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こんなスピーチがしてみたい

 
アンソニーホプキンスとヘレンミレンが共演するならどんな映画でも見たい気がします。ヒッチコックは4月5日からロードショーのようです。



All of us harbour dark recesses of violence and horror. I’m just a man hiding in the corner with a camera. Watching.

Mr Hitchcock. You’re the most famous director in the history of the medium. But you’re sixty years old. Shouldn’t you just quit while you’re ahead?

This is murder. I’m getting blisters just watching you. He’s going out of his mind looking for something for his next project. I need something fresh. Something different.

It was the knife that a moment later cut off her scream, and her head. Charming! Doris Day should do it as a musical.

Good afternoon. This book Psycho is fiendishly entertaining. Is this really going to be your next picture? Yes madam. By the way. Try the fingers sandwiches. They’re real fingers.

No one respects the name Hitchcock more than Paramount, but even a talented man sometimes backs the wrong horse. This is Mr Hitchcock’s next film. Fine. If you can get the money. Who do I make it out to? Well are we going to have to sell the whole house or just the pool?

You are intrigued, aren’t you? Killing off your leading lady half way through the movie. How are you going to shoot this shower scene? It’s only that, well, from here up, I’m not exactly bouyant. You shouldn’t wait till half way through. Kill her off after thirty minutes. Wow!

Why are you letting her do something so tasteless. Don’t upset yourself darling. It’s only a bloody movie. More anger. More. Argh! I’m married to a man obsessed by murder.

This will not be released in this country. Show me some damn footage now. I am under extraordinary pressures on this venture… …and the least you could do is give me your full support. We’ve mortgaged our house.

I am your wife. I celebrate with you when the reviews are good. I cry for you when they are bad, and I put up with those people who look through me as if I were invisible because all they can see is the great and glorious genius Alfred Hitchcock.

How does it end? I promised mother I wouldn’t tell. Oh you fiend! You’ve got nudity in there. Well, her breasts were rather large. It was a challenge not to show them.

映画のチラシに以下のスピーチが書いてありました1979年にAFI(アメリカ映画協会)でのLife Achievement Award(功労賞)を与えられたときのもののようです。

私に大いなる愛情と高い評価を与え、
常に激励と共に惜しみない協力をしてくれた
4人の人物をあげることをお許しください。

1人目は映画編集者
2人目は脚本家
3人目は娘パットの母
4人目は家庭の台所で奇跡を見せる優秀な料理人
偶然にも4人全員が同じ名前、その名もアルマ・レヴィルです。


嬉しいことにこのスピーチの全部をスクリプトとともに確認できました。



3分14秒当たりから
I beg to mention by name only four people who have given me the most affection, appreciation, and encouragement, and constant collaboration.

The first of the four is a film editor,
the second is a scriptwriter,
the third is the mother of my daughter Pat [Patricia Hitchcock],
and the fourth is as fine a cook as ever performed miracles in a domestic kitchen.
And their names are Alma Reville.

最後の部分はAnd their names are Alma Revilleだけですので、「偶然にも4人全員が同じ名前、その名もアルマ・レヴィルです」の翻訳はちょっと訳し足しているのですね。

スピーチは具体例を付け加えることというアドバイスがあります。「ありがとう」とお礼をいうよりも今回のスピーチのように具体的にお礼を伝えたいことをあげた方が聞いているほうもずっと分かりやすいですよね。mention by name only four peopleと言いつつも一人でしたが、それぐらいの活躍をしていたんだということがユーモアとともに伝わります。このような愛情と感謝がこもったスピーチができるようになりたいですね。

補足説明にあたる部分でもユーモアを込めながら彼女がいなければこんなことは成し遂げられなかったことを伝えています。

Had the beautiful Miss Reville not accepted a lifetime contract, without options, as "Mrs Alfred Hitchcock" some 53 years ago, Mr Alfred Hitchcock might be in this room tonight...not at this table, but as one of the slower waiters on the floor.
(美しい未婚だったRevilleさんが生涯契約を何の選択権もないまま受け入れ「アルフレッド・ヒッチコック夫人」53年ほど前になっていないとしても、アルフレッド・ヒッチコック氏は今晩この部屋にはいれたのかもしれません。でもそれはこのテーブルではなくて、フロアでのろのろとした動きのウエイターの一人としてだったでしょう)

言葉を伝えることは、語彙の難しさとか、構文の難しさとか、そういうものが本質的なものではないことが分かります。

全文スクリプトはこちらから

May it please Ambassador Jay, Queen Ingrid, Director Stevens, and my
co-conspirators in this bizarre trade of making films. It has been my
observation that man does not live by murder alone... he needs affection,
approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.

Tonight you have provided me with three... out of four! Anxiety strangled
my appetite! This demonstration of your approval and affection has
encouraged me...I will go on!

It makes me very proud indeed to be the recipient of the American Film
Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award. It is especially meaningful
because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid. After all, when a
man is found guilty of murder and condemned to death, it always makes him
feel much better to know it was done by a jury of his friends and
neighbours...with the help of an adequate attorney.

It would tax your endurance, and mine, to recite the names of those
thousands of actors, writers, editors, cameramen, musicians, technicians,
bankers, exhibitors...and a variety of other criminals who have
contributed to my life.

I beg to mention by name only four people who have given me the most
affection, appreciation and encouragement...and constant collaboration.
The first of the four is a film editor, the second is a scriptwriter,
the third is the mother of my daughter Pat, and the fourth is as fine a
cook as ever performed miracles in a domestic kitchen...and their names
are Alma Reville.

Had the beautiful Miss Reville not accepted a lifetime contract, without
options, as "Mrs Alfred Hitchcock" some 53 years ago, Mr Alfred Hitchcock
might be in this room tonight...not at this table, but as one of the
slower waiters on the floor.

I share my award, as I have my life, with her. Now let me share something
with those promising young people who have earned their Alfred Hitchcock
Fellowships. When I was no more than six years of age, I did something
that my father considered worthy of reprimand. I don't recall what
transgression it was – at the age of six, it could have hardly involved
a serving girl!

Whatever, father sent me to the local police station with a note. The
officer on-duty read it and locked me in a jail cell for five minutes,
saying "This is what we do to naughty boys."

I have, ever since, gone to any lengths to avoid arrest and confinement.

To you, young people, my message is "stay out of jail"!

Some day, one of you may be standing here, with this American Film
Institute Award – that's what they do to good little boys!

Good evening!!!
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