Another offering from Apple Japan、this time with the Mac and PC characters discussing making nengajo 年賀状 - New Years cards - the Japanese equivalent of the Christmas card. The video is subtitled courtesy of Coal, naturalised Japanese citizen of English extraction and the man behind the blog Offering Booze to a Deity in Kowloon (where he posted about the ad ages ago!)
For keen beans - here's the transcript of the ad (prizes if you can spot any errors!):
Mac: どうも、マックです。
PC: こんにちは、パソコンです。
Mac: なんだかあっという間年末、もうすぐ正月だね。どうしたの？
PC: はい。。。一週間も仕事できないなんて、つらいです。
Mac: ええ？空いた時間ですきなこと楽しめばいいじゃない、年賀状作ったりとかさ。ほら。
PC: ええ？
Mac: マックならiPhotoで写真を使っていろいろかんたんにつくれるんだ。
PC: これ、かわいいブタですね！
Mac: いのしし。
Nengajo are sent out in the last week of December, held by the Post Office and delivered en masse on January 1. They typically feature the Chinese zodiac animal for that year and in Japan 2007 is Year of the Wild Boar (inoshishi), which sounds a lot cooler than the actual Chinese version - Year of the Pig (Oh Apple, you are so clever!)
I couldn't find a mistake in your transcription, you nailed it!
Can I have a prize anyway though?
I once saw a old Japanese lady in the mountains with an Inoshishi trailing her as if it were her pet.
Maybe this will be a lucky year for her.
Posted by: Harvey | December 29, 2006 at 01:04 PM