ちなみに筆者自身の例で言うと

English translation: speaking about myself(the writer)

11:59 Jan 21, 2007
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Japanese term or phrase: ちなみに筆者自身の例で言うと
ちなみに筆者自身の例で言うと、英語と同様に中学生の時から得意だった科目は国語である。

how would you phrase this?? Thanks
Roger Johnson
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English translation:speaking about myself(the writer)
Explanation:
Speaking about myself/In my case, the subject I was good at since Junior High, along with English is Japanese(Kokugo).

Though it depends on the text, the writer is probably talking about himself. Or otherwise the person writing that sentence is referring to a book written by another author and is talking about that author.
In any case, it means 'giving my own example', 'in the case of the writer/myself'.
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Kaysha Valen (X)
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4 +2speaking about myself(the writer)
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4Incidentally, taking my own example .....
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speaking about myself(the writer)


Explanation:
Speaking about myself/In my case, the subject I was good at since Junior High, along with English is Japanese(Kokugo).

Though it depends on the text, the writer is probably talking about himself. Or otherwise the person writing that sentence is referring to a book written by another author and is talking about that author.
In any case, it means 'giving my own example', 'in the case of the writer/myself'.

Kaysha Valen (X)
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  KathyT: Yes, or perhaps "To give a personal example..."
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agree  Yo Mizuno
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Incidentally, taking my own example .....


Explanation:
The author is referring to himself as an example.
The first word of the phrase "chinami ni" means "incidentally".

humbird
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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