Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Chilly winds...

タイトル:寒風…

In the morning I had to be present at a raid near Yoyogi Uehara.
In the afternoon I had to take a "burasagari" (meaning "cling-on") interview in front of the courthouse.
It was a windy day... and the winds were so chilly... I hope I didn't catch a cold!

朝には代々木上原近くの捜索に立ち会わないといけなかった。
午後には裁判所前で「ぶら下がり」インタビューをとらないといけなかった。
とても風が強い日で…本当に冷たい風だった…風邪をひいてなきゃ良いんだけど!

(today's term)
burasagari(interview) 
 ぶらさがり(インタビュー)

英語では説明しづらい日本のメディアが行う
「ぶらさがりインタ」。
ここにある写真のようなインタ方式↓
http://hide3diary.blogspot.com/2007/01/no-sweat.html
首相をはじめ、会合が終わった後や国会での
政治家に対するインタビューなどで
テレビではよく見られるが、英語で説明するのは
結構難しい。要するに…
"a way of interviewing someone usually without an
appointment, where the interviewers "cling-on" to
the interviewee outside of a room or building where
the interviewee had just been"
丁寧に説明すると長いな…。直訳すると、
「インタビューの手法の一つで、通常は

アポ無しで行われ、インタビューする人たちが、
インタビューされる人に「ぶらさがる」かたちで、
インタビューされる人がさっきまでいた部屋や建物の
外で行われるもの」
これ、よくやるインタ(インタビュー取材のこと)の
かたちなんで、英語でも説明できるようにしないとね!

2 comments:

  1. Five days ago, you wrote about your future, didn't you? Can I talk with you about that? Your work-collegues read this blog too, don't they? Is it OK that they have known about that? If I can, I would like to hear your thinking about your future, your job. Because I have a thing about my future too, though in my case it is changing the section in my company.

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  2. Yeah, I did write about my future. To be exact, I wrote about my hopes about my future. So I think, none of my colleagues will take my posts in all seriousness.

    But I have a growing desire to fly on to another dimension. I'm still under 40, and I don't want to narrow my roads ahead clinging on to my present job.

    I have to admit my job is attractive and I have no intention to be a critic about journalism. Nothing's enough with this job, and I can never be satisfied with what I do.

    I want to start living a life I can feel satisfaction with. Fortunately enough, I'm still single and I have nothing to sacrifice. And money is not my primal interest. I still have no concrete plan for this coming year, but I definitely will start thinking about an alternative choice than just running on the same track!

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