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                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 12:54 pm   Subject: 
                  Latest translation | 
               
                | Good news - just got the First and Last Concert translation today.  I was told that when the girls were speaking, it was sometimes too difficult to understand though. 
 I sent the file to a couple of ...
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                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 6:07 pm   Subject: 
                  Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | i'd say that any previous musical experience could be beneficial.. sense of rhythm, mentality, approach, etc.. but the motor skills would have to be trained up from scratch if the prior instrument was ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:29 am   Subject: 
                  Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | I asked my translator to double check two items.  One was where Juri first tries the saxophone and says, "It's soft, it's soft." 
 Made no sense to me, but she says that is the proper trans ...
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                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:54 am   Subject: 
                  Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | I'm also reevaluating some things they say. 
 We know from the early part of the video that none of the girls had played jazz.  We also know it says some had never played instruments at all.  Leaving ...
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                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 12:00 pm   Subject: 
                  Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | Found lots of errors in the "Making of" file I had when I finally went through the whole movie.  Quite a number of random characters errors - all brought about my the fact that the original  ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 3:08 am   Subject: 
                  Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | Not much to report.  I did get the timings into a file for the First and Last Concert and sent them to the translator.  But based on how long it took to finish the Making Of videos, I expect a LONG wa ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:05 am   Subject: 
                  Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | Well, that's something.  But based on that one example, maybe we don't need precise translations - like the prefectures for example.  Just a general sysnopsis of what it is about.  The things we need  ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:43 pm   Subject: 
                  Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q703/po0t/images_zps38172ecb.jpg 
 eeeexxcelent
 
 eagerly waiting.. thanks for all the hard work
   
 Check your messages.  Not done reviewing.  I'm up t ...
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                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:20 am   Subject: 
                  Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | FINALLY!  Just finished, except for probably watching the whole vid to make sure I didn't miss anything obvious. 
 But for now, it's time to eat!
 
 
 
 2/7ths of the way through my review.  Am chang ...
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                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 12:13 pm   Subject: 
                  Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | Still have 9.5 minutes left.  I got severely delayed on one section where I was having a hard time figuring out how to divide it up.  The translation just didn't seem to match up well, so eventually I ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:35 am   Subject: 
                  Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | 14.5 minutes still to finish.  Doesn't sound like much, but even one minute can take a lot of work.  Have to set the start and end of it, then figure out where to cut it up so it fits on screen, then  ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 7:41 am   Subject: 
                  Re: Swing Girls | 
               
                | 
 that's what i was kinda referring to.  wasn't exactly easy, but i got split subs with corrected timings if anyone's lookin for em
 
 Once I get this last part done, so you can get all three adjust ...
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                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:39 am   Subject: 
                  Re: Swing Girls | 
               
                | 
 I got the subs split up over 3 videos(3rd one is incomplete), with the timing corrected.  I think these are my own DVD rips of the making of videos, so i don't know if the timings would be the sam ...
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                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 5:23 pm   Subject: 
                  Re: Swing Girls | 
               
                | Just hit the "Quote" button instead of the "Reply" button.
 
 I think one of the problems is that a REPLY or NEW TOPIC is in one area while the QUOTE is in a completely different ...
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                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:03 am   Subject: 
                  Re: Swing Girls | 
               
                | dabigkahuna: A few months ago bmwracer was kind enough to set up a torrent for me for the final concert (and Making Of) but I only asked for the video so I don't believe any photos were sent. They wou ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 3:29 am   Subject: 
                  Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | Good news.  I just got the rest of the "Making of" translation this morning.  Will take me awhile to get it into movie form though. 
 Also, the translator told me after she gets back from J ...
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                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:23 am   Subject: 
                  Re: Swing Girls | 
               
                | I am now more comfortable with my Japanese language teacher and feel I could ask her to help me (really you guys) translate a small portion of "Making Of" or the "Final Concert" if ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 4:56 pm   Subject: 
                  Re: Swing Girls | 
               
                | Well, a little bit of good news - no, haven't got the last part of the "Making of" video yet.  But I did talk to the lady today, trying not to apply any pressure.  In the course of the conve ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 2:01 pm   Subject: 
                  Re: Swing Girls | 
               
                | 
 shoulda gotten that in writing
   
 Actually, I did, via an email.  But like I said, I don't think she realized how big a project it would be.  I sure didn't.
 
 I'm just hoping I'll get the ...
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                |  Topic: Swing Girls (and a boy) | 
               
                | dabigkahuna 
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                   Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 11:20 am   Subject: 
                  Re: Swing Girls | 
               
                | For my ongoing titanic task of attempting to learn Japanese I was wondering if any of the faithful readers of this forum knows if any of the characters in SW speak without the regional dialect. I can  ... |