Comments on: Japanese Version of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: Rudolph gets the Shafto http://www.tofugu.com/2008/12/23/japanese-version-of-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-rudolph-gets-the-shafto/ A Japanese Language & Culture Blog Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: Regnad Kcin http://www.tofugu.com/2008/12/23/japanese-version-of-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-rudolph-gets-the-shafto/comment-page-1/#comment-22642 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:11:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=1274#comment-22642 Another point, perhaps the most significant one, is that the Japanese version, when compared with the original, is hugely pared down.

This is true of all Japanese lyrics because Japanese needs so many syllables to say things. All Japanese lyrics are minimal.

A lot of what is different between this and the original is simply that there isn’t enough room.

The Japanese version of the German Bienchen Summ Herum (hachi ga tobu) misses the whole point that bees are busy and harmless, and it’s simply because there ain’t enough space. Japanese is a horribly inefficient language for lyrics.

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]]> By: TwoBlue http://www.tofugu.com/2008/12/23/japanese-version-of-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-rudolph-gets-the-shafto/comment-page-1/#comment-18342 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:59:49 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=1274#comment-18342 nice holiday posts ^_^

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