English speakers

[Thomas Vincent]

Thanks very much for the responses to this, on- and off-list. I've heard 
some very useful suggestions. Hope to keep you posted...



Best wishes


Tom
National Media Museum, Bradford UK


>From: "Jonathan M. Hall" <jmhall at uci.edu>
>Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: Re: English speakers
>Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 11:41:47 -0700
>
>I'd also like to second Stefan's suggestion that, in general, we pay  
>better attention to funding interpreters and translators, though  often 
>it's not sexy enough to win the support of funders and  interpreting does 
>take valuable time in an event.  (Forgive me if I  seem pedantic here, but 
>in my understanding, one "interprets" spoken  language and "translates" the 
>written.)  When I worked as a volunteer  interpreter for the Japanese gay 
>activist group OCCUR, which had sent  a delegation to the European-based 
>International Lesbian & Gay  Association conference, I really was astounded 
>by the sheer anger and  irritation the group incurred when it simply 
>demanded the time  necessary in the proceedings for consecutive 
>interpreting.  Most film  events lack the resources for simultaneous 
>interpreters, and both  audiences and organizers seem to get irritated when 
>time is spent in  languages they can't understand. So my call is for not 
>just a  financial generosity but a linguistic one as well.
>
>My comments are not a criticism of the Bradford event. It sounds  
>promising.
>
>jonathan
>
>
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>Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature / Film & Media Studies
>
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>
>
>On May 9, 2007, at 11:23 AM, Stefan Nutz wrote:
>
>>I met:
>>
>>Kore-eda Hirokazu, Tsukamoto Shinya, Ichikawa Jun and Hiroki Ryuichi
>>and none of the directors above could take part in an English-on- stage 
>>interview.
>>
>>best,
>>
>>Stefan
>>
>>PS: You have the money to invite directors, but no money for  translators?
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Thomas Vincent
>>To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>>Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 6:07 PM
>>Subject: English speakers
>>
>>Hi there,
>>
>>I am working on programming for a film festival in the UK, and  would very 
>>much like to include retrospectives of one or more  Japanese directors or 
>>stars. We'd also like to invite people over  for 'screentalk' events...
>>
>>Does anyone happen to know whether the following people have  sufficient 
>>skills in English to enable them to participate in an on- stage interview:
>>
>>Kore-eda Hirokazu
>>
>>Tsukamoto Shinya
>>
>>Ichikawa Jun
>>
>>Nakata Hideo
>>
>>Asano Tadanobu
>>
>>Hiroki Ryuichi
>>
>>Kurosawa Kiyoshi
>>
>>Miike Takashi
>>
>>From what I can gather from DVD extras and TV clips, I suspect the  answer 
>>may be none of them... Is this correct?
>>
>>Appologies in advance for the rather subjective nature of the  question!
>>
>>
>>Tom Vincent, National Media Museum, Bradford UK
>>
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