「写真は良い思い出になります。」 "Pictures make for great souvenirs"?


I was going through some Japanese phrases when this came up： 「写真は良い思い出になります。」

According to my limited Japanese knowledge, that means "Pictures become great
memories." However, the translation present in the source material is
"Pictures make for great souvenirs."

I looked up 思い出, but couldn't find "souvenir" as a definition. I was just
wondering which of the translations are correct, since the disparity of
meaning between them is too big for both to be correct.




As far as I can tell, 'Pictures become great memories' is a literal
translation whereas 'Pictures make for great souvenirs' is a translation that
is more contextualised (You keep pictures for the sentimental value, thus they
are keepsakes/souvenirs/momentos).




As far as I can tell, 'Pictures become great memories' is a literal
translation whereas 'Pictures make for great souvenirs' is a translation that
is more contextualised (You keep pictures for the sentimental value, thus they
are keepsakes/souvenirs/momentos).

