Showing posts with label nihongo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nihongo. Show all posts

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Personal Hygiene


Seriously. And to think that I was all hesitant about leaving the house without make-up on when I lived in Tokyo. Two years in Berlin now, and I think I've hit my all-time low...and I don't really care, actually. Woo hoo!


「体臭チェック」

英語で"smell check"とは全般的に期限がすぎた食べ物、もうすでに1回着た服などの臭いをかいでまだ食べられる/着れるかどうかチェックすることです。一応私はOKだったみたいだったのでそのまま出かけました(時間無かったし)。東京ではスッピンで出るのも抵抗があったのに、もう2年でこの状態。(歯は磨きましたが)

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Caged

She apparently had this dream two nights in a row. Something is seriously wrong.


「エサあげるの忘れてた」

Monday, June 25, 2012

Heterosexual Assholes

I just want to say that I snub all charitable organizations equally.


 知ってたら署名したけど...

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Don't be a perv

Yeah, G, stop being such a perv.

「下品」

You know what's weird? I have no problem writing this comic in English, but I found myself feeling a little bit reluctant about translating this into Japanese. It also took me a while to figure out which version of the word "penis" I should use in Japanese. Revelation: I'm prude and proper in Japanese.

Also, G and I agree that "Pimmel" (German) is the best penis word ever. (Nobody asked.)

Ungh. I have a feeling I'm going to get lots of hits just for saying "penis" in this blog. Penis penis penis.

不思議なことに、このマンガ、英語で描(書)くのは問題無かったのに、なぜか日本語に訳すときにかなりの抵抗がありました。さて"Penis"をどうやって訳そうか思ったより長く悩んだし...。結論:私は英語では下品だけど日本語だといい子ちゃんなのです。いままで気がつかなかった...

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Get a bell, kid

This made me laugh a lot for some reason though.


「ベル買えよ」


Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Dream Job

Something I remembered from babysitting the other day. Kids are awesome.

 久々の日本語バージョン!「Dream Job」

Monday, April 23, 2012

We've just met

I babysat these really awesome girls aged 7 and 9 last night. I think I got really lucky because they were really, really sweet and we spent a good chunk of the time together playing Wii and drawing comics. It's been so long since I've last interacted with kids and I'd forgotten how fun they can be. I also got about a week's worth of comic material . . . ha!


昨日はすっごく明るい7歳と9歳の女の子たちのシッターをしてきました。本当に良い子達でラッキーだった上、彼女たちのおもしろ発言だけで1週間分ぐらいのネタゲット。笑 子供ってホントに面白い!


Friday, April 20, 2012

Running still makes me say weird things

I have no idea where this came from.

「ランニング中のやっぱり謎な発言」

Previous weirdness here: Running makes me say weird things.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Too obscene for my blog

I was all like, "Score! Free comic!" and then . . . yeah. My other dream was that I was Brett from the Flight of the Conchords and was touring with Jemaine around Australia.


「ブログにはちょっと...」


Friday, April 13, 2012

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Virgin - バージン

Translation of the comic "Virgin" from March 16.
3月16日の"Virgin"を訳してみました。



More Grey

Ahem. And have I mentioned grey is my favourite colour?

「グレー」

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

You Hung Up...


Aaaand the Japanese version! 日本語バージョンも!

All righty. Off to Bremen for Easter then!

Monday, April 2, 2012

Bonsai in Japanese?


I have a few friends in Japan who speak English and check my blog now and then, but otherwise I get barely any hits from Japan. It just occurred to me that this makes me kind of sad because I'm Japanese and I'd like some Japanese readers who could relate to my comics. And that it's probably impossible to gain Japanese readership in English.

So yes. I'm thinking of translating some of my comics into Japanese. I'm not really sure why I'd never thought of this. I usually work Japanese -> English when I do translation work, but it's not like I can't work the other way around. Plus, it's my own stuff so I can work freely, and it's good practice anyway.

That being said, I still do want to keep BMB in English, so I'll have to determine whether I want to have a separate site or not. I probably won't translate everything (some things are just pointless to try to translate and there's also panel order...) and I'll want to do the text by hand if possible, but I think I'll give it a try. 

Anywho. Here's my first attempt at translating today's comic. Is it just me, or does it suddenly look all . . . manga-esque? 


[日本にも私のマンガを読んでくれる友達が何人かいるんだけど、それ以外の日本の読者はほぼゼロ(多分)。それってなんだか悲しいな、と今日始めて思いました。やっぱり自分は日本人だし、私のマンガを読んで共感してくれる日本人の読者の方がもっといたらなぁ。やはり英語で書き続けても日本人の読者の輪は広がらないし...

というわけで、私のマンガを日本語に訳してみようと思います。なんで今まで気がつかなかったんだろう?大体仕事で翻訳をする場合は日本語を英語に訳すけど、反対が全然できないわけでもないし。しかも、作者が自分だから自由に訳せるし、いい練習にもなるし。

とは言え、Bring Me Bonsaiのサイトは英語のみにしておきたいので、日本語サイトを立ち上げるかどうかも考えなくちゃいけないし。マンガも全部が全部訳して面白いものでは無いし、コマの方向とか順番も違うし、出来れば全部手書きでしたいけど、とにかく試してみようと思います。

とりあえず、今日のマンガを訳してみました。日本語にしたら急になんだかすごく日本のマンガっぽく見えるのは私だけ?日本語になってもあんまり違和感が無いかも?]