「チャングムの誓い」の英語字幕の平均的スピード

　「チャングムの誓い」の英語字幕をどれぐらいのスピードで読めればいいのかを知りたい方のために、このドラマの平均的なスピードで話されている場面の英語を書いてみたいと思います。

　書きますのは、第13話で、味覚を失ったチャングムに、ハン尚宮が話をするシーンです。「味を描く能力がある」という非常に印象的なセリフが出るシーンです。

　チャングムとハン尚宮のふたりの会話のシーンです。ほぼ隙間なく話していて、計りましたらちょうど4分でした。

　改行や、文がまだ続く時の「・・・」も字幕通りに書いてみました。字幕では、コンマやピリオドが入らないことが多いですが、下記では、入れています。
チャングムのセリフは●、ハン尚宮は■と、表記します。

アメリカ版DVDの英語字幕より

●Madam,you can't do this.
Even if you consider me as
your own daughter,you can't do this,
It's against Lady Jung's will too.

■No.

●If you're doing this because
you feel sorry to me then...

■Quiet!I know the difference
between work and relationships.

●But I can't taste food anymore.

■You'll recover soon.
Even if you don't recover,
you have two talents
that every cook needs.
You need two talents to cook...

One is ability to make tasty food...
It's a natural gift for some people
Some obtain it to a certain degree
with much practice...
You practiced a lot and
you also have that natural gift.

●But if I can't taste...

■Ability to taste is necessary for
the person who's eating the food.
Even an old lady who can't taste food
can cook tasty soup for her son.
Second ability...I don't have it.

Lady Choi doesn't have it.
Nor does Keum-Young have it.

But you have it.
The most important skill.
you need as a cook.You have that.

●What is it?

■That's ...
That's the ability to draw up a taste.

●Draw up a taste?

■Yes.
Think back at the time when you
made the cold noodles for the king
and when you made the
cabbage dumplings at the competition.

Why did you think that mountain
spring water would help the taste?

●Because I know that water from
So-Dang-Ri makes radish kimchi tasty.

■And the cabbage dumplings?

●I thought he texture of thd cabbage
would match well with the ingredients.

■Yes,that's right.
When a new ingredient is added.
you know wheter
it will make good harmony...
to improve the taste.
or worsen the taste.
That's your ability
to draw up a taste.

I forgot that I've trained you
in a different way...
from how I was trained in order to ...
give you new skills that I don't have.

●Then that's why you told me
to find out all kinds of...
salty ingredients and taste
all types of water and herbs...

■That's right.That's it.
I know I make tasty food
but my ability to draw up...
a taste is limited and that's why
there has been little progress.

Such a skill is obviously good
for coming up with a new dish.
But you can improve
an old dish's taste simply by...
adding one more seasoning or
by changing the cooking method.

That's why I prevented you
from cooking like others do
and made you go through
all that hard training.

You did well.
and it's hard to tell...
wheter it's because of
your curiosity or training

but you have an ability to find
and draw up a taste rather easily.
Charcoal in soy sauce
spring water in cold noodles
and cabbage dumplings
bear witness to that.

●But Madam...that's when
I was able to taste the food.

■Who cares!Did you taste
charcoal before putting it ...
in the soy sauce?

Did you taste the spring water...
before you put it
in the radish kimchi water?
Come to your practice ground
tomorrow morning.

　以上のシーンが、ぴったり4分です。日本語音声で、このシーンを見たときにも、セリフ量の多さに圧倒されました。シナリオブックをお持ちの方は、日本語をご覧いただければ、かなり忠実に英訳してあるな、と思われると思います。P.306-308

　「チャングムの誓い」のセリフのスピードは、これが平均だと思います。

　後半から、医女編になり、チャンドクがチャングムに医術を教えるシーンがありますが、チャンドクが医学について話すスピードは、上記のシーンよりも、一段階はやいような気がします。

　悩みながらや、しみじみと話すシーンは、もちろん話すスピードは遅くなります。