsh and alienating, while my proposed answer is closer in ¥"conflict level¥" to the original English.

Kurt Hammond
United States
Local time: 02:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 9

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