皆さん、こんにちは！
Today I present a simple alternative to sub2srs for the purpose of just reading practice.
The problem: Finding interesting and challenging reading material outside of n+1/graded readers that is available in digital text that can be parsed fast with the use of Rikai-chan.
My solution: Use the .SRT (subtitle) files from your favorite anime or drama you're currently watching. I am currently watching Uchuu Kyoudai so I will use that for the example.
When you open a .SRT in your text editor it will appear something like this...
1
00:01:18,275 --> 00:01:21,344
（南波六太）＜宇宙飛行士候補生→
2
00:01:21,344 --> 00:01:25,515
通称アスキャンとなった私達は
他の国の候補生達との→
3
00:01:25,515 --> 00:01:30,504
合同基礎訓練が行われるアメリカ・ヒューストンへとやってきた＞
4
00:01:30,504 --> 00:01:36,593
＜ケンジ せりかさん 北村さん
新田 ＪＡＸＡのオカンこと→
Lots of good stuff in there right? Lot's of junk too huh...
Okay so all you have to do is use the replace function! You can remove all the numbers, symbols, and line breaks to leave you with just a beautiful wall of Japanese.
In the "Find what:" field enter a number or symbol (copy paste) and leave the "Replace with:" field empty. To remove paragraphs enter ^p in the find what field. After that you should be left with something like this from my example.
（南波六太）宇宙飛行士候補生 通称アスキャンとなった私達は他の国の候補生達との合同基礎訓練が行われるアメリカ・ヒューストンへとやってきた＞ケンジ せりかさん 北村さん新田 ＪＡＸＡのオカンこと...
This turns a 30~ page .SRT file into a 3 page word document or about the length of 3 NHK News articles that you can read in a sitting. From here you can just copy paste the wall of Japanese and e-mail it to yourself for use with your rikai plugin in your browser for fast dictionary look-ups. I know my method is crude but I hope it might help someone on here! Thanks for reading, let me know what you think?
Note: I used Microsoft word for the ^p thing... not sure if that works with other text editors.
NOTE: Sub2srs rules... this is just a mediocre option for relevant reading practice outside of SRS.
Edit: Site I used to grab the Japanese .SRT files. http://kitsunekko.net/subtitles/japanese/ There is also software to extract embedded .SRT files from your media.
Today I present a simple alternative to sub2srs for the purpose of just reading practice.
The problem: Finding interesting and challenging reading material outside of n+1/graded readers that is available in digital text that can be parsed fast with the use of Rikai-chan.
My solution: Use the .SRT (subtitle) files from your favorite anime or drama you're currently watching. I am currently watching Uchuu Kyoudai so I will use that for the example.
When you open a .SRT in your text editor it will appear something like this...
1
00:01:18,275 --> 00:01:21,344
（南波六太）＜宇宙飛行士候補生→
2
00:01:21,344 --> 00:01:25,515
通称アスキャンとなった私達は
他の国の候補生達との→
3
00:01:25,515 --> 00:01:30,504
合同基礎訓練が行われるアメリカ・ヒューストンへとやってきた＞
4
00:01:30,504 --> 00:01:36,593
＜ケンジ せりかさん 北村さん
新田 ＪＡＸＡのオカンこと→
Lots of good stuff in there right? Lot's of junk too huh...
Okay so all you have to do is use the replace function! You can remove all the numbers, symbols, and line breaks to leave you with just a beautiful wall of Japanese.
In the "Find what:" field enter a number or symbol (copy paste) and leave the "Replace with:" field empty. To remove paragraphs enter ^p in the find what field. After that you should be left with something like this from my example.
（南波六太）宇宙飛行士候補生 通称アスキャンとなった私達は他の国の候補生達との合同基礎訓練が行われるアメリカ・ヒューストンへとやってきた＞ケンジ せりかさん 北村さん新田 ＪＡＸＡのオカンこと...
This turns a 30~ page .SRT file into a 3 page word document or about the length of 3 NHK News articles that you can read in a sitting. From here you can just copy paste the wall of Japanese and e-mail it to yourself for use with your rikai plugin in your browser for fast dictionary look-ups. I know my method is crude but I hope it might help someone on here! Thanks for reading, let me know what you think?
Note: I used Microsoft word for the ^p thing... not sure if that works with other text editors.
NOTE: Sub2srs rules... this is just a mediocre option for relevant reading practice outside of SRS.
Edit: Site I used to grab the Japanese .SRT files. http://kitsunekko.net/subtitles/japanese/ There is also software to extract embedded .SRT files from your media.
Edited: 2013-03-06, 5:41 am