A translation of the main part of
The Official Announcement about TTT Translation
by Nippon Herald Films Inc. and Shochiku Co., Ltd
Posted on the officila Website on December 25th, 2002


(1)
On the TTT trailer, we took a very exceptional way to translate. We asked Ms. Akiko Tanaka (co-translator of the original books for Japanese) to translate the whole script, and Ms. Natsuko Toda made the subtitles from Akiko Tanaka's translated whole script.

Natsuko Toda's subtitle transcript was checked by Akiko Tanaka and Hyoronsha (publisher of the Japanese edition books) again, for finalizing.

For the dubbed version, we entrusted Mr. Katsushige Hirata, who worked on the same job for FotR, with making the script based on the Hyoronsha's preliminary translation. The final script was checked by Akiko Tanaka and Hyoronsha.

(2)
As for the TTT theatrical version, we got the English script (Final draft) and a video for translation in mid-October. Natsuko Toda checked the script and the video, and numbered the lines of the English script. And then we entrusted Hyoronsha with translating the whole script, and asked Akiko Tanaka to check it.

After receiving the final English script, translation for the additional part of script was done by Hyoronsha, and subtitling by Natsuko Toda started in mid-November. Now the pre-release version of Japanese subtitle transcript has been made and has been checked by Akiko Tanaka and Hyoronsha.

From now on, Natsuko Toda, referring to opinions by Akiko Tanaka and the others, will finalize the subtitle transcript by making necessary adjustments. We are planning to have a preview of the print with those Japanese subtitles, and to make the final corrections.


(3)
We are going through a similar process on the Japanese dubbed version. The preliminary translation by Hyoronsha was handed to Katsushige Hirata. Now the pre-release version script has been made, and Akiko Tanaka and Hyoronsha are checking it. We are planning to complete the dubbed print in the end of January.

4)
We have made an agreement with them to put their names as follows.

The subtitled version print will be preceded by these lines:
The Japanese subtitles: Natsuko Toda
In collaboration with: Akiko Tanaka Hyouronsha

In the dubbed version's end credit "Staff & Cast for the dubbed version," we intend to put the names as we did on FotR; Translation: Katsushige Hirata, Collaboration: Akiko Tanaka, Hyouronsha and other names of people who helped us on the translation.


Recently, in an interview on NZTV, the director Peter Jackson has made a statement that the translator for TTT had been changed in Japan. But it was totally a surprise to us. We are trying to find out what he really meant through New Line Cinema Inc. However we haven't received any answer yet.

If we receive a comment or a message from him directly, we will let you know.

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