Reporting a Reproducible Export Bug | Learn Japanese in English

Japanese lesson set in a contemporary Tokyo everyday setting: In a software support exchange, a customer reports a reproducible export problem and asks how to share safe sample data..

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Dialogue

A

絞り込んだ結果を含めると、エクスポート機能が必ず失敗します。

shee-boh-ree-KOHN-dah kehk-kah oh foo-koo-MEH-roo toh, eh-koo-SPoh-toh kee-NOH gah kah-nah-rah-ZOO sheep-PIE shee-MAHS The export feature fails whenever I include filtered results.
B

再現できそうですね。そうであれば、トラブルシューティングがかなり進めやすくなります。

sigh-GEHN deh-kee-SOH deh-soo neh. soh deh ah-reh-bah, toh-rah-boo-roo-SHOO-ting-goo gah kah-nah-ree soo-soo-meh-YAH-soo-koo nah-ree-MAHS That sounds reproducible, which makes troubleshooting much easier.
A

フィルターをかけていないデータでテストしたところ、エクスポートは正常に動作しました。

fee-roo-TAH oh kah-keh-teh ee-NAI day-tah deh TEH-soo-toh shee-tah toh-koh-roh, eh-koo-SPoh-toh wah seh-JOHN-nee doh-SAH-koo shee-MAH-shee-tah I tested it with unfiltered data, and export worked normally.
B

そうすると、フィルターの処理がエクスポートモジュールと干渉している可能性があります。

soh koo-soo-toh, fee-roo-TAH noh shoh-REE gah eh-koo-SPoh-toh moh-JOO-roo toh kahn-SHOH shee-teh EE-roo kah-NOH-seh-ee gah ah-ree-MAHS Then the filter logic may be interacting with the export module.
A

機密情報を含まないサンプルファイルを送ることができます。

kee-MIT-soo joh-HOH oh foo-koo-MAH-nai SAHM-poo-roo FAI-roo oh oh-koo-roo koh-toh gah deh-kee-MAHS I can send a sample file without sensitive information.
B

そのファイルがあれば、問題を安全に切り分けるのに役立ちます。

soh-noo FAI-roo gah ah-reh-bah, moh-DAI oh ahn-ZEN-nee kee-ree-wah-KEH-roo noh-nee yah-koo-DAH-chee-MAHS That would help us isolate the issue safely.
A

ログに機密性のある内容が含まれているか、確認してください。

roh-goo nee kee-MIT-soo-SAY noh ah-roo nah-YOH gah foo-koo-mah-reh-teh EE-roo kah, kah-KOO-neen shee-teh koo-dah-SAI Please confirm whether logs include any private content.
B

ログをお願いする前に、その点を確認します。

roh-goo oh oh-neh-GUY soo-roo MAH-eh nee, soh-noh tehn-toh kah-KOO-neen shee-MAHS I will verify that before requesting the logs.

Word by Word

絞り込んだ 絞り込んだ means filtered or narrowed down in this dialogue, modifying 結果. It is the form used before a noun, as in filtered results.
結果 結果 means results, specifically the results that have been narrowed down here. It commonly appears before を when the results are the object of an action.
を を marks 絞り込んだ結果 as the object of 含める. It is placed after the noun phrase affected by a transitive action.
含める 含める means to include the filtered results in this dialogue. Its plain form appears before と in the pattern for what happens when something is included.
と と means when or whenever in 含めると, linking the condition of including the results to the automatic failure that follows. This pattern commonly presents a predictable result after an action.
エクスポート エクスポート means export and refers to the software operation in this dialogue. It combines with 機能 to identify the export feature.
機能 機能 means feature or function, here identifying the export function of the software. It is the subject marked by が in this sentence.
が が marks エクスポート機能 as the subject that fails. It commonly identifies the thing that performs an action or enters a described state.
必ず 必ず means always or invariably, emphasizing that the export feature fails every time the specified results are included. It is placed before the predicate it strongly modifies.
失敗します 失敗します means fails in the polite form used to report the software problem. Here it describes what エクスポート機能 does, and it can be used after a subject marked by が.
再現 再現 means reproduction or the ability to reproduce the same behavior here. Together with できそう, it describes the reported bug as something that can likely be reproduced.
できそう できそう means looks possible or seems able to be done, so 再現できそう means the problem seems reproducible. It expresses likelihood rather than a certain result and commonly follows an ability expression.
です です is the polite copula in 再現できそうです, giving the statement a polite ending. It follows the assessment できそう to present it politely to the other person.
ね ね seeks agreement or softens the statement in 再現できそうですね. It is useful when sharing an observation and inviting the listener to acknowledge it.
そう そう means so or that way in そうであれば, referring back to the preceding assessment that the problem seems reproducible. It helps connect the previous statement to a conditional consequence.
で で is the connective form of です in そうであれば. It links the preceding assessment to あれば so the whole expression can mean if that is the case.
あれば あれば means if that is the case in そうであれば. It gives the condition for the following statement and is used here to connect an assumed situation with its consequence.
トラブルシューティング トラブルシューティング means troubleshooting, the process of investigating and resolving the software problem. It is the activity that becomes easier when the bug is reproducible.
かなり かなり means considerably or quite, showing that troubleshooting becomes noticeably easier. It commonly appears before an adjective or predicate to indicate a substantial degree.
進めやすく 進めやすく means easy to proceed with in the connective form used before なります. The ～やすい pattern describes an action as easy to carry out, and ～く allows that description to connect to becoming.
なります なります means becomes in the polite form, describing troubleshooting as becoming easier. It commonly follows an adjective in its ～く form to express a change of state.
フィルター フィルター means filter, referring to the software filter applied to data. In this dialogue it appears with かけて to describe applying a filter.
かけて かけて means applying or putting on here, as in applying a filter to data. It is the connective form of the action in フィルターをかけていない.
いない いない means not doing or not having been applied in フィルターをかけていないデータ. It shows that the filtering action has not been applied to the data being described.
データ データ means data, specifically the data used for testing here. It follows フィルターをかけていない to mean data without a filter applied.
テストした テストした means tested, referring to the completed test with unfiltered data. Its plain past form appears before ところ in the expression describing what happened after testing.
ところ ところ means when or after doing something in テストしたところ. The pattern Vたところ introduces a result discovered after carrying out the action.
は は marks the topic in エクスポートは正常に動作しました. It presents export as the item being discussed, contrasting its behavior under this testing condition with the earlier failure.
正常に 正常に means normally or as expected, describing how the export operated in this test. It is an adverb placed before 動作しました.
動作しました 動作しました means worked or operated in the polite past form. Here it reports that the export function operated normally with the unfiltered data.
すると すると means then or from that, introducing an inference from the preceding test result. In the dialogue it follows そう in そうすると and leads to the possible explanation about the filter and export module.
の の links フィルター and 処理 in フィルターの処理, making the first noun describe the second as filter processing. This noun-to-noun pattern is commonly used for an associated function or area.
処理 処理 means processing here, referring to how the filter handles data. Together with フィルターの, it identifies the filter-related processing involved in the suspected interaction.
エクスポートモジュール エクスポートモジュール means export module, the software component that may be affected by the filter processing. It is the component connected by と in the possible interaction.
干渉して 干渉して means interfering or interacting in the connective form of 干渉する. It connects to いる to describe an interaction that is currently occurring or remains in effect.
いる いる indicates an ongoing state in 干渉している, showing that the interference is taking place or continuing. Here it does not express the existence of a person or object.
可能性 可能性 means possibility, here referring to the possibility that the filter processing is interfering with the export module. It commonly appears before があります to state that a possibility exists.
あります あります means there is or exists in 可能性があります. It politely presents the possibility as something that exists, without claiming that it is certain.
機密情報 機密情報 means confidential information, referring to information that should not be included in the sample file. It is the object of 含まない.
含まない 含まない means does not contain, describing the sample file as excluding confidential information. It is the plain negative form used before サンプルファイル.
サンプル サンプル means sample, identifying the file as a representative file provided for investigation. It combines with ファイル to form the noun phrase sample file.
ファイル ファイル means file, specifically the sample file that can be sent safely. It is the object of 送る in this sentence.
送る 送る means to send, referring to sending the sample file to the support team. It appears before こと in the ability construction 送ることができます.
こと こと turns the action 送る into a noun-like phrase in 送ることができます. Together, 送ることができます means can send, and the action remains the thing whose possibility is described.
できます できます means can or be able to in 送ることができます. The construction 〜ことができます is a common polite way to express the ability or possibility of an action.
その その means that and points to the previously mentioned sample file in そのファイル. It is placed directly before a noun to identify something already understood from the conversation.
問題 問題 means problem or issue, referring to the export problem being investigated. It is the object of 切り分ける in this dialogue.
安全に 安全に means safely, describing how the issue should be isolated without exposing sensitive information. It is an adverb placed before 切り分ける.
切り分ける 切り分ける means to isolate or narrow down an issue, here referring to identifying the source of the software problem. It commonly takes the problem as its object, as in 問題を切り分ける.
のに のに means for the purpose of doing something in 切り分けるのに, not although. Here の turns 切り分ける into a noun-like purpose phrase and に marks the purpose, so the whole expression means for isolating the issue.
役立ちます 役立ちます means is helpful, describing how the sample file assists in isolating the issue safely. It commonly follows the helpful thing marked by が.
ログ ログ means logs, referring to the records that may be requested for investigation. In the dialogue, it is the place or container marked by に for possible included content.
に に marks ログ as the place or container in which the private content may be present. It commonly identifies where something exists or is contained.
機密性 機密性 means a confidential or sensitive nature in 機密性のある内容. It describes the kind of content that the logs might contain.
ある ある means to exist or be present in 機密性のある内容, describing content that has a confidential nature. It follows the noun 機密性 to form a description before 内容.
内容 内容 means content, specifically the content that may have a confidential nature. It is the thing described by 機密性のある and contained in the logs.
含まれて 含まれて means be contained or included in the connective form used with いる. In 含まれている, it describes private content as being present inside the logs.
か か marks the embedded question in 含まれているか, meaning whether the content is included. It commonly appears before a verb such as 確認する when checking an uncertain point.
確認して 確認して means check or confirm in the request 確認してください. This connective form is followed by ください to make a polite request for the listener to perform the check.
ください ください means please in 確認してください. Following a verb in the connective form, it politely asks the listener to carry out that action.
お願いする お願いする means to request in ログをお願いする前に. お願い expresses a request or favor, and する makes it an action; together, the construction means asking for the logs and commonly takes the requested item with を.
前 前 means before in お願いする前に, placing the verification earlier than the request for logs. It commonly follows a plain-form action in the pattern Vる前に.
点 点 means point or matter in その点, referring to the question of whether the logs contain private content. It is commonly used for a specific matter that someone will確認する.
確認します 確認します means will confirm or check in the polite form used here. The speaker promises to check that matter before requesting the logs, and the item checked is marked by を.

Grammar Points

～か確認してください

機密性のある内容が含まれているか確認してください。

kee-MIT-soo-SAY noh ah-roo nah-YOH gah foo-koo-mah-reh-teh EE-roo kah kah-KOO-neen shee-teh koo-dah-SAI

Please check whether confidential content is included.

か turns a question into an embedded yes/no question before verbs such as 確認してください.

～前に

ログをお願いする前に、機密性のある内容が含まれているか確認してください。

roh-goo oh oh-neh-GUY soo-roo MAH-eh nee, kee-MIT-soo-SAY noh ah-roo nah-YOH gah foo-koo-mah-reh-teh EE-roo kah kah-KOO-neen shee-teh koo-dah-SAI

Before requesting the logs, please check whether confidential content is included.

前に means “before” and follows a clause in dictionary or noun-modifying form.

Japanese Vocabulary

エクスポート機能 noun
eh-koo-SPoh-toh kee-NOH export feature
トラブルシューティング noun
toh-rah-boo-roo-SHOO-ting-goo troubleshooting
フィルターをかけていない phrase
fee-roo-TAH oh kah-keh-teh ee-NAI unfiltered
含めると phrase
foo-koo-MEH-roo toh when including
結果 noun
kehk-kah result
絞り込んだ verb
shee-boh-ree-KOHN-dah filtered; narrowed down

絞り込んだ結果

再現できそう phrase
sigh-GEHN deh-kee-SOH seems reproducible
失敗します verb
sheep-PIE shee-MAHS fails
進めやすくなります phrase
soo-soo-meh-YAH-soo-koo nah-ree-MAHS becomes easier to proceed with
正常に adv
seh-JOHN-nee normally; properly
動作しました verb
doh-SAH-koo shee-MAH-shee-tah worked; operated
必ず adv
kah-nah-rah-ZOO always; without fail

Quiz

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filtered; narrowed down

Show Answer絞り込んだ

seems reproducible

Show Answer再現できそう

becomes easier to proceed with

Show Answer進めやすくなります

fails

Show Answer失敗します