Jun 29, 2004 18:48
19 yrs ago
Japanese term

陰マイク

Japanese to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
This is included between lines of dialogue in a script. Would kage mike mean a second audio track? Overdubbing?
It seems strange because the script is completely in Japanese, not English.

マエストロの英語は、陰マイクで通訳される。
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 voice-only
3 +2 voice-over narration

Proposed translations

+4
25 mins
Japanese term (edited): �A�}�C�N
Selected

voice-only

From various hits on 陰マイク, it appears to refer to two things: one is an actual piece of equipment that cannot be seen by the audience but functions as a microphone - the type that clips on to your tie?, and another is voice of a narrator, for instance, where the person speaking it is never in front of the audience. It seems the interpreter's voice in your case is the latter, where he or she is heard, but not seen. Hence my rendition of "voice-only."
Peer comment(s):

agree Kurt Hammond : Agree.
6 hrs
agree Hirohisa Oda
9 hrs
agree Minoru Kuwahara : possibly. -
23 hrs
agree Rie Takahashi (X)
1 day 6 hrs
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+2
4 hrs
Japanese term (edited): �A�}�C�N

voice-over narration

As Ms. Ihaya explains, this could be either a hidden microphone, or a voice-over narration in which the narrator is heard but not seen. I've seen the term "voice-over" (V.O.) used as the standard in theater scripts and screenplays. Probably the same term would apply here as well.
Peer comment(s):

agree Kurt Hammond : Agree too.
2 hrs
agree Minoru Kuwahara : Or maybe couldn't this be just a narration? -
18 hrs
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