tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post1775916303823853872..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: Amaterasu, do I have to?MTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-77272629885860324772007-05-15T12:34:00.000+09:002007-05-15T12:34:00.000+09:00I prefer your first sentence to mine. As for the s...I prefer your first sentence to mine. As for the second sentence, Abe is speaking quite informally, totally without his usual gravitas (funereal air to his detractors), and I think that threw you off a little. For the record, I couldn't reproduce the glee evident in "Sore ga saa" and "surutte iundayo".Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-90954428883790502582007-05-15T12:14:00.000+09:002007-05-15T12:14:00.000+09:00Not so Jun-san:I read the article this morning, ma...Not so Jun-san:<BR/><BR/>I read the article this morning, managing to not go blind in the process.<BR/><BR/>I even typed up the text and tried my hand at my own translation of the supposed Abe quote:<BR/><BR/>会談後、安部は周辺に「ラントスって、あれリベラル」だろ?それがさあ、慰安婦問題よりも何よりも憲法に触れ、おれに憲法改正で敬意を表するって言うんだよ」と興奮気味に語った。<BR/><BR/>"After the meeting, Abe told with some enthusiasm to those surrounding him, "Lantos--he's one of 'those', isn't he? Well then, what we should take away from this, rather than the comfort women, rather than anything else, is that he touched upon the Constitution and showed me some respect over constitutional revision."MTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-21028683499916032302007-05-15T12:02:00.000+09:002007-05-15T12:02:00.000+09:00Mr. Komori is not alone. Read on at your own peril...Mr. Komori is not alone. Read on at your own peril.<BR/><BR/><I>"Abe was particularly encouraged by the fact that during his US visit in late April, liberal-left Senator Lantos, who is supposed to at a distance from Abe, praised his plans to amend the Constitution. After the meeting, Abe somewhat excitedly said to his associates, "That Lantos, he's (a liberal), isn't he? Even so, he talked about not the comfort women issue, or anything else, but he says he respects me because of </I>[my take on]<I> constitutional amendment."<BR/>(translated excerpt from a May 15 </I>Yomiuri<I> article.)</I><BR/><BR/>Actually, my translation fails to capture the excitement in Abe's words that is evident in the original. As for your eyes, MTC, I think you've forever damaged them by reading this. Sorry about that. But I did warn you.Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-4942565256410018792007-05-15T09:05:00.000+09:002007-05-15T09:05:00.000+09:00anonymous - If you have access to the U.S. Embassy...anonymous - <BR/><BR/>If you have access to the U.S. Embassy translation service, it should be among the <I>Sankei Shimbun</I> offerings.MTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-9130548398140722602007-05-14T21:41:00.000+09:002007-05-14T21:41:00.000+09:00Stop showing off. Please tell us in English what i...Stop showing off. Please tell us in English what is says. We cannot all be as brilliant as you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-79719141249631970102007-05-14T07:54:00.000+09:002007-05-14T07:54:00.000+09:00Graham - If I had to venture a guess it would be t...Graham - <BR/><BR/>If I had to venture a guess it would be the Embassy--and with a little editorial help from his own imagination.MTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-71289342859054432592007-05-14T03:49:00.000+09:002007-05-14T03:49:00.000+09:00You know I can't even find any report other than f...You know I can't even find any report other than from <A HREF="http://www.sankei.co.jp/seiji/shusho/070427/shs070427001.htm" REL="nofollow">Sankei </A> that Lantos said that in the first place. Searches in English on Nexis come up dry. Nothing on his website. Can you tell how Komori supposedly got this quote?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com