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Aug 6, 2011 09:38
Hi

I found that Japanese jokes and English ones are very different. I watched an English comedy drama, and it seemed impossible to translate it in Japanese. (I thought it was funny though) There are two important differences. First, the difference between Japanese and English. Secound, the difference of sense of humor. Let's take some examples. A woman was telling an Indian guy how to get the classroom. She said "Go down the corridors. Turn left!". He quoted her. "Down the corridors and turn left?". "Right" said she. "Hm!? Left OR Right?" said he. I dont think that there any ways to translate this into Japanese. I also read some jokes but few of them are funny to me. Especially, a joke about a soldier who shot dead his friend to make sure he was dead. This story is said to be the funniest joke in the world though..
NurikoSpecial
Aug 6, 2011 09:51
  • I dont think that there any ways to translate this into Japanese.

  • I don't think that there are any ways to translate this into Japanese.(possibly more common: "I don't think there is any way...")

 

I've never heard the joke about the soldier... it doesn't sound like something I'd find funny, though, haha XD

Aug 6, 2011 13:21 QQQ
haha thankss for correcting i will write abt soldier joke in the next journal.
frankie forfingaz
Aug 6, 2011 09:53
  • I found that Japanese jokes and English ones are very different.

  • I have found that Japanese and English jokes are very different.

 
  • I watched an English comedy drama, and it seemed impossible to translate it in Japanese.

  • I watched an English sitcom, and it seemed impossible to translate into Japanese.

 
  • (I thought it was funny though) There are two important differences.

  • (I thought it was funny though.) There are two important differences.

 
  • Secound, the difference of sense of humor.

  • Second, the difference in senses of humor.

 
  • Let's take some examples.

  • Let's look at some examples.

 
  • A woman was telling an Indian guy how to get the classroom.

  • A woman was telling an Indian guy how to get to a classroom.

 
  • She said "Go down the corridors.

  • She said "Go down the corridors.

 
  • "Down the corridors and turn left?".

  • "Down the corridors and turn left?". Did she really say, "Down the corridor..."? Is this a British comedy or an American one or what? If it was American, they would probably say "Down the hall..."

 
  • "Right" said she.

  • "Right" said the woman.

 
  • Left OR Right?" said he.

  • Left or right?" he asked.

 
  • I dont think that there any ways to translate this into Japanese.

  • I don't think that there is anyway to translate this into Japanese.

 
  • I also read some jokes but few of them are funny to me.

  • I also read some jokes in English, but only a few of them are funny to me.

 
  • Especially, a joke about a soldier who shot dead his friend to make sure he was dead.

  • Especially, a joke about a soldier who shot his friend to make sure he was dead.

 

How does the joke about the soldier go? I once tried to translate an Australian joke into Japanese at a party. We got some Japanese friends to help us, but once it was finished and we read it to Japanese people, nobody laughed. Humor is too cultural to translate. I rarely think the things people say on Japanese wide shows, or manzai, are funny. といっても、探偵ナイトスクープはめっちゃおもろいやで！

Aug 6, 2011 13:22 QQQ
thank you very much! i will write entire story about the soldier. i like some japanese wide shows, but not every of them. 探偵ナイトスクープ今度見てみますｗ

Aug 6, 2011 13:25 QQQ
ahh btw he was an english actor.

Aug 8, 2011 06:23 frankie forfingaz
Hmm... British humor is really dry.

Aug 8, 2011 06:24 frankie forfingaz
By the way, the shows' pun with "right" is hardly original. It reminds me of the famous "Whose on first?!" bit.

Aug 9, 2011 03:24 QQQ
Whats "whose on first?"

Aug 11, 2011 03:07 frankie forfingaz
cuavsfan
Aug 7, 2011 05:31
  • I watched an English comedy drama, and it seemed impossible to translate it in Japanese.

  • I watched an English comedy drama, and it seemed impossible to translate it into Japanese.

 
  • First, the difference between Japanese and English.

  • First, the difference between Japanese and English. (or -- First, the difference between the Japanese and English languages.)

 

廊下を過ぎて、右へ曲がって。
「廊下を過ぎて、右へ曲がって」って？
左様
へぇ！？右か、左か、どっちですか？


話したら冗談にならないけど、漢字ではその英語の冗談の感じが少しでもあるかな。。。　;-p

Aug 7, 2011 05:35 QQQ
ありがとうございます。　確かにそうですねｗｗｗｗ

ちょっと違いますけど、うんとかはかなりややこしいときありますね

「行かない？」「ん？」「行かない？」「ううん」「行くの？」「うん」みたいな感じですかねｗ

Aug 7, 2011 06:24 cuavsfan
うん、はい、ううん、いいえ、などは難しいですね。簡単そうなのに。

Aug 9, 2011 03:10 QQQ
yesss I think so!!
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