Tsukitei (Yamasaki) Compilation Discussion

[Arlekin]

Pretty funny!! Poor Yamazaki and his daughter. Nice subs btw!! Thanks

[andylau-fr]

your compilation is impressive.
you are probably the biggest Yamasaki fan.

[soudou]

:D Pretty funny!! Poor Yamazaki and his daughter. Nice subs btw!! Thanks

Thanks glad you enjoyed it! And haha yeah, misfortune seems to follow him around sometimes.

your compilation is impressive.
you are probably the biggest Yamasaki fan.

Haha... umm... well I don't know But thank you!!

You know in the Teacher batsu I think he purposefully chose only to mention certain series/films he'd been in because he knew those titles would make people laugh I wish I could get his old series/movies but some are only on Japanese VHS... I don't have a way to convert them to DVD myself. For example he played a young school rebel/wannabe-yakuza (low res pic below I cleaned up) and I think he was even in this prison drama once, but not sure since I haven't been able to find any clips or even screenshots. It'd be funny to see such things though.

[sebas-chan]

thanks soudou!! you are a posting machine.
I have no enough time "to thank" you, jeje

[soudou]

thanks soudou!! you are a post machine.
I have no enough time "to thank" you, jeje

Haha, you're welcome! Yeah I decided I'd try and wrap up what I had left of Downtown Kazaana to upload yesterday so there were quite a few New Threads in a row. Someday I'll get around to uploading the other series I found on Clubbox, Downtown Juice, so there'll be another slog of New Threads then, sorry sebas-chan

Thank you kindly for giving Thanks! I really do appreciate every one of them!

[azuura]

Yamasaki makes a very short appearance on ep.48 of Gobugobu.
Starting around 22:30 ending at 24:00.

ごぶごぶ (2011.01.28) -048- 「ごぶごぶガールズと仲良くなろう」
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTAzOTE2NDMy.html
Download http://www38.zippyshare.com/v/74822516/file.html

[soudou]

Yamasaki makes a very short appearance on ep.48 of Gobugobu.
Starting around 22:30 ending at 24:00.

Haha!! Sadist Hamada vs Yamasaki is always so hilarious That is awesome, thank you!

[Arlekin]

I did a rough translation of an interview Oricon published yesterday with Hosei talking about the batsu and the Chono slap (no direct spoilers as far as I can tell):
http://yamasakigifs.tumblr.com/post/709 ... chono-face

[Fengson]

You know Japanese, soudou?

[Yamazaki Ichiban]

You know Japanese, soudou?

No, unfortunately not. If I watch something in Japanese other than a few words here and there I don't understand what's being said. I've memorised Hiragana but not learnt what the Hiragana together mean as words! I just try my best using various tools to decipher things line by line when I want to have a better understanding. But even 1 minute of video can take hours depending on the dialogue for me.
But I make mistakes and I do worry about making big misinterpretations... I'm just happy people can enjoy regardless of flaws. I figure the stuff I want to share are unlikely to be translated so crappy subs are better than none, I'll leave Kiki/the batsu/etc. to the pros!

I guess this is roughly my process:

For web articles:

• Copy-paste 1 paragraph into Google Translate (not the whole thing).
• Break down the sentences in the paragraph (e.g. line break after apostrophes, full stops etc. so Google Translate treat them separately, I find it makes the translation less jumbled).
• Cross-reference words in http://ejje.weblio.jp/
• Fix the English grammar so it reads easier and less literal.

For video with on-screen subtitles:

• First I type out the Hiragana on here http://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/hiragana.htm
• If there's any Katakana I play spot the Katakana on here http://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/katakana.htm
• If there's any Kanji I either:
  - Use http://jisho.org/kanji/radicals/ to find it.
  - Take a screenshot, make the Kanji black on white using an image editor then use http://capture2text.sourceforge.net/ to identify it.
• I put it all together and paste it into Google Translate or cross-check with other translators like Bing etc.
• Look up certain words or phrases in http://ejje.weblio.jp/ or http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp and select the best meaning based on the context.
• Some phrases won't be in Ejje, sometimes it's slang or a modern invention. I stick them through Google and try to find some context. Such as people in Japan using it in different sentences that I then use the above methods to break down. Sometimes even Japanese people are asking eachother what it means on Yahoo Japan and offer a less-slangish explanation. Or if I'm lucky people are discussing the meaning of the phrase in English on language forums.

For video without on-screen subtitles:

• Listen to the sentence over and over and type out what you can hear in Hiragana.
• Use the methods above for the result.
• Anything that isn't simple I google stuff like "<word> japanese meaning" or use Jisho's word search and hope for the best! http://jisho.org/words/
  It's very much trial and error and a case of researching based on the context...

Kansai-ben is difficult because for whatever reason there's nothing like Ejje for it I think. There's some pages about it or discussions though so it's just a case of checking those or Googling "<word> kansai-ben". If all else fails.... just have to take your best guess based on context and paraphrase the gist if there's like 1 or 2 sentences out of everything that can't be easily interpreted. That's where most mistakes can come... but it's either that or no translation at all I guess.

I made a list of all the tools and research pages I use here: http://yamasakigifs.tumblr.com/amateursubbing
I think that pretty much anyone can do it, it just takes time... and praying noone chews you out for your terrible comprehension mistakes.

[MatsumotoG]

This is so funny, thank you

[soudou]

This is so funny, thank you

Thanks! Glad you enjoy it!

[VideogameDC]

Does somebody have the prank Downtown pulled on him? Where they made someone rape Yamasaki, where that guy later pulls out a knife?
I'm just curious about that prank I want to see it

[VideogameDC]

Does somebody have the prank Downtown pulled on him? Where they made someone rape Yamasaki, where that guy later pulls out a knife?
I'm just curious about that prank I want to see it

There is no sub available for it but here you go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9A3AYXE0_o

[sebas-chan]

Just wanna promote this Amateur Sub since it was a toughie with the heavy dialect and casual speech I give many thanks to @pooleden and Mickstar for helping me get the gist of parts.
http://yamasakigifs.tumblr.com/post/738 ... -369-radio

Matsumoto Hitoshi’s Broadcasting Room #369 (Radio)
"The Nature of Yama-Chan" (08.25.2008)
Matsumoto has a radio show where he chats to screenwriter and old friend Takasu Mitsuyoshi (he writes for the Gaki series).
This is a clip from one episode where they start talking about Hōsei’s natural eccentricity. They just can’t figure out that wild imagination of his xD