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I was browsing a language exchange site and came across:
私のように明るく、前向きな方がいいです。
And the text under it (translation from the user who posted the entry) was:
I'm hoping that you are cheerful and positive as me.
To me, translated semi-literally, that looks like "My hope (is you are a) bright, positive person". Where is the equivalent of "as me" in that sentence? Does "私の" act as both "My wish" and "As I am" in this context?
Or is the translation just not the same as the Japanese text?
This person is getting the "as me" from 私のように, but if we were to translate it directly we would probably say like me. My guess is that because this person didn't say "as ~ as me" they probably just put 私のように and got "as me" with the "like me" meaning in translation software.
So the Japanese is a little different from the English, and the English isn't perfect. But the comparison is in the phrase 私のように, or "like me."
