New Zealand に 1 年もいたクセに、すっかり英語なんて忘れちゃってるアタシ。
そりゃそーよ、もう 10 年以上も前のハナシだもーん、なんて開き直ってるだけじゃすまないことも多いので
困った時に活用させて頂いているのが、【Excite エキサイト 翻訳 : 英語翻訳＞ウェブページ翻訳】 さま。
（【訳文のみ表示】 だとすげーことになるので、オプションはいつも 【訳文と原文を表示】 で利用してます、はい。）
で、何を Excite 翻訳さまにお任せしたいかといえば、だ。
低空飛行してるうちに古いネタになっちまったが、3 月 2 日付の KYODO NEWS の
“Tokyo Metro delegation seeks musical inspiration from London subway”
（≒ 「ロンドン地下鉄に音楽的刺激を受ける東京メトロ代表団」） っていうニュース、もしくは
2 月 27 日付の Transport for London の “London Underground sets new Japanese trend”
（≒ 「ロンドン地下鉄が日本の流行を作る」） っつー、プレスリリース。
ま、つまり、駅構内でライブが公認されてるロンドンの地下鉄みたいに （どうも、オーディションで選ばれなくちゃ
プレイできないようだが。） 東京メトロもなるかもしれないぞ、と。
同様の制度を導入すべく、代表団がロンドンへ実地見学に行ったらしいぞ、と。
これが実現すれば、面白いことになるぞ、と。
かなり VIVA なニュースだぞ、と。
“オンストリート” ライブならぬ、“アンダーストリート” ライブが実現する日も近いのか？？ Wow！！！！
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Tokyo Metro delegation seeks musical inspiration from London subway
Thursday March 2, 1:35 AM
(Kyodo) _ Delegates from Tokyo Metro visited London on Wednesday to learn about the capital's highly regarded sponsored legal busking scheme with a view to implementing a similar system in Tokyo.
"We are delighted...to share with our Japanese colleagues our knowledge and expertise of implementing and running such a successful scheme and feel truly honored that they have chosen our scheme on which to base their own," London Underground Technical Specialist Manager Steve Charlick said before the visit.
London Underground currently sports 42 designated "pitches" at stations across the extensive subway network where some 300 licensed singers and musicians are able to perform at allocated hours to throngs of passers-by.
The six-strong Tokyo Metro representatives, including Deputy Manager of International Affairs Fusao Koike, joined senior London Underground officials for a daylong visit, learning about the implementation and running of such a scheme, as well as meeting real-life buskers.
"The system is loved by customers," Sachiko Ishihara from the Tokyo Metro Transportation and Business Department told journalists, clearly impressed after the Japanese delegation's show-round.
"It is fantastic that the space is suddenly transformed from being just a walkway to having the very smell of music about it," Ishihara went on to describe enthusiastically.
The groundbreaking London initiative -- sponsored by beer company Carling -- was devised in May 2003 after a change in law meant busking was made legal on the subway in order to satisfy customer demand for talented performing artists, adding interest and entertainment to journeys.
"The scheme has gone from strength to strength and we now have nearly 300 licensed buskers providing passengers with over 3360 hours of entertainment each week," Charlick said, outlining the positive reasons why London's musical success story is well fit to be a role model to Tokyo.
Licensed buskers must pass an audition before they are allowed to perform and are chosen on talent with an emphasis strongly placed on meeting the wide-ranging musical tastes of subway customers.
Artists can range from lone blues singers to duos dressed as cats playing trumpets, or classically trained musicians with violins and harps, all of whom are not paid but rely on the generosity of inspired passengers.
Busker Steve Spencer Purse, who played the guitar and harmonica while singing some Beatles' classics, gave Ishihara a taste for the underground musical scene and told the assembled press that it was "eventful" to have such a special audience.
While Tokyo Metro delegates said that they were considering the musical initiative positively, they did admit that there were still many barriers to get over before they would be able to say a definite "yes" to a Tokyo equivalent, and were much less in a position to say when.
However, London Underground officials saw the visit as progressive and are hoping that it will set a new worldwide music trend, leading the way in subway busking schemes in Tokyo and beyond.
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記事本文［http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/press-centre/press-releases/press-releases-content.asp?prID=698より］－－－
London Underground sets new Japanese trend
Press release: 27 February 2006
London Underground (LU) has set a new worldwide musical trend. Delegates from Tokyo Metro are visiting the Capital to learn about the ins and outs of the famous LU busking scheme, sponsored by Carling, before implementing a similar system in Tokyo.
Six Tokyo Metro delegates, including Fusao Koike, Deputy Manager of International Affairs, will join senior LU officials on 1 March for a day-long visit of the Underground network, when they will get the opportunity to learn about the implementation and running of the scheme, and to discuss it with real life LU buskers.
Steve Charlick, LU Technical Specialist Manager in charge of the busking scheme, said: "We are delighted to be receiving the delegation from Tokyo Metro and to share with our Japanese colleagues our knowledge and expertise of implementing and running such a successful scheme.
"We feel truly honoured that they have chosen our scheme on which to base their own."
"The London Underground busking scheme sponsored by Carling began in May 2003, after LU managed to change the laws and the bylaws to make busking legal on the Underground.
"The scheme has gone from strength to strength, and we now have nearly 300 licensed buskers providing passengers with over 3,360 hours of entertainment each week."
Automatic Management's Jerry Smith, in charge of managing the LU busking scheme, remarked: "We are really looking forward to showing the delegates from Tokyo Metro how the innovative Carling Live Underground Music Scheme operates in situ here in London.
"We are very happy to offer our experience and expertise to help put just such a successful scheme into operation in Tokyo too."
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