subtitles in French
Aug. 20th, 2005 01:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
incandescensGrhm. Apparently when life gives me sugar and lemons, I demand it get down to work and make the lemonade as well.
I was poking around on the Tonkam website (Tonkam is one of France's main manga-translators/importers, and they have their own shop and website distribution) and looked through some of their DVDs. Well now. It would appear that they have a number of collected or half-collected series at very reasonable prices -- more than ebay, less than American, definitely less than American-imported-to-UK. Some interesting stuff, too; Irresponsible Captain Tyler, Hikaru no Go, 12 Kingdoms, and was that Tres Cher Frere (Brother, Dear Brother) that I saw there?
The only canker in the bud, really, being that all the subtitling was in French. (And I know perfectly well that I could probably manage it if I actually wanted to.)
Let's just say I'm making a note for later reference.
---
The Misanthrope
ORONTE:
...
In short, I am your servant. And now, dear friend,
Since you have such fine judgement, I intend
To please you, if I can, with a small sonnet
I wrote not long ago. Please comment on it,
And tell me whether I ought to publish it.
ALCESTE:
Sir, these are delicate matters; we all desire
To be told that we've the true poetic fire.
But once, to one whose name I shall not mention,
I said, regarding some verse of his invention,
That gentlemen should rigorously control
That itch to write which often afflicts the soul;
That one should curb the heady inclination
To publicize one's little avocation;
And that in showing off one's works of art
One often plays a very clownish part.
...
You're under no necessity to compose;
Why you should wish to publish, heaven knows.
There's no excuse for printing tedious rot
Unless one writes for bread, as you do not.
Resist temptation, then, I beg of you;
Conceal your pastimes from the public view.
-- Moliere (translated by Richard Wilbur, 1965)
I was poking around on the Tonkam website (Tonkam is one of France's main manga-translators/importers, and they have their own shop and website distribution) and looked through some of their DVDs. Well now. It would appear that they have a number of collected or half-collected series at very reasonable prices -- more than ebay, less than American, definitely less than American-imported-to-UK. Some interesting stuff, too; Irresponsible Captain Tyler, Hikaru no Go, 12 Kingdoms, and was that Tres Cher Frere (Brother, Dear Brother) that I saw there?
The only canker in the bud, really, being that all the subtitling was in French. (And I know perfectly well that I could probably manage it if I actually wanted to.)
Let's just say I'm making a note for later reference.
---
The Misanthrope
ORONTE:
...
In short, I am your servant. And now, dear friend,
Since you have such fine judgement, I intend
To please you, if I can, with a small sonnet
I wrote not long ago. Please comment on it,
And tell me whether I ought to publish it.
ALCESTE:
Sir, these are delicate matters; we all desire
To be told that we've the true poetic fire.
But once, to one whose name I shall not mention,
I said, regarding some verse of his invention,
That gentlemen should rigorously control
That itch to write which often afflicts the soul;
That one should curb the heady inclination
To publicize one's little avocation;
And that in showing off one's works of art
One often plays a very clownish part.
...
You're under no necessity to compose;
Why you should wish to publish, heaven knows.
There's no excuse for printing tedious rot
Unless one writes for bread, as you do not.
Resist temptation, then, I beg of you;
Conceal your pastimes from the public view.
-- Moliere (translated by Richard Wilbur, 1965)
