Translator Reviews ( Japanese → English )

Japanese

日本の「選挙活動」として知られているものの手順は次の通りだ。議員なり市長なり候補者が選挙カーに乗り、約一週間、選挙地区を回り続ける。街中で老若男女にスピーカーから呼び掛け、車の窓から絶え間なく身を乗り出し、手を振り続ける。街角ではマイクを通して「政策」を宣言し、人々の記憶に残るようにとかく名前を連呼する。少しでも手を振り返してくれる「支援者」を見つけたならば、候補者はスタッフと共に大急ぎで握手へと急ぐ。まるで「芸能人」だ。そしてこの「選挙運動」には莫大な金がかかる事で有名だ。

English

The steps of the ” electoral campaign” in Japan is as follows: Candidates for a mayor and/or lawmakers cruise in an election car in his/her own electoral district approximately for a week. The candidate speaks to the young, the aged, men, and women everywhere in the town from the speaker of the car, always leaning out from the window, and keeps waving his/her hand towards them. Around a corner of the street, through a microphone, he/she declares the "policy" with a continuous call of his/her own name anyhow to appeal to the memories of the voters. When you find a “suppoter” who waves his/her hand back to you even slightly, the candidate with staffs rushes to his/her in a great hurry and shakes hands.
It is an "entertainer" completely. Furthermore, it’s well known that the huge amount of money is needed for this “electoral campaign.”