Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Please translate to English? (Japanese to English)?

I really, really need to have this video translated into English. Please? Just type the translation. I really, really need it. Thank you very much.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia5j832OMKQ|||If it's ok, I can't really do a full translation but I can give you a summary.


Iwasaki Mineko you can say is the legendary Geisha. She entered the Geisha world at the age of four because of Koubu-san who desperately persuaded Mineko's parents to have Mineko join her household. This was due to the fact that Mineko was the most prettiest girl in town. Therefore Mineko became part of the Iwasaki's. Because she was the most prized girl of the household, she was treated differently from the other girls, she had her own personal maid who opens and closes the door for her and who also walks with her to school while carrying her belongings. Mineko herself states that the maid followed quietly behind her without Mineko herself noticing. Mineko was so important that non of the other girls were allowed to raise their chopsticks until Mineko did. Then the recollection was Koubu-san telling Mineko that the bowl she was eating out of was an antique from the edo era and that it's a very important. Well Mineko herself said that she didn't understand what was cheap and what was expensive at that time because she thought " oh, it's 5 million yen" and at that time she thought it was normal as in a bowl would cost 5 million yen. When all the other classmates had their lunch boxes packed in their bags, Mineko would be empty handed, but when lunch came, her maid would personally deliver her a 3 layered lunch box. Even when her maid rushed the delivery Mineko would say "you came late" and after eating she would tell the maid to clean up as in to show how bossy she was. Mineko herself talked about how bossy she was and at the end she apologized for being so rude. Mineko went to a normal school and because she was treated differently by her household that the other children started bullying her. And when her eyes were bad and she couldn't see the board she sat at the front, but her teacher told her to sit at the farthest back because her household had money and that they could do something about her eye sight and he also added that she should be adult like and sit in the back. Mineko said that she just wanted to study just like the rest of her classmates, but why would he tell her to sit in the back just because her household had money? After that she couldn't talk, neither to her teachers nor her friends. Mineko felt that she was all alone and that there was no one left but her. Then with her strict training in becoming a Geisha she said to herself that she can not afford to loose, so she put all her efforts into the training. Then at the age of 15 she became a Geisha and was on her way to becoming a legend. But the Geisha world wasn't as easy as she thought it would be. On Mineko's first job she was nervous and she trusted an older Geisha because she gave her kind words before they started their job. But the older Geisha turned her back on her by saying she is bad mouthed and that the Iwasaki household is scary. Mineko was so frustrated at what the older Geisha was saying cause she was telling herself how is the Iwasaki household scary I really want to know, and why would the older Geisha say such things. Little did Mineko know, this was just the start of her bullying in the Geisha world. The put 20 needles in her kimono, they even used her hand as a personal ash tray. Even after being bullied in school, she gets bullied in the Geisha world, but she made up her mind to not loose again. She made up her mind to not loose to anyone and to become the number one Geisha. With her determination she actually became the number one Geisha. Then after that they are just re-summarizing what the narration showed and thats it.. It's not 100% accurate but I hoped I helped...

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