English subtitles for Blue Lug's video

[Masa]

Hello all!

This is my first post of 2023, I hope you are having good rides!

Last month I happened to have an opportunity to make subtitles for Blue Lug’s YouTube channel and now the “Rivendell Chart” video is English subtitled!

Let me tell you how it happened. First of all, When I finished watching the video I felt that “oh this video should be shared with English speaking Rivendell fans(means this "RBW Owners Bunch) too” so I started translating the video briefly.

Then I found someone commented that “Subtitles please!” and Blue Lug replied “we’d love to but at the moment we are too busy so we need a help”. I thought that “why don’t I do that?”

It took me a week to complete subtitling between my work, playing with my baby, feeding my baby, putting my baby to sleep, sleeping with my baby, chatting with my wife and commuting by my Platypus.

It was a really fun work to do related to not only the things I’m passionate about which are languages and bicycles but also favourite people who are Rivendell and Blue Lug!

I would be very happy that if I could be a help for Rivendell and Blue Lug. Ultimately I hope people who watch the subtitled video will find how Rivendell bicycles are amazing even better than before, that would be amazing.

Link to the video↓

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx83uMhIgKA

Masa

[J]

Great work on the Subtitles!

[Keith Paugh]

This is great! 

I have watched several Blue Lug videos in Japanese, and while soothing and delightful, I am always grateful for those that are subtitled.

Here’s to Masa, and bilingual bicycling! 

k.

On Feb 3, 2023, at 5:10 AM, J <illum...@gmail.com> wrote:

Great work on the Subtitles!

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[Tom Goodmann]

Thank you so much, Masa! Watching this (along with "Cycle Around Japan" episodes) makes me want to go there and ride a great Japanese bike around the islands.

Tom

[Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!]

Masa, you are a gem! I cannot WAIT to sit down and watch the videos and read your subtitles. Commuting by Platypus, being a wonderful father and making your Riv friends subtitled videos…you are a saint! ♥️ I will ask my son how to say thank you in Japanese when he gets home from school. For now, thanks in English!

Leah

On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 7:26:58 AM UTC-5 Masa wrote:

[James M]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!  These Blue Lug videos are so good, I actually watched a bunch of this one, not understanding a bit of Japanese :)

[Leah Peterson]

Masa, 

ありがとうございます！

(This is according to my 16 year old son, who is self-taught, so forgive us if it is incorrect.)

Leah

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Thank you, thank you, thank you!  These Blue Lug videos are so good, I actually watched a bunch of this one, not understanding a bit of Japanese :)

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[Al in SF]

Masa,

Thank you so much for these translations! The bit about the Hillborne having healing properties at 59:15 cracked me up.

Al

[Masa]

Thank you all for your warm replies!

I'm happy that I could help you to enjoy watching the video better. It was a really fun project for me as well!

Tom, I'm going to watch "Cycle Around Japan"! I didn't know that.

Al, yeah that part was funny wasn't it? I'm glad that I could translate the nuance of that part!

Leah, I really admire that your son self studies Japanese! Actually my profession is teaching Japanese so I know that sometimes it could be tough to study it for some learners. The word was perfect so please tell him that どういたしまして (you are welcome) and がんばってください (best wishes) for me :)

Masa

2023年2月4日土曜日 11:07:15 UTC+9 Al in SF:

[Slin]

Masa - Thanks for making the subtitles! My favorite part was also the 'healing' part too.

Earlier in the video they mention when they first became Riv Dealers they felt like they had to learn how to build up Riv's (and they sure did!). It reminded me of one of Blue Lug's recent blog posts breaking down how they wrap handlebar grips on Riv's, the 'Grant Wrap'

There's some great cockpit detail shots here:

https://bluelug.com/blog/kamiuma/137628/

- Slin

Now off to get some healing on my Clem! Speaking of which, I also had my idea of where a Clem fit change a lot over the years too.

[Masa]

Slin,

I'm glad that you enjoyed watching the video!

I liked the blog post you shared very much as well. It's been always fun to read his blog posts.

Get some nice healing on your Clem and have a nice weekend:)

Masa

2023年2月5日日曜日 3:00:27 UTC+9 Slin:

[J J]

Masa, I want to extend my gratitude for your translation and subtitle effort. I enjoyed watching the video with my Sunday morning coffee. It was great to hear the discussion of Rivendell model similarities and differences. I think the video would be extremely helpful for someone new to Rivendell who might get overwhelmed by Rivendell’s own model descriptions. Thank you again, and thank you Blue Lug!!

Jim

[Masa]

Jim,

Thank you for your reply. It sounds like you had a nice Sunday morning!

I agree with you that Rivendell's own model descriptions could confuse someone new to Rivendell like I was.

It's helpful that Blue Lug describes the models from an objective perspective to understand the differences and similarities.

I'm glad that you enjoyed their video with the subtitles!

Masa

2023年2月5日日曜日 23:57:36 UTC+9 J J:

[Eric Marth]

I really appreciate Blue Lug's designations of frames falling between "Thick-Riv" and "Slim-Riv" and hope to see more of that used around here :) 

[Masa]

Eric,

That's right! It's helpful to see the differences of the Rivendell bikes not only from the divisions (Hilli bike, roadish etc) but also the gradation (Thick to Slim).

Masa

2023年2月8日水曜日 1:20:59 UTC+9 eric...@gmail.com: