Editor & translator interview "Snoop Dog Cooking Class" Amazon 1st place topic book

The translation version was released on March 1, 2022, "Snoop Dog's Cooking Class Boss Dog Kitchen, 60 Platinum Recipes".When the publisher, Akibun, tweeted the cover of this book on February 1, it became a big topic of 14,000 RT/43,000 likes, and won the first place overall on Amazon.

We asked the editor of this book, Tomoyoshi Kuzu, and translators, KANA, about the details and contents.

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Transfer of the release

――When it was released overseas, what was the reason for publishing this book in Japan?

Katsusa: A colleague in the company found on SNS said, "This book is out."I knew it was published at the same time, and when I decided to "do anyone planning?"

――Is it a Japanese tweet?Or was it a tweet for overseas people?

Katsusa: I think it was a tweet for Japanese people.Other than what I saw, someone commented, and I feel like some tweets were flowing at the same time.

――If it became a hot topic on SNS, it would be interesting, so it would be interesting to order the original.

Katsusa: That's right.I wonder if the person who caught the original information first tweeted with the feeling of "What is this?I think it was a topic at that point, but it wasn't a big swing.I think it was like everyone was mentioning in a relatively small community.

――Shukubunsha has a strong image of a humanities publisher, and there aren't many images of music books and cookbooks.What made you decide to get this?

Katsusa: I handle books related to music.The number of foods related to cooking is gradually increasing.Because it is a publisher of a human document, there are many books of reading and ideas, but for example, Kyohei Sakaguchi, a writer, musician, and painter, became a hot topic at the time of publication.Yoshiharu Doi also mentioned it.This was also large (book size), and it was composed of color photos and hand -drawn texts, so it was relatively smooth to summarize the story in the company.

Translation "from prison to kitchen"

How did you decide the 60 platinum recipe from the kitchen of the dog and the "from the japonica to the kitchen" published in the obi?

Katsusa: I decided with KANA."From CROOK TO COOK" is really a super famous translation.A lot of people say, "This translation, grass!" On SNS (laughs).It has a very good reputation.If you are not so familiar with hip -hop, you may not know where this is interesting ...However, the main title was not only music fans but also a desire to incorporate cooking fans, so I suggested that "Snoop Dog's Cooking Class Boss Dog Kitchen Kitchen 60 Platinum Extreme Recipes".

――Do you have a plan that has become a bottle?

Kana: "From the jail to the kitchen", which asked Mr. Katsusa to be a famous translation, was about to be.I'll say it.It's too too much.

―― It's too much (laughs)

Kana: This was not denied separately, and it had a little impact on publishing a cookbook (laughs).It was a place, "This is a little in the title ...", but in fact, I felt like I asked for it.From my point of view, this "From Crook to Cook" was a tremendous feeling like a challenge that was hit by hip -hop.If you translate it directly, you don't rhyme like "Sin and bad guys to chefs".So think amazingly.So, as you know, Snoop is not a bad guy.I've come to bad things.

―― Because there is no murder or such a thing.

Kana: Yes.I was on the spot, but after all I was acquitted by self -defense.After all, I'm not a villain.That's why I use "CROOK" just to rhyme, and "CROOK" is originally a stronger meaning, such as "wal" or "twisted person".I thought this would be a little different if I didn't say it.Also, if "COOK" is in Japan, it will be "cock".If it is a cock, the sound is already good (laughs).

This is because the hip -hop fans are no longer doing this, and this is amazing that this will be beaten.So when I was desperately thinking, I came up thinking, "Oh, it's true that I was in the sculpture, right? The kitchen is also true, right?

―― Because it rhymes neatly, and the meaning is proper.

Kana: I think this is the only thing that rhyme in Japanese.So I told Kuzuo -san, "If you don't put this in, you'll get angry from the fans who came in from the hip -hop side, so can't you put it in?"I had you put it in.

Overseas evaluation

――It is a very highly evaluated evaluation in Amazon overseas, isn't it?There are about 18,000 reviews, and I think the average rating is 4.8.Did Kana also hear the existence of the book itself?

Kana: I knew this from the time it came out.I knew it, but at the time it was a little expensive.To import.

――The original book is expensive.

Kana: The original book cost about 6000 yen or 8000 yen.Something."No, this is 6000 yen or 8000 yen for a snoop recipe book ... so I don't want to be a photo or so."So I didn't buy it.But I knew it was this snoop recipe for fried chicken on YouTube, and Bobby Frey?Someone who tried recipes from a very famous chef and various people.There were a number of such "made" videos that say "Snoop is the best".

"Snoop is more delicious", not just one, but so in various people's videos.I thought, "This may be really delicious."So I knew it was there.

Overseas edition

Selection of translator

――Are there a chance that Kuzuo decided to ask Kana for a translation?Do you feel like you've been working?

Kuzuo: I didn't have it at all.I knew only your name.Who would you ask?When I thought about it, there were many unique terms in the original.Probably the rhyme, I use slang, I also use jargon ... I think this is probably difficult unless I'm a reasonable expert.So, if you say that you are translating the lyrics in a black music system ... Conversely, I only knew the name of Kana (laughs).

Kana: That's right (laughs).

Katsusa: I was reading an interview article and what was recorded in books.So I really wanted to ask, and I felt like I said.

―― Nice to meet you.

Kuzuo: That's right.

――However, how was Kana at that time?

Kana: No, I was surprised.Really ... come on Twitter DM (laughs).

Katsusa: That's right (laughs).

Kana: No, thank you.First of all, it's just like Donpisha's request, as much as I wanted to say, "Why did you like food?"

――You also liked cooking!This book is a bit difficult to translate if you can't do both hip -hop and cooking.

Kana: I think so.Hip -hop can't be translated directly, but there are many things that don't make sense at all.So I translated it, "Is this kind of expression easier to understand when Japanese people cook?"You can cook yourself.

Kuzuo: I didn't know that Kana was cooking, and it wasn't in an environment that I could know.So, it's completely flurry for that (laughs).It was just lucky.Now, I don't think there are anyone other than Kana who can ask for this book.In fact, when I first met, I was convinced that "Oh, this is definitely an absolute."

Great response on Twitter

――The first announcement of this book, Twitter on February 1 was a great buzz, right?12,000 RT, I like 43,000.I don't think it's quite a buzz as a snoop dog.How was that response?

Katsusa: It's like "no way".

――Is it like, "What do you want to go here ..."?

Kana: Even the name Snoop doesn't even have a tag?Just with photos ...

――It was the text and photos that say, "It's almost time to ban information ...", right?

Kana: That's right.I didn't know that I was buzz so far because I wasn't tagged either.When I happened to look at the buzzing place with a tremendous number, it was like "What's this!?" (Laughs).When asked, "It's going to be amazing, but what's going on, what's going on?"... "Don't do it for half a day, it's a terrible buzz.

――The quoted RT is like “W”.The positive "www" is a little double -meaning with "grass" (laughs).

Kana: Everyone was interesting and said, "Grass, grass."

Katsusa: "Only for snoop ..." (laughs).

――When it is officially announced, it will be the first place of Amazon overall.

Kana: And half a day (laughs).

――I think Amazon 1st place is a very topic, very popular, Naoki prize, and so on.How was your internal response?

Katsusa: I'm confused ... "Eh, lie!?" (Laughs).

――The confusion came first (laughs).

Katsusa: That was (laughs).Surely, at that time, the second place was an idol photo book, and the third place was when Shintaro Ishihara died, so I remember Shintaro Ishihara's book.A little internal, "Wow!"

What was the hardest in translation?

――By the way, KANA proceeded with the translation, what was the hardest?

Kana: If only those who like hip -hop and snoops like snoops, many people can understand it even if they are translated straight.This time, I think that it is a recipe book that I do not always translate, and if you want to know recipes such as American food, soul food, or southern dishes, you will get it.In particular, there were few recipe books for such dishes in Japanese.

I knew from the beginning that people who wanted such a recipe were the first snoop or a book that could touch something like a hip -hop world for the first time.It's very difficult to find a middle point that doesn't leave hip -hop people, so that they don't know what they are saying, "I don't know what this is what they say."did.

――Did the original English look like colloquial?

Kana: That's right.It was almost all spoken.I'm not at all (laughs).Of course, there is a consciousness of making it a book, so I guess I'm more detailed than usual.But it's like that, like I driven a sound and let someone type it (laughs).

――It seems to be quick (laughs).

Kana: "I don't type? I'm going to do it. I'll record you, you're a type."Of course, the names of people who are always hanging out come out.In that sense, if you know the hip -hop, you can immediately tell what kind of connection it is, what kind of connection it is.Anyone who doesn't know will say, "What?"

――What is Nate Dog?You have to start with.

Kana: That's right (laughs).So, in that sense, people who don't know about snoops can understand the characters of Snoop, but they don't seem to be very intimidating, so they have to translate them many times as much as ordinary translation.It took me.

――Do you say that this word took time?

Kana: The most time -time thing was the "From Crook To Cook".After all, I thought, "I have to rhyme."In the text, I didn't want to break the atmosphere he was talking about.So the text was more important than rhyme.Of course, I stepped on places that seemed to rhyme, but rather than forcibly stepping on, I aimed to be able to play in the brain with the voice of snoop even if I read it, just like the snoop was talking.

The splendor of the footnotes and the dishes actually made

――I read it and thought that the substitute list of footnote was wonderful.Isn't it really time -consuming?

Kana: That's not for this time, I couldn't find any ingredients in Japan when I cooked soul food and American cuisine for more than 20 years.Every time I checked it and cooked with ingredients and seasonings that could be substitute.I summarized my memo and experience.

――Is there such a stock?

Kana: Originally it was, so I rewrote it in an easy -to -understand manner or add some additional information.That's why I didn't have much time.

――Do you have the dishes you actually made in this?

Kana: Orange chicken has been made many times on this recipe.It was delicious.I have loved the orange chicken of panda Express for a long time, but that's a bit sweet because it's a bit of a general person and children.The recipe of this book has a spicy taste.That's why it's like orange chicken for adults and it's delicious.And chocolate chip cookies have been made every year for many years.Snoop recipes have peanut butter.So, if I made it several times, I had to put peanut butter in the future.I had Kuzuo ate before.

―― Did Kuzuo also make something?

Katsusa: First of all, KANA's peanut butter chocolate cookies are really delicious.The scent of peanuts and nuts is really fluffy and delicious.We distributed it in the company and everyone was delicious (laughs).What I made was a Caesar salad.And the orange chicken that Kana said.

――Did Katsusa usually cook this kind of dish?

Kuzuo: I usually only cook as a daily duty, or only cooking to eat (laughs).Still, it was easy.I don't usually cook while watching the recipes, but this time it was really delicious while watching the book.

The splendor of the photo

――In the current era, many people look at recipes online, but this book is good.Is it a so -called rice terror?

Kuzuo: It's a rice terror (laughs).

―― Because it is a beautiful print and photo that looks 10 times more delicious than you can see on your smartphone or tablet.If you have it, you will definitely want to make something.

Katsusa: It's the hardest time when you're editing ... I'm hungry (laughs).While looking at the manuscript, such as the time near lunch, late at night, the manuscript ... I was thinking, "It's torture" (laughs).

Kana: Also, there are few photos of American recipe books, especially soul food recipe books.

――Well, is that so?

Kana: I've always wanted to make various things, so I've been ordering American recipe books.There is also a Patty label book.There is also a Soul Food recipe, and there is a book from Sylviaz, a famous Soul Food Restaurant in New York.There are about three or four photos.

――Is it almost characters?

Kana: Almost characters.The recipe is just written in letters.There are only a few items that I want to show a photo.Unless it's for beginners, there's no recipe book with photos.Considering that, this book is very kind.Of course, there are some recipes without photos, but more than half of them have a photo, so it's amazing in that sense.I'm showing it visually.

What is the snoop song that suits this book?

――So the last question, what is the snoop song that matches while reading this book?

Kuzuo: I listened to the playlist of Snoop on YouTube while editing.After that, while playing the debut album all the time.

――It's “DoggyStyle”!

Kana: I think the new record that was during this time is also good.But first of all, if you only think of the premise of cooking, you can make "Drop It Like It's Hot" with a slick.Of course, you can apply another playlist, but there are many songs that make your head vertical.I wonder if "Drop It Like It's Hot", which is a little more pop than that, can make it while doing something like this?

Katsusa: A little aside.There was a mash -up video, right?

――Is you a YouTuber person who is doing interesting story with hip -hop material, right?

Kana: That's the best (laughs).

――It's great (laughs).That's good time ...

Kana: It seems that he made it in commemoration.

-- Thank you for this time.

Interviewed by Udiscover / Transcripted by Miyan

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