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    Assistant, by Shigesato Itoi

    my translation of the second story of 夢で会いましょう [Meet Me in a Dream] by Haruki Murakami and Shigesato Itoi, not guaranteed to be accurate. see the intro post to read more!


    • An assistant mustn’t eat any pastry their employer’s set aside for later.
    • An assistant mustn’t turn away clients because their employer finds them beautiful.
    • An assistant mustn’t toss their employer’s stale tea away on their own discression.
    • An assistant mustn’t use word such as “like” or “um” when speaking to their employer.
    • An assistant musn’t wish for a nicer chair or salary than their employer.
    • An assistant mustn’t add the term ‘manager’ to their business card.

    Given all this, from now till the end of time, I do not intend t become an assistant.

    Meet Me in a Dream translatoion

    a few notes on my translations of Meet Me In a Dream:

    • this is not the most accurate translation you’ll ever find. my interest in the project is mostly literary, and my japanese might be called “studied but inept,” like a novice monk in 1500’s latin
    • i know of the other partial translation online, but i’m not consulting it, for same reasons as above
    • respecting authorial intentions, as expressed in the books foreword, i will not be marking who wrote what on this page. that’s only there with the stories themselves
    • let me know what you think, imagined reader. contact link’s there in the menu

    stories

    (with links to translation, if available)

      • Interview
      • Indian
      • Interior
      • West Coast
      • Etiquette
      • Elite
      • Elevator
      • Sardines in Oil
      • All Night
      • Onion Soup
      • Carpet
      • Kama Sutra
      • Cutlet
      • Camp Fire
      • Quiz Show
      • Cool Mint Gum
      • Crab
      • Grape Drops
      • Coin
      • Coffee
      • Coffee Cup
      • Coca Cola
      • Condor
      • Surfer
      • Sudden Death
      • Salary Man
      • Season
      • Off-Season
      • Shaving Cream
      • Shigesato Itoi
      • City Boy
      • Shower
      • Jungle Book
      • Short Stop
      • Jinx
      • Squeeze
      • Superman
      • Star Wars
      • Stereotype
      • Straight
      • Special Issue
      • Sweater
      • Xerox
      • Soft Serve
      • Softball
      • Direct Mail
      • Taxi
      • Talcum Powder
      • Charlie Manuel
      • Chewing Gum I
      • Chewing Gum II
      • Disney Land
      • Debt
      • Death Match
      • Tent
      • Donuts I
      • Donuts II
      • Dog Food
      • Nickname
      • Knock
      • Highway
      • High Heel
      • Haruki Murakami
      • Bread
      • Handsome
      • Beer
      • Philip Marlowe
      • Blue Suede Shoes
      • Blueberry Ice Cream
      • Playboy Party Joke
      • Baseball
      • Penguin
      • Whale
      • Hotel
      • Pony Tail
      • Margarine
      • Masquerade
      • Match
      • May
      • Disco Ball
      • Mozart
      • Moral
      • Rack
      • Love Letter
      • Last Scene
      • Lunch
      • Runway
      • Raincoat
      • Wham!
      • Bow Wow