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<p class="ydp30d0208eMsoNormal">Can I just clear up a point ?</p>
<p class="ydp30d0208eMsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;layout-grid-mode:char;mso-layout-grid-align:none">Although Jonathan mentions “<span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#050505">talk in </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:#050505">Osaka</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#050505"> last month</span>”, the date,
at the bottom of the piece is 1999.<span> </span>That
seems worth saying in relation to Markus’ point about not mentioning her
collaborations “in recent decades”.</p>
<p class="ydp30d0208eMsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;layout-grid-mode:char;mso-layout-grid-align:none">But thanks, Jonathan – it is an interesting, lively and informative read.
And it’s in english, in case anyone (like me initially) thought they hadn’t got
the time to follow the link.</p>
<p class="ydp30d0208eMsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;layout-grid-mode:char;mso-layout-grid-align:none">kind regards,</p>
<p class="ydp30d0208eMsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;layout-grid-mode:char;mso-layout-grid-align:none">Roger</p>
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On Saturday, 4 July 2020, 23:53:33 BST, Markus Nornes via KineJapan <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp7a587dd6yiv1252966699"><div><div><div>The gender thread in her story is really interesting and impressive. I suspect that a majority of subtitles in Japan are now women. Toda paved the way. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Interesting that she calls it a solitary job. I’ve heard from many people that in recent decades, she has an uncredited staff that help keep volume up. Wish she talked more about that. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Toda always talks And writes about Tom Cruise and Harrison Ford. I always cynically felt she was milking their cultural capital, but here she does seem quite star struck. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I’ve seen her interpret for Hollywood types, and she was both accurate and appropriately festive in affect for the occasion and the shiny stars. She made it fun. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>But her subtitles are something else again. It’s interesting she mentions the “philosophical “ Thin Red Line, as I’ve written an analysis of her translation of that film. It’s precisely the philosophical side that she excises, transforming a contemplation on war into a dumb Hollywood blockbuster. It was quite disheartening, as I adore Malick’s film. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>The link at the bottom is also interesting. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Markus</div></div><div><br clear="none"><div class="ydp7a587dd6yiv1252966699gmail_quote"><div class="ydp7a587dd6yiv1252966699yqt0569253497" id="ydp7a587dd6yiv1252966699yqt02189"><div class="ydp7a587dd6yiv1252966699gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 4:07 PM Jonathan M. Hall via KineJapan <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="ydp7a587dd6yiv1252966699gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(5,5,5);">Hello All, </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(5,5,5);"><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(5,5,5);">I enjoyed reading this /rough/ transcription of a talk in Osaka last month by famous Japanese subtitler Toda Natsuko about her career in the world of subtitling. It's a quick read but the glimpse of the early history of subtitling in Japan is interesting, and, through the modesty of her self-history, you can hear Toda's powerful determination to break into a male clique.</span><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(5,5,5);"><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><a shape="rect" href="https://swet.jp/columns/article/event_report_toda_natsuko_talks_about_her_life/_C38" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://swet.jp/columns/article/event_report_toda_natsuko_talks_about_her_life/_C38</a><span style="font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(5,5,5);"><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div>By the way, the Society of Writers, Editors, and Translators is a great association. And their very helpful Japan Style Book can be downloaded for free. Follow this link:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><a shape="rect" href="https://japanstylesheet.com/download-jss/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://japanstylesheet.com/download-jss/</a><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Best regards to all,</div><div>Jonathan</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div>
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