☆Iron Chef by Blake

以前ベラで講師をしていた
Blakeが遙々オーストラリアから
ブログに参加してくれました！
オーストラリアでも人気の
日本番組「料理の鉄人」についての
コメントです。

When I was living in Japan, I heard that
Iron Chef had become a popular TV show
in Australia. I didn't know much about
the show since I arrived in Japan in May
2000 and icouldn't recall seeing it on TV.
I didn't really know why friends in Australia were
so excited about the show.

日本では放送終了してしまった「料理の鉄人」。
見たことのある方はどのくらいいらっしゃるでしょうか？
海外ではかなり人気があり、
似たような番組も作られたりしていますね。

Upon returning to Australia, I was often asked about this
TV program "Iron Chef." I decided to watch it one night to
see why people were so interested. Boy, what a surprise! I
was so shocked to hear the voice-over actors reading their
English scripts. The only person in the show who does not
have a voice-over actor is Chairman Kaga. His speeches are
subtitled. It felt weird to watch a Japanese show with
English overdubs, especially since the English is quite
informal, like sports commentary. I can faintly hear the
Japanese underneath, but I wonder, did the original Iron
Chef series use informal sports-like commentary?

「料理の鉄人」独特の、実況中継のようなアナウンスは
その良さが伝わるように、日本語の上に
英語で吹き替えされているようです。

recall-思い出す
voice-over　ー画面外の声、ナレーション
subtitled-字幕付きの
weird-異様な、風変わりな
overdubs-すでに録音されたものに重ねて録音する
quite-まったく、すっかり、完全に
informal-形式ばらない、気楽な
faintly-かすかに、ほのかに
underneath-〜の真下に

By Blake
日本語解説ーベラスタッフ