“Cantonese is a difficult language to learn — not because of its sounds or syntax, but because it’s hard to find good learning resources”

– Eldon

Well, let’s remedy that one mini-transcript at a time, as has been the custom established by Edwin and CanteHK!

The movie is Triple Tap.

Situation: At the investment bank where Gu Tin Lok‘s character works, Boss Lady (who also happens to be Gu’s girlfriend…in the movie, that is) — played by Lei Bing Bing — chews out an underling.

Boss Lady: 明我意思㗎嘞？
ming ngo yi si ga la？
Have I made myself clear? / Is that clear?

Underling Dude: 明。
ming
Yes, Ma’am.

Boss Lady: 明都仲（＝重）唔走？！
ming dou jung m jau？！
Then what are you waiting for? / So why the heck are you still standing [t]here? / Then why are you still here?

• Audio: ming

[Update 2011/07/30@0917 JST: The old transcript site died, but a new one has been found by enterprising AJATTeers! Right here: 攻殻機動隊関連 : 攻殻機動隊 : CMSB. Also, as a precaution against deletion (domestic Japanese site setup and maintenance prices are about ten times higher than the US, leading to high website attrition), there's a mirror of this site archived at gits.ajatt.com . Please use the actual site as far as possible, though, 'coz I think its owner earns ad revenue or something that way...I dunno. Plus they would prolly get a kick out of all the visitors ]

Hey all you boys and girls. Continuing our ongoing series of transcribed Japanese stuff, it happens that just as I was about to start doing it myself, I found that someone had already done it. Done what?

Transcribed all of 攻殼機動隊/Ghost in the Shell (GITS)! That’s right! All the movies [except Solid State Society] and of course all episodes of Stand Alone Complex. The dialog, baby. All of it. In Japanese! Exactly as spoken on-screen.

Those who have looked will know that Japanese/East Asian movies and TV shows that have same-language subs at all, let alone subs that exactly match dialog, are a rare and precious thing indeed. Like, I bet you’ll practically watch a mediocre show just because it has subs (depending on the language, I know I would). Some of the reasons for this are pretty decently summed up here.

GITS notably has no Japanese subs on any of its present DVD releases, despite easily being one of the densest, most literary (is that even the right word?) programs of any kind ever made. Japanese subs for GITS would have been nice. But, whatever, now we have this website — with copy-and-pastable text to boot! W00t.

So, yeah, enjoy. By the way, I would definitely recommend this kind of thing for sentence-picking. And if any of you are inclined to make sentence packs or SRS files for people, this kind of thing, i.e. Japanese by and for native speakers, would IMHO be the best for, like, the health of the world, and in terms of source material [since, as we all know, material made for learners often tends to be some combination of boring and unrealistic].

As an aside, let it also be noted that Ghibli’s 物の怪姫/Princess Mononoke also has exact subs on its Japanese DVD release. Just FYI.

And we’re done! Enjoy!

• Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG on YouTube.
• Script thereof

気楽に突っ走れ！
い・つ・で・も

倒けたら寝転べば
好い・じゃ・な・い

躓いた　謎々さ
鴨冒険物語（ダック＝テイリズ）

楽チン頭で鴨冒険物語（ダック＝テイリズ）
無理しちゃ駄目だよ
鴨冒険物語（ダック＝テイリズ）

ちょちょちょ一寸！
ご用心！

貴方（あんた）誰？
奸人

徹夜で夢見て
鴨冒険物語（ダック＝テイリズ）

腕白　極楽
鴨冒険物語（ダック＝テイリズ）

知りたい　遣りたい
鴨冒険物語（ダック＝テイリズ）

止まらない冒険
鴨冒険物語（ダック＝テイリズ）

俺って凄くない？感謝しろよ（笑）。

遥か遠い不思議な森
耳を澄ませて御覧！
勇気と愛と魔法に満ちた
歌声がほら聞こえる。

ガミー熊（ベアー）
僕らの仲間　ガミー熊（ベアー）
さあ、今日も飛び出そう！
冒険が待ってる！

誇り高き熊達の秘密
それはガミーベリージュース
大空高く飛んで跳ねて
正義の為に戦え！

ガミー熊（ベアー）
僕らの仲間　ガミー熊（ベアー）
さあ、今日も飛び出そう！
冒険が待ってる！

僕らのガミー熊（ベアー）！

以上。感謝と賞賛の言葉を待ってるよ。

待ってるよ・・・