TextFugu » Topic: Help w/ Video Translation http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/help-w-video-translation/feed/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:00:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.3.2 en-US http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/help-w-video-translation/#post-13330 <![CDATA[Help w/ Video Translation]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/help-w-video-translation/#post-13330 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:41:47 +0000 chedkid I found this video while studying Japanese today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds_IIeHRhDQ

I guess it is a TV commercial, perhaps for children. I think they are associating phrases with animals, for instance:

グレートありがとウサギ。

I broke that down to: great + “thank you” + rabbit.

Two questions:
– Why is the animal name written in katakana?
– How does the puppy on the ball (for こにちわ) break down?

Thanks for you help.

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/help-w-video-translation/#post-13332 <![CDATA[Reply To: Help w/ Video Translation]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/help-w-video-translation/#post-13332 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:13:48 +0000 MisterM2402 [Michael] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic4w5-f-Ko8&feature=channel_video_title
Interesting video in relation to “greetings+animal combos” :) Or at least I *think* it’s interesting… forgotten exactly what’s in it :P

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/help-w-video-translation/#post-13333 <![CDATA[Reply To: Help w/ Video Translation]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/help-w-video-translation/#post-13333 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:17:53 +0000 chedkid Thanks! That helped! I found that the link I posted is a parody of the actual advert; a link to the authentic version is below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsRm78ZSOgc

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/help-w-video-translation/#post-13420 <![CDATA[Reply To: Help w/ Video Translation]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/help-w-video-translation/#post-13420 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:40:53 +0000 KiaiFighter This commercial was really common shortly after the earthquake. AC is the company which sells commercial air time (basically). After the earthquake, many channels were 100% news (no commercials) after about 4 or 5 days, some stations started airing some commercials and eventually went back to some regular programming.

When that happened, not as many companies were buying commercial air time, but they couldn’t just make the TV shows longer, and instead of leaving dead air, this commercial was aired VERY VERY often. So many people hated it, lol.

Anyways, as for the dog on the ball…

「こんにちワン」 ワンワン is the sound of a dog barking in Japanese.
of course you probably know that 犬（いぬ）means dog, however ワンちゃん is also a very common name or term too. ワンちゃん is typically used by children, but also by adults. (it’s a subtle difference my friend is having trouble explaining, but she said it kind of includes かわいい plus いぬ when used by adults)

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