Sometimes I get to talk with Japanese users on social media sites and one
thing that I say to them quite a lot is:

> "Please forgive my Japanese, I'm still learning" or "it's not very good".

I just want to know if I am expressing myself well enough if I say:

> 私の日本語をゆるしてください。まだ勉強していますから。

Does it sound ok? I would really like to know better expressions. For example,
at some point I asked this:

> "Could you understand what I wrote about? My Japanese is not that good, thus
> it might sound weird."

In Japanese I translated like this:

> 書いたのが理解できますか。私の日本語はまだ上手ではないからちょっと変かもしれないけど。

I don't know if 書いたの is a good choice... What do you think? Could you give
some examples that sound nicer?
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How to express that I'm still learning Japanese?
The 1st one sounds pretty good to me. The only thing I feel a bit weird is
「私の日本語」. It would sound better if you have some adjective to explain your
Japanese. Also, 勉強中 is usually used for "I'm learning". So, my answer would
be;

> 私の[拙]{つたな}い日本語をお許し下さい。まだ[勉強中]{べんきょうちゅう}なものですから。

But, I personally feel, if you say this, I don't believe it because it is too
good :)

For the 2nd one, "書いたの" sounds a bit casual to me, so if you are talking to
your friend, it is good. If you are talking to someone who you don't know
well, I would say "私の書いたことが理解できますか". The 2nd part looks perfect.

Hope it helps.
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>   * "Please forgive my Japanese, I'm still learning" or "it's not very
> good".
>   * 私の日本語をゆるしてください。まだ勉強していますから。
>

To improve your translation in Japanese, I'll tell you the important points as
follows:

  * Even if your Japanese is poor, it's not your Japanese but you that needs to ask for someone's forgiveness, so 「日本語が下手｛へた｝な私を許｛ゆる｝してください」 is better than 「私の下手｛へた｝な日本語を許｛ゆる｝してください」. 
  * Usually we Japanese say the cause or the reason at first before saying the conclusion, so 「日本語を勉強中ですから / 日本語が下手｛へた｝ですから、私を許｛ゆる｝してください。」 is better than saying 「私を許｛ゆる｝してください、日本語を勉強中ですから / 日本語が下手｛へた｝ですから。」.

My attempts are:

いま日本語を勉強中ですので、少し下手｛へた｝ですがお許｛ゆる｝しください。or  
いま日本語を勉強中ですので、少し下手｛へた｝ですが許｛ゆる｝してください。  
Literally, the Japanese will be like: どうぞ私の（下手｛へた｝な）日本語を許｛ゆる｝してください。まだ勉強中です。

>   * "Could you understand what I wrote about? My Japanese is not that good,
> thus it might sound weird."
>   * 書いたのが理解できますか。私の日本語はまだ上手ではないからちょっと変かもしれないけど。
>   * I don't know if 書いたの is a good choice... What do you think?
>

A. Ellette said 書いたもの is better than 書いたの, but I could understand your attempt
in Japanese very clearly. Very good!

As I said above, it's better to say the reason or cause at first like:  
私の日本語はまだ上手ではないからちょっと変かもしれないけど、書いたものが理解できますか。

My attempt is:  
日本語はまだまだですのでちょっと変かもしれませんが、書いたもの理解できますか。
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