does anyone else have this book? its an intermediate level reading book with essays by Haruki Murakami, Junko Sakai, Mitsuyo Kakuta, Banana Yoshimoto, Kou Machida, Yoko Ogawa, Keiichiro Hirano, and Hido Levy. It comes with an audio cd so i thought it might be good to break down and srs...
in order to do this, im going to need to find a way to split audio files. can anyone reccomend me a free program to do this that doesnt take up much system resources (my computer is very crashy) and is very straightforward to use (i cant be bothered to take days learning to use a program instead of studying)
is this too illegal for here? Anyway, if anyones interested, let me know what youd like from it, like, if you want the parallell text they provide, or whether just keywords would be ok, or any other suggestions...
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coolcool, think i finally worked out how to do it all... audacity is great, so easy to use, thanks!
so, the googledoc is here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key= … &hl=en
if theres any problems with it please let me know, cos i haven't done this before...
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Ok. Essay 5: Machida Kou - However he writes, a creep is still a creep, is now complete. The link for the chopped up sounds is: http://rapidshare.com/files/245176928/machida_kou.rar
I really really recommend this chapter. Not only is Machida's writing really funny and entertaining, it's also incredibly useful in terms of grammar and style of language. As is written on the introduction page in the book, it's the type of essay that gets funnier and funnier on subsequent readings. Please note that the "sentence ending method" is obv oversimplified for humour.
Its worth reading if only to hear the sex pistols lyrics in polite japanese lol
If anyone's read anything else by Machida, i'd love to hear about it... I really like this guy's style.
Let me know if there's any mistakes
in order to do this, im going to need to find a way to split audio files. can anyone reccomend me a free program to do this that doesnt take up much system resources (my computer is very crashy) and is very straightforward to use (i cant be bothered to take days learning to use a program instead of studying)
is this too illegal for here? Anyway, if anyones interested, let me know what youd like from it, like, if you want the parallell text they provide, or whether just keywords would be ok, or any other suggestions...
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coolcool, think i finally worked out how to do it all... audacity is great, so easy to use, thanks!
so, the googledoc is here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key= … &hl=en
if theres any problems with it please let me know, cos i haven't done this before...
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Ok. Essay 5: Machida Kou - However he writes, a creep is still a creep, is now complete. The link for the chopped up sounds is: http://rapidshare.com/files/245176928/machida_kou.rar
I really really recommend this chapter. Not only is Machida's writing really funny and entertaining, it's also incredibly useful in terms of grammar and style of language. As is written on the introduction page in the book, it's the type of essay that gets funnier and funnier on subsequent readings. Please note that the "sentence ending method" is obv oversimplified for humour.
Its worth reading if only to hear the sex pistols lyrics in polite japanese lol
If anyone's read anything else by Machida, i'd love to hear about it... I really like this guy's style.
Let me know if there's any mistakes
Edited: 2011-02-15, 3:45 pm