Here we have another frequently mistranslated expression: 規制. Consider the following Japanese sentence and the translation below it:
ドアストッパがスライドドアの右側への移動を規制する。
(?) The door stopper regulates the movement of the sliding door to the right.
The problem with this translation is, of course, the word “regulates”. Here is Merriam Webster‘s take on this word:
Definitions 1 and 2 clearly do not fit. Defintion 3 goes in the right direction. But the stopper does not “adjust” the movement of the sliding door. Rather, it puts a limit to its movement. In other words:
The door stopper limits the movement of the sliding door to the right.
Alternative translations of 規制 that will also work in this particular example are “curbs” and “restricts”, maybe even “stops”. In other contexts, “confines” or “puts a bound to” might also work. “restrains” does not work well here, because that implies a slowing down of the movement, rather than a hard stop.
So to sum up, “regulate” can easily be misunderstood as “adjusting” or “fine-tuning” and is often a mistranslation of 規制. There are contexts, where “regulate” is a good translation of 規制, but in a technical context, “restricts” or any of the other translations mentioned above is usually better, in particular when relating to movements that are limited on one side.
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