What's New at Kyoto NHK ESS?

Hello, everyone.

I hope this text message finds you well.

This is the announcement about the activity on July 18.

Title: Movie Subtitle

Genre : Talk and Translation

I have a few experiences of getting involved in the translation of movie subtitles.

The passages I will prepare for the latter half activity are about Toda Natsuko. She is one of the most famous subtitle translators in Japan.

And then, I would like you to try some movie translations.

Thank you.

T.Noguchi

Dear Kyoto NHK ESS members
This is the announcement of the practice on Aug 1.
Genre: Discussion and creative work
Title: ``Let`s make your own words``
Procedure:
・Make some groups (3 to 5 people for each group)
1st stage （20-30 minutes）:
・I distribute the paper listed sayings spoken by famous people.
Please discuss about those sayings in your group.
・How do those sayings connected with their careers and the historical backgrounds in which they lived?
・What messages did they want to convey through those sayings?
・Are you sympathetic or unsympathetic to those sayings ?
2nd stage (30-40 minutes)
・Please write your own remarks within three sentences like the sayings spoken by famous people.
Any genre is OK. Remarks shall be based on your creed, your wish, and slogan such as advertisement
(Example ``NO MUSIC, NO LIFE`` slogan by Tower Records).
・Please introduce your remark to other members in your group.
・If you have extra time, please go on to write another remark.
I hope you will enjoy the practice.
Thanks,
Seiichiro Iwai

Hello, ESS members
The atmospheric pressure is unpredictable again today.
I'm sending this email to inform all members to confirm appointed practice mainly.．
Appointed date: Aug. 8th, 2015
Genre: Economy
Titles : Japan Economy, quo vadis?　日本経済いずこに
subheading: Beyond pros and/or vis-a-vis adopting the American Standard
アメリカンスタンダードを取り入れるかについて賛否を超えて
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　following procedures ; see below please...
１．Make some groups 5 or 6 members .　(It might depend on numbers of participants.)
２．I'm going to distribute pieces of my writings on economic issues I drew up to each team.
３．Decide a leader out of each group.
４．Read and make a discussion on contents, proposals, and 2 questions on distributed handouts.
５．Chosen leaders of each group answer 2 questions.(on distributed handouts)

What-if some newcomers who have a different verbal operational capability show up?
All things considered, I would be supposed to prepare 日本語解説と日本語説明
to facilitate understanding in regard with them, with preparing for the worst.
　Anyway, let me post on our ESS round table by text messages for further details to be on safe side around Aug. 1st.before fixed date 8th.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　I really appreciate it.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Masaya Fujiki.
プラクティス当日諸般の事情を考慮して、日本語表記の説明文と日本語での説明を加えます。

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Hello, to registered ESS members
RECONFIRMATION
I'm sending this email to inform all members to reconfirm appointed practice on..,
Appointed date: Aug. 8th, 2015
Genre: Economy
Titles : Japan's Economy, quo vadis?　日本経済,いずこに
Subheading : Beyond pros and/or cons vis-a-vis adopting the American Standard　アメリカンスタンダードを取り入れるかについての賛否を超えて
as noticed beforehand,
　　　　　　　　　　　 Let me perform it following procedures 1-5;
See below please..,
１．Make some groups 5 or 6 members .　(It might depend on the numbers of participants.)
２．I'm going to distribute sheets of my writings on economic issues I drew up to each team.
３．Decide a leader out of each group.
４．Read writings and then make a discussion about contents, proposals, and 2 questions on distributed handouts (accompanied by several sheets of Japanese translation &c ).
５ Chosen　leaders by each group answer 2 questions.(on distributed handouts)
I'd like to put the following way;
See also,
What if some newcomers who cannot afford the latest information might show up. I’m afraid they might meet unexpected circumstances.
Therefore, all things considered, I would be supposed to prepare 日本語解説と日本語説明　to facilitate understanding of contents in consideration of them (newcomers). 　　　　プラクティス当日諸般の事情を考慮して、日本語表記の説明文と日本語での説明を加えます。
I'm giving the finishing touches to writings indicated above right now.
It's been an abnormal climatic weather. Let's be careful of heat stroke.
That'll be all.
I appreciate it a lot.
Masaya Fujiki.

Dear, everyone.

Today’s topic is the pet problems in an apartment house.
Do you have dogs or cats? Do you love them so much？

Title: Pet problems (We divide our members into 6 groups)
Nowadays some elderly people keep dogs or cats. I think they are very pretty animals for their owners. But they sometimes make many troubles with their neighbors.

For example
① When they feel loneliness, they bark in daytimes or nights.
② Big size dogs sometimes threaten young kids.
③ In an apartment condominium, some owners keep their dogs or cats.(illegally)
④ Some owners leave dog’s oops outside of their rooms.
⑤ Some of the residents detests cats and dogs.
⑥ An very old man keeps a large-size young dog, even though his physical condition is serious by his age. After his death, nobody would be able to keep it.

When I had been in an apartment house, we argued about the pet problems at the residents’ meeting. Keeping dogs and cats were prohibited there.

Even now, estimated more than 30% of the residents keep dogs or cats illegally.
Some residents annoyed that a large number of the residents keep them.
Under such situations, nobody can say that keeping pets are illegal, but I said that.

Discussions
1.Do you have any good ideas about the apartment-condominium pet problems?
2.Pets lovers cannot easily release their lovely pets. Even though, if you were living in a volcanic island like Miyake-jima or Kuchinoerabu-jima., you would have to leave your pets.

Ending (3 minutes each)
3. Representative of each group talk about your lovely memories with your pets.

By Takeo Kuchinaka