Podcast Episode: ネット通訳担当tensaimon translates 17: コロナウイルスのワクチン Corona vaccines

今日はいくつかの、新コロナウイルスについて、得にワクチンについての記事をピックアップさせていただきます:

The Warning Signs of a Longer Pandemic:


LINK:https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-pandemic-variants-vaccines-ffd86d47-2a74-4285-b0d9-4f5a42febf6c.html
DATE: April 12 2021

“All the things that could prolong the COVID-19 pandemic — that could make this virus a part of our lives longer than anyone wants — are playing out right in front of our eyes.”

– Although the pace of vaccinations is still strong, there’s a growing fear that it’s about to slow down.
– Right now, the U.S. is still making fantastic progress on vaccinations…but… variants of the virus [are] causing new outbreaks and infect[ing] more children
– The more widely a virus can spread, the more opportunities it has to mutate. If[ [we] don’t vaccinate a sufficient percentage of the population….then even years into the future, we could be living through more new variants — some of which might be more deadly, some of which might be more resistant to vaccines, some of which might be more dangerous for certain specific populations.
The bottom line: This darker future is preventable, and our abundant supply of highly effective vaccines is the way to prevent it. The more people get vaccinated now, the smaller the role COVID-19 is likely to play in the rest of our lives.

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Podcast: ネット通訳担当tensaimon translates #16: 性差別、性暴力を注目にするフラワーデモ Flower demo: drawing attention to sexual discrimination and violence in Japan

日本でflower demo (フラワーデモ、花の抗議)は性差別、性暴力を注目させて、ますます増えている社会の動きです。この動きについての英語の記事を訳しながら過ごし解説して、コメントもさせていただきます。

今日の記事:

https://voiceupjapan.org/2020/03/28/flower-demo-a-catharsis-for-sexual-assault-survivors/

まとめ Summary:

As night fell on August 11, about 150 people assembled at Gyoko-Dori Avenue near Tokyo Station to protest against a series of rape cases that ended in non-guilty verdicts.

Since the first event in April, the Flower Demoーinitiated by feminist activists Minori Kitahara, Eiko Tabusa and Akiko Matsuo, and held on the 11th day of each monthーhas expanded to 18 cities nationwide and continues to evolve into a larger social movement in Japan. 

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tensaimon translates 14: キャンプは精神的な健康を促す Camping is good for your mental health

キャンプするのは心を癒やす!についてのネット記事を訳させていただきます・・・

今日の記事:

https://www.progressive.com/lifelanes/adventure/camping-mental-health/

There’s no date on this article!

まとめ Summary:

No matter how you shake it, many of us are living through stressful times. Work stress. Home stress. Health stress. Maybe all of the above? If you’ve found your stress levels escalating lately, maybe it’s time to escape into the great outdoors and take a camping trip.

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tensaimon translates 13: ニュース、ソーシャルメデアと精神健康 – social media, news and our mental and emotional health

ニュースとソーシャルメデアは私達の精神と感情的な健康にどういう影響与えている、どうすれべ悪い影響を減らすことが出来るでしょうか、を検討する記事2つを紹介して、日本語にまとめる:

今日の記事:

Today we’re going to look at two articles about the effect the media has on our mental and emotional health – one about reading the news, and one about social media.

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tensaimon translates 12: イギリスで女性の殺人事件:女性の怒り – Sarah Everard’s murder: confronting violence against women

注意:今日のepisodeには、性的暴行についての話します。

※録音の中、マイクのレベルをちょっと失敗したみたいですから、音質は少し崩れる所があります。ご了承ください、オーディオ作業の初心者んで・・・
 
今日の記事は time magazine – time.com からです、

https://time.com/5945656/sarah-everard-police-officer-arrest/

A Woman in London Disappeared While Walking Home.
Her Case Is Igniting a National Reckoning on the Threats Women Face
March 12, 2021

記事のまとめ・Summary:

“Police confirmed Friday that a body found in woodlands in Kent, south east England, has been identified as missing woman Sarah Everard. The 33-year-old’s sudden disappearance in London and the arrest of a senior police officer on suspicion of her murder has ignited a national conversation about harassment and the abuse of women in the U.K.”

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tensaimon translates 11: 頭の中の声を静かにさせる方法 How to stop your mind from talking all the time

今日の記事:

How to stop your mind from talking all time

March 2014

www.raptitude.com’s tagline is “getting better at being human”

記事のまとめ・Summary: 

How to stop your mind from talking all the time

A couple of Sundays ago, I left for a friend’s house to watch the Oscars, and decided to keep from talking in my head the whole way there.

I’ve been doing micro-experiments like this a lot recently, committing to total presence for very short stretches of time. Can I, for example, keep my mind on what’s happening the entire time I’m doing the dishes? After each little exercise I can go back to my normal distracted stupor if I want to.

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tensaimon translates ep.10: 亡くなった友人のことを思い出す remembering my friend

今日のポッドキャストは一年前にお亡くなりになりました友人のことを思い出す、その時に書いた賛辞を読み上げて、訳する。

※注意点:

このepisodeの中に”fucking”と”shit”という言葉を使って、「悪い言葉」ではなくて、「強い言葉」や「丁寧な所に使ったら批判される言葉」と説明する。

だけど、00:20:57で”~ is a bitch”、「〜は最悪だよ」と言う表現を使う。この表現は”fucking”と”shit”と違って、女性に軽蔑する性差別的な意味も含まれているから、普段私は言わないようにしているけど、その瞬間に私の気持ちを表せて、出てきてしまった言葉です。私の本音の気持ちをそのまま表現したいから編集でカットとかはしなかった(聞くと理解してくれると思います)けど、この珍しい文脈の例外を除いて、私は使わないんで、使わないことを進めます。

今日を特別にして、ご理解、ご了承を、よろしくお願いします。

Podcast 4: コロナ禍中日本の自殺率16%上昇 Japan suicide rate rises 16% in Covid Crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/16/japans-suicide-rate-rises-16-in-second-wave-of-covid-study-finds

記事のまとめ・Summary

Suicide rates in Japan have risen sharply in the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly among women and children, even though they fell in the first wave when the government offered generous handouts to people, a survey found.

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A short comment on preferred pronouns

I just posted something on Facebook using someone’s preferred pronouns of “them and their”, which I know is an issue that riles some people up, so I want to explain that issue as I see it:

If I started calling you, and referring to you, as “dickface”:
– “Hi dickface””morning dickface how’s it going?”
– “fancy a quick pint after work, dickface?”
– “have you seen dickface lately?”
– “Let’s invite dickface to our meeting, he might have some useful input”

I don’t think it would take very long before you got pretty pissed and asked me to stop.
And having been asked to stop, the considerate (of your point of view and experience) thing for me to do is to stop.

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Sharing my grief on social media: the shares, and some reflection

In my response to my friend’s death I somehow ended up sharing my grief on social media (which is very not usually something I would do). I discuss this in the final section of this post, but first, the posts themselves, culled from my social media for that week:

From my Instagram/Facebook:

When I’m tense (eye-man?) I always compensate by getting ready absurdly early (and by making puns with my name…). Just in case there’s a problem (with my shoelaces??). So here I am, in my genkan, all ready to go, in the shirt and shoes wonderwife helped me buy on Friday, fully an hour before Owen is due to pick me up….
(Barely able to see the screen thru snot and tears….).
My friend would say “Do what you need to do, dude”.
I wonder how long I’ll be hearing his voice in my head?
Hopefully forever….???????????

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