Apple Get a Mac - Japanese translation help

May 2, 2006 8:58 AM

Japanese translation help: in Apple's Get a Mac ad campaign, what are Justin Long and the Japanese woman saying in the "Network" ad?
posted by jaimev to Computers & Internet (7 answers total)

I can't quite make it out, but she's saying something close to "he's an idiot, eh?" and he's saying "yes."
posted by scottreynen at 9:16 AM on May 2, 2006

That's the end. At the beginning, they're just exchanging greetings, and then she pulls the photo out and he says "thanks."
posted by scottreynen at 9:17 AM on May 2, 2006

According to Gruber she says “He looks like a nerd”.
posted by timeistight at 9:35 AM on May 2, 2006

both: hajimemashite - something you say when you meet someone for the first time like 'nice to meet you'.

guy: yoroshiku onegaishimasu - something you say after hajimemashite, literally means something like "please be nice to me"

guy: arrigato - thanks

girl: don't know what she says last
posted by jsonic at 9:41 AM on May 2, 2006

Yes, she says おたくぽくない (otaku pokunai), which means he looks like an otaku.
posted by borkingchikapa at 10:03 AM on May 2, 2006

Gruber might be right. It's hard to tell exactly what she's saying because he's saying "sou sou" (yes yes) at the same time.
posted by scottreynen at 10:06 AM on May 2, 2006

Oh, right before that it sounds like she's saying だれの (dareno), which is basically "who is that?"
posted by borkingchikapa at 10:10 AM on May 2, 2006