7/31/2018

Frank Zappa

If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.(もし君が、両親や教師、牧師、もしくはテレビの中の誰かさんの言うことを素直に聞いてしまったため、退屈で惨めな人生を送るはめになったのなら、それは自業自得というものだ。) ---- Frank Zappa

7/26/2018

Big Hero 6: Baymax Returns 帰ってきたベイマックス


A very conventional and enjoyable superhero series, an arc with new villains, new themes and new plots. Due to the shift from cinema to TV, the CG has been replaced with more rough, traditional 2D animation though these changes of technology have insignificant impact on the viewers.

For farther information, please visit the website.
http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=363432

7/22/2018

at my alma mater 母校にて(9)

Those new picture books I translated have been available at Tsuda University Alumnae Association. Also, one of my English teacher colleagues Sally sensei and a member of our university's independent forum, "Translators' Network" enjoyed using those books for their regular read-aloud sessions, and I really appreciate such beautiful opportunities. Many many thanks. Hope that our alumnae, especially the ones who are engaged in basic English or Japanese education and the ones who are in the middle of child-raising will enjoy using those books, and that the books will meet lots of new friends. Their books can be borrowed for 1 month in term time
翻訳いたしました新しい絵本も津田塾大学同窓生の広場でもご利用可能となりました。また、英語講師仲間のSally先生や、大学の自主フォーラム「翻訳ネットワーク」のメンバーさんもレギュラーの読み聞かせ会でお役立てくださいまして、良縁を誠にありがとうございます。貸し出し期間1か月ですので、初等英語や日本語教育に携わっていらっしゃる同窓生の皆さま、子育て中のOGの方々などを中心にご活用いただけますと光栄です。絵本にいっぱいお友達ができますように。
↓For farther information, please visit the website. 詳細はこちらから。
http://www.tsuda-jyuku.org/square/library/

7/18/2018

Midsummer Day of the Ox Gift 土用の丑の日ギフト 

From today (July 18th) - 20th, to express our sincere gratitude to all, we have decided to do "It's a Color of..." with my translation FREE download service. We will really appreciate it if you can download our Ryan for FREE from Amazon Kindle for your favorite devices such as PC, Kindle, Kindle Cloud, iPhone, iPad, etc during this period, and enjoy petting him.
本日(7月18日)から20日まで、皆さまへの日頃の感謝の気持ちを込めまして、訳書『それは…のいろ』の無料ダウンロードを行うこととなりましたのでご報告差し上げます。期間中は無料にてアマゾン・キンドルからダウンロードできますので、この機に、PC、キンドル、クラウド、iPhone、iPadなど、皆さま各々のお気に入りデバイスへ入れていただき、愛でてやってくだされば幸甚です。

Please take care not to suffer from this summer heat and hope all of you have a nice Midsummer Day of the Ox.
炎暑の折から夏負けなどなさいませんよう土用の丑の日をお迎えくださいませ。
西日本を中心とする被災地の一日も早い復興の祈念を、被災された方々にお見舞を申し上げます。

↓For FREE download. 無料DLはこちらから。
Japan http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07D8LMSVW
USA http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D8LMSVW
Canada http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07D8LMSVW
Holland http://www.amazon.nl/dp/B07D8LMSVW
France http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B07D8LMSVW
Australia http://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07D8LMSVW

The author, being a math teacher for 35 years in high school, and a mother of four children and grandmother of five, has written a lot of books for which she has taken advantage of her years of experience as a teacher and her rich experience with her children and grandchildren, and this adorable gem was written to teach colors with lots of fun. I sincerely hope both children and adults can enjoy this book both in English and Japanese.
35年間、高校の数学教師として教鞭を取られてきた著者は、4児の母であり、5人の孫の祖母。長年の教師経験や子孫たちとの豊富な体験が活かされた作品が多く、本作はとても楽しく色を学べる可愛らしい一作となっています。英語と日本語のバイリンガルで、子供も大人もお楽しみいただければ幸甚です。

7/14/2018

Kittens' story time おはなしこねこの会 2018.07

I joined "Kittens' story time", a read-aloud session hosted by "The Wildcat Translation Club of Children's Books" today, and was lucky enough to be able to read aloud some wonderful picture books in front of such adorable little book lovers at Junkudo Ikebukuro Honten children's books section, such a hear-warming and beautiful urban oasis in the middle of Tokyo. Many many thanks for such a wonderful opportunity. Good boys and girls who love picture books, please come and join us. They are holding their regular sessions every month at Junkudo Ikebukuro Honten and Maruzen Marunouchi Honten.
本日は「やまねこ翻訳クラブ」の読み聞かせ会「おはなしこねこの会」に参加いたしまして、ジュンク堂池袋本店の児童書フロアにて、可愛らしい絵本好きな子どもたちの前でステキな絵本を読ませていただきました。東京のど真ん中にこんなにも心温まる美しい都会のオアシスがあったのですね。すばらしい良縁をありがとうございます。絵本大好きっ子なよい子の皆さま、よかったら遊びにいらしてくださいね。ジュンク堂池袋本店丸善丸ノ内本店にて毎月開催されてますよ。

7/12/2018

COCO リメンバー・ミー


A subtle yet charming and inspiring story with a quality of animation worthy of an Academy Award, this is another Pixar's masterpiece. Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.

For farther information, please visit the website.
http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=360948

7/08/2018

at National Diet Library 国立国会図書館にて 2018.07

Those picture books with my translation published this spring have been available at National Diet Library Tokyo as well. Many many thanks. Hope the library patrons, especially the ones who are in the middle of child-raising, engaged in basic English and Japanese education, will enjoy them and the books will meet lots of new friends.
今春に翻訳いたしました絵本が国立国会図書館でもご利用可能となりました。ありがとうございます。とくに子育て中の方々や、初級の英語や日本語教育に携わっていらっしゃる方々などを中心にお楽しみ、ご活用いただければ光栄です。絵本にお友達がいっぱいできますように。

↓For farther information, please click each title. 詳細はタイトルをクリックくださいませ。
White Cat Black Cat Vol.2 しろねこクンくろねこクン 2巻
Lucy the Cat Vol.9 ねこのルーシー 9巻

7/04/2018

Paddington 2 パディントン2


Paddington 2 completely captures the essence of the the book, and there are superb performance from all the actors and a huge number of cameos, and Hugh Grant(ヒュー・グラント)puts in a superb performance as the baddie. Paddington himself is happily settled with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens, where he has become a popular member of the community, spreading joy and marmalade wherever he goes.

For farther information, please visit the website.
http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=361373