Translated Interviews?

[waki3691]

Translating interviews is no easy task (I tried to translate the interview for OSCA part 2). So cheers to those took up the time to translate the interviews.

[persongirl]

Darn. I really need to start learning japanese again during my summer vacation. The only thing is that Ringo probably uses really really polite and intelligent sounding japanese, that would be hard to translate. She seems so smart to me.

[frecklegirl]

Yup. She definitely does. Translating Ringo is not for those with anything less than advanced skills... you'll just have to correct yourself later.

[Jeane]

Hello, long time fan, brand new reader. I stumbled upon this archive of articles from her old fan magazine "RAT". It looks to be a goldmine of early info and interviews if anyone is feeling bold enough to translate it all. http://www.emimusic.jp/ringo10th/specials/

[Glathannus]

Someone should send frecklegirl a Ringo Box. It includes a complete set of RAT (up to a certain point) - including one special issue of RAT which is unique to the Ringo Box!

There have also been a few more RATs ever since the Ringo Box was released. The official website only showcases half of all the RAT issues that have ever been made.

[clakaz]

I will leave this excerpt of a Ringo interview in the hope that someday someone coult translate it properly. I think it's important because she explains why she choose to write english lyrics sometimes. Something more about sound, rhythm, the technical construction of the song, it seems, but I'm not sure.

「英語詞か日本語詞かっていうのは、メロディ優先というより、
浮かんだメロディに対する発音の早さを優先しています。
たとえば笛…リコーダーでもいいんですけど、タンギングしてトゥーってやったら
トゥーって音になるけど、ホーて吹くとホーって、同じ運指でも弱く低くなる。
そういう違いです。
間を作って、母音と子音を分けておくような表現をゆっくりしたい時は英語。
ボーカルを楽器として発音の速さを決める時に、
日本語ならば速くしても全部スタッカート出来たりもする。
で、曲によってはその感じが嫌で、四分音符に音便をいっぱい詰め込んでみたりとか。
三文字くらい詰め込んでいるものもあります。
キー設定は、後ろで鳴っている楽器との干渉が一番です。
必要なフレーズと楽器のトーンの相性など、物理的な都合がほとんど」
Switch/09年6月号

[Ringo~Bingo]

^ this post is a bot by the way copy the text into Google and it's been pasted elsewhere too..

[Nimh]

The bots are getting smarter.....

[Entry№1]

Okay, I'm not necessarily asking for a translation of this interview because it's probably already been translated before... But does anyone have any information on this?

http://www.bea-net.com/beavoice/issue250/ringo.html

I've never seen the pictures before.