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This movie makes me want to cry →これは泣きたくなる映画です。

That book made me want to travel →あの本を読むと旅に行きたくなった。

This scene from Tampopo is amazing. The English translations are a little different but pretty good.

Do you move the pork to the side for later? Do you tap the pork?

One fine day…

an old man and I
went out for a bite.

He’d studied ramen for 40 years

and said he’d initiate me
into the art.

Sensei, soup or noodles first?

First contemplate the ramen.

Carefully observe the whole bowl

while savoring the aroma.

The jewels of fat
twinkling on the surface…

the menma shoots
glistening with fat…

the nori darkening
with moisture…

the scallions floating on top.

Above all, the stars of the show:

three slices of roast pork,
modestly half submerged.

Now then, with the tips
of your chopsticks…

smooth out the surface
and caress the ramen.

What for?

To express affection.

Then point your chopsticks
at the roast pork.

Go straight for the pork?

No, at this stage merely tap it.

Nudge it lovingly with the tips.

Slowly pick it up

and nestle it
in the broth to the right.

This next part is very important.

l want you quietly
to apologize to the pork.

“Until we meet again.”

“Until we meet again”?

Stupid book!

Makes me hungry for ramen.
– Hang tough.

We’ll be there in two hours.
We can chow down afterwards.

Really?

Keep reading.

At last we begin eating,
starting with the noodles.

At this point…

while slurping the noodles,

be sure never to take
your eyes off the pork.

Gaze at it with affection.

The old man
took a bite of menma

and chewed it awhile.

Then he took
a mouthful of noodles.

Then, still chewing the noodles,

he took some more menma.

Only then did he sip the broth.

Three times in succession.

Then he slowly sat up straight.

He sighed and then,
as if making a momentous decision,

took the first slice of pork

and tapped it lightly
on the side of the bowl.

Does that have
some special meaning?

What meaning?
Just draining the liquid off.

– Let’s stop.
– Why?

Your stupid book’s
making me hungry too.

LAI LAI RAMEN SHOP

『タンポポ/Tampopo』(1985)　

監督：伊丹十三/Juzo Itami

今週は、ラーメンweekということで、ラーメンにまつわる映画をご紹介いたします！ラーメンの映画といえば、真っ先に浮かぶのはやはり、伊丹十三監督の『タンポポ』ですよね。今回は邦画から日本語の台詞をピックアップし、英語に訳したらどんな感じになるかご紹介したいと思います。

潰れかけのラーメン屋を再建するという、シンプルなストーリーながら、随所に突然挟まれる、食にまつわるシュールなシーンの数々が、この映画をただのサクセスストーリーやコメディとは一線を画す芸術作品にしています。見たら醤油ラーメンが食べたくなること間違いなし！

台詞は繁盛店へリサーチにやってきた主人公達が、その店の麺について話をしているシーンより。

ここの麺、最高でっしゃろ？ツルツルのシコシコでっしゃろ？

These noodles are tops. Smooth but chewy.

★ポイント

tops

最高の、一番の

topsは最高という意味で＝the bestです。topの複数形ではなくて、形容詞なので、主語が単数の場合でもtopsのままなので注意してください

例：She is tops in her field.

   (彼女はその分野では一番だ)

smooth

ツルツル、スベスベ

凹凸がなく、表面が滑らかな様子。スベスベの肌などと言う時に使えます。

chewy

モチモチ、シコシコ、コシがある、歯ごたえがある

ｃhewというのは噛むという動詞で、chewyで噛み応えのあると言ったような意味になります。

コシを表す似たような単語で、springy(spring=バネに由来)というものもあります。

Ayami

新宿校