Diary in English

12/12/04

Long film

　　　I was woken up by the call of my host mother. It was 1 pm. That because I watched DVD last night, and I fell asleep at 6 am. It was "The Lord of the Rings; Return of the King" Moreover it was "Special extended edition" What ia worse, my computer was not in good condition. I had to watch it on 75% speed. But I enjoyed it.
　　　I read the book, which is the original of the film, four times in succession. Of course in Japanese. I wish I could read it in English. That is the precise reason why I stated to study English. When I watched that film at first time, I had never read the book of it, yet.
　　　There is an atrocious translator in Japan. So, we misunderstood the story by her subtitles. It was a big dispute in the internet at that time. It was happened that the signature-collecting campaign to change the translator, and I joined that. We couldn't change her, but we changed the subtitles on the DVD. Of course it is not enough, because her work is really horrible, awful, and terrible. However I can say that I could start studying English because of her. If her subtitle was perfect, I'm not here perhaps.