Yeah…it’s coming. Soon. “Soon” being Japanese for “at an indeterminate time in the geologically near future”. Explosions, action, fast-paced hip music. Save that for other movies. This one just has me in it. And that, friends…is enough. Khatzumoto: The Movie. Presented in ultra high-definition flash video and shot using the latest two-year-old Japanese cellphone technology.…
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The Other Other Other White Meat: Yet Another Japanese Success Story
by khatzumoto
First, let’s discuss the different types of white meat. White Meat: Chicken The Other White Meat: Pork The Other Other White Meat: My roommate R-star from freshman year at college. He was in ROTC and seriously pumped. Hunnnh! Which brings us to the Other Other Other White Meat. This guy. He learned Japanese using very…
The Bilingual Career Forum Story
by khatzumoto
So, the way I even heard about this bilingual Japanese/English career forum is that my Japanese roommate from before I had considered studying Japanese, Ko-star, went to the Boston version. It both inspired me and made me jealous when I realized that “wow, Ko-star is totally fluent in two very economically valuable languages, and here…
Pure Pwnage: How Fluent Was I After 18 Months?
by khatzumoto
So, I have a BIG ego, and do LOTS of ego-surfing. I should make an RSS feed of my self-googling. And during my daily, no, hourly session of ego-surfing, it came to my attention that I had not quite made clear just what I meant by “fluency” after 18 months. In a word, my fluency…
Chinese Project Notes 9.5.1: Status Report/Getting Through To People
by khatzumoto
Big thanks to Mark for that Disney phone directory! So, I called the dubbing department, the Disney Department of Dubbing, and spoke to a lady named D-star (not kidding…all D’s). D-star was really nice but said she had no clue about exact transcripts, since they are handled locally (French in France, Chinese in China, etc).…
Chinese Project Notes 9.5: Getting Exact Movie Dialog Transcripts for Japanese and Chinese
by khatzumoto
OK, I’ve had it! There’s got to be a way of getting a copy of exactly what was said in a movie. I could go through some movies myself, painstakingly copy down every word of dialog, and then post it here, but who wants to do that, when: 1) There may or may not be…