Help Translating Spoken Japanese?

MasterOfPuppets · (#1 (**permalink**))

I'm currently subtitling a movie, but I don't have a translator anymore. I was wondering if someone could help me here. The 4th one starts with the word "Nensha/念写" for those unfamiliar with it. Thanks!

http://thewelloffears.webs.com/2nd.mp3
http://thewelloffears.webs.com/3rd.mp3
http://thewelloffears.webs.com/4th.mp3
http://thewelloffears.webs.com/5th.mp3

Sashimister · (#2 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets

I'm currently subtitling a movie, but I don't have a translator anymore. I was wondering if someone could help me here. The 4th one starts with the word "Nensha/念写" for those unfamiliar with it. Thanks!

http://thewelloffears.webs.com/1st.mp3
http://thewelloffears.webs.com/2nd.mp3
http://thewelloffears.webs.com/3rd.mp3
http://thewelloffears.webs.com/4th.mp3
http://thewelloffears.webs.com/5th.mp3

I'll just do the first one while my bread is getting toasted. I won't do another, I promise, because I only need to have two slices toasted. If you show your work first, however, then I might change my mind and correct it for you (but not do it from scratch).

Driver: Aren't you a newspaper reporter? With the local news department if I may even add to that? Well, maybe not. I probably guessed wrong. Ha ha ha.

Dude: No. I'm with the Touto Newspaper. But how do you know I'm with a newspaper, sir?

Driver: It wasn't difficult. There aren't too many people around here who work this late at night without even drinking to begin with. Besides, I sensed that air from you. How should I call it, the very curious type?

Dude: Unfortunately, that isn't me.

MasterOfPuppets · (#3 (**permalink**))

Yay! Thanks for the help! Here's hoping more people can help, and I'll stick around and see if I can help people with English! I'm removing the link to the first one to keep it up to date, but if anyone wants to hear it, it's quoted in the second post. Again, thanks a lot!

MasterOfPuppets · (#4 (**permalink**))

When you mean show my work, you mean the subs? If so, here's the scene you translated for me. I slightly changed the wording so it would time better, but as you can see the meaning the exactly the same. I also did not fix the drinking line yet because he talks very fast then and is difficult to time, I will fix it unless you think what I have now is good enough. Also sorry about the quality, but this is the best I can do at the moment, the real video does not look like this. Sorry for the double post too.

KyleGoetz · (#5 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets

When you mean show my work, you mean the subs? If so, here's the scene you translated for me. I slightly changed the wording so it would time better, but as you can see the meaning the exactly the same. I also did not fix the drinking line yet because he talks very fast then and is difficult to time, I will fix it unless you think what I have now is good enough. Also sorry about the quality, but this is the best I can do at the moment, the real video does not look like this. Sorry for the double post too.

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No, he meant show your own attempt to translate it first. That's generally how things work here, especially for big projects.

MasterOfPuppets · (#6 (**permalink**))

Ah, that's what I thought. I'll get on that right away then!

EDIT: I translated the second one as something like...

"Iwata Shuichi... Was there something on this? Don't watch this..."

"岩田修一が... これ何か*上*? これを見るな*...

Some on screen text helped me with that one, so what I have might be different from what is said.

3rd and 5th are way too difficult for me... I'll try the 3rd one.

MasterOfPuppets · (#7 (**permalink**))

Sorry for the double post, but I have another question. I'm trying to translate this picture, but I can't get one of the kanji. Any help? It was shown after the closing credits of the last episode of a drama. Here's what I have.

このドラマはフィクションであり、(*)中のビデオクリップは、オリジナル映像に手を加えたものです。

I've tried "剌" "制" "刺" "間" and probably some others but I just can't make it out.

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...h28m04s212.png

ponkikki · (#8 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets

Sorry for the double post, but I have another question. I'm trying to translate this picture, but I can't get one of the kanji. Any help? It was shown after the closing credits of the last episode of a drama. Here's what I have.

このドラマはフィクションであり、(*)中のビデオクリップは、オリジナル映像に手を加えたものです。

I've tried "剌" "制" "刺" "間" and probably some others but I just can't make it out.

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...h28m04s212.png

I think it would be 劇

MasterOfPuppets · (#9 (**permalink**))

Hm, so how would that translate? "This drama is fiction..."? Thanks for the help again!

ponkikki · (#10 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets

Hm, so how would that translate? "This drama is fiction..."? Thanks for the help again!

I am not good at English, but I will try.

This drama is a fictional work, and the video clip in the play is the one to have made some retouches on an original footage (to have arranged one's verbs and objects to an original footage).