Why? What did they say/write? Tell us
Alina Zagitova
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Many people said that this was a very rude question, if Alina reacted to him in this wayWhy? What did they say/write? Tell us
Well, I agree with them. It was weird and not very appropriate question.
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Thank you for translation! Alina is a spectacular young lady.
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Oh no:shocked:. The video was deleted. The following seems to be working, but it’s a shortened version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d0rsjC-3w4&t=200s
Phew. I could finish translation before the video is gone. So here is part 3!
During the interview, there was a time for the advertisement of Stars on Ice.
Q: Would you tell us about the highlights of this show?
A: The opening and finale are very beautiful. Also, the skaters from around the world skate their own programs with all their heart and soul. So, please enjoy watching them!
Q: Are you going to take holidays after this show?
A: Yeah, I heard so. And after the holidays, a training camp will start.
Q: Then, maybe you don’t have much time to see your family. Have you already met your parents?
A: Yes, my parents came to see me.
Q: What did they say to you?
A: They were so happy. My father was an athlete and is still involved in sports, so he understands my feeling.
Q: We know that your father is an ice hockey coach.
In closing, would you give a comment to your Japanese fans?
A: I always appreciate your support. You give me a lot of energy, with which I can go forward and work hard.
Q: Would you appear on our TV show again when you come to Japan next time?
A: I will, if you invite me here.
End of the interview
That’s it! Maybe some details are lacking...
About ‘Chinese salad’, it’s a vegetable salad with a sauce called ‘Chinese dressing’ made of soy sauce and sesame oil.
When they talk about how to bring presents back, with smile Alina said something like ‘I may add one more suitcase, yes?’ to somebody in the studio. So, maybe her grandmother was there.
I am also the one who made Alina’s suitcase a bit heavier. Yes, I went to the Stars on Ice show in Yokohama two days ago! I could see her in person and it was like a dream. She was enthusiastically welcomed by the audience. A lady sitting next to me even begun to cry when Alina only lighted her candle.
The show was truly fantastic, and the audience got excited. I shouted almost all skaters’ names and eventually got a sore throat.
Thank you.
I hope Alina has a real offseason now and settles into her growing body.
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That’s it! Maybe some details are lacking...
About ‘Chinese salad’, it’s a vegetable salad with a sauce called ‘Chinese dressing’ made of soy sauce and sesame oil.
When they talk about how to bring presents back, with smile Alina said something like ‘I may add one more suitcase, yes?’ to somebody in the studio. So, maybe her grandmother was there.
I am also the one who made Alina’s suitcase a bit heavier. Yes, I went to the Stars on Ice show in Yokohama two days ago! I could see her in person and it was like a dream. She was enthusiastically welcomed by the audience. A lady sitting next to me even begun to cry when Alina only lighted her candle.
The show was truly fantastic, and the audience got excited. I shouted almost all skaters’ names and eventually got a sore throat.
It is perfect!!! Thank you so much!! I thought she talked to someone of video (and thought it was her grandmother too) so it's great to have confirmation on this and to read what the exchange was.
I'm so happy that you got to go to the show, and give her a present that I'm sure she loved. What a great moment to witness!
Thanks once more for all your wonderful translations.
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At the very beginning of the video waran posted you can see Alina and her grandmother together arriving at the airport.
Regarding 'the question' I read on twitter that the two women sitting next to the older gentleman who posed it both commented that it wasn't really the right thing to be asking her. Not sure if it was directly or indirectly, but at this point I think Alina has shut that question down with the Russian and Japanese media. Good for her!
Thank you again to waran and all the translators, Japanese and Russian! You the best! Korean speakers, you guys are up next!
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there's some infatuation that the media has with girl and young lady athletes that the boys and young men do not face. Are the men medalists at the Olympics asked do you have a girlfriend or are you interested in girls or what do you look for in a girlfriend? But for some reason young female athletes have to put up with these questions and have for many many years and figure skating in tennis and gymnastics in particular.
I think it only applies to young attractive females. Youtube is filled with video of Alina and Evgenia coupled with various other skaters. I don't follow any male skaters to know if they are asked. I'm sure they are asked too. I think it's kind of normal. Most people want to know who celebrities are dating.
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OK - that plane is definitely big enough - but I think she's gonna need a bigger runway!!!!
Wow - that is something to see --- 6 jet engines and the landing gear look like a centipede
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Oh no:shocked:. The video was deleted. The following seems to be working, but it’s a shortened version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d0rsjC-3w4&t=200s
About ‘Chinese salad’, it’s a vegetable salad with a sauce called ‘Chinese dressing’ made of soy sauce and sesame oil.
When they talk about how to bring presents back, with smile Alina said something like ‘I may add one more suitcase, yes?’ to somebody in the studio. So, maybe her grandmother was there.
I am also the one who made Alina’s suitcase a bit heavier. Yes, I went to the Stars on Ice show in Yokohama two days ago! I could see her in person and it was like a dream. She was enthusiastically welcomed by the audience. A lady sitting next to me even begun to cry when Alina only lighted her candle.
The show was truly fantastic, and the audience got excited. I shouted almost all skaters’ names and eventually got a sore throat.
Thank you for explaining Chinese Salad
That is fantastic that you got to see Alina in person, and of course the entire Stars on Ice show.
Once again thank you so much for the translations
Japan's love of figure skating is fantastic.
RE: the lady crying when Alina lit the candle - maybe she was afraid it would melt the ice
Here full Morning show:
Alina ZAGITOVA - Morning Show Japan Tour (05.04.2018) (Audio normalized)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNZr8bjrFcw
How popular are these Japanese tv shows? Are these shows fairly mainstream? With the exception of the weird boyfriend questions, it seems like an opportunity to show more of her personality than the things I've seen on Russian media.
While in Russia, Evgenia seems to be have done more light hearted tv and magazine interviews than Alina has. I think I've only seen Alina do press Q and A sessions with Eteri and some old official looking guy. They look more like news style press briefings, that she has to do for the Russian sports federation.
While in Russia, Evgenia seems to be have done more light hearted tv and magazine interviews than Alina has. I think I've only seen Alina do press Q and A sessions with Eteri and some old official looking guy. They look more like news style press briefings, that she has to do for the Russian sports federation.
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I agree that the media seems to ask these type of questions more of female athletes, I think they maybe tap into something (media wise) that is similar to what happens to actresses (and in this case actors too) that get asked these types of questions a lot. Back to sports though I remember people being all over Serena Williams life.
That said I'm glad Alina knows her level of comfort and feels secure enough to not disclose (or discuss) what she doesn't want to. To draw a parallel with someone in acting, Scarlet Johannson never discussed her private life and still refuses to, but she is way older and has been around since forever, so kudos for Alina for being so young, new to the whole "media all over me" experience, and yet being able to put her foot down and not talk about what she doesn't want to. This shows her strong personality and character, I admire her a lot for this, even more so when I factor in the fact that she is 15. If she ever says something, on any issue, I'll be glad to know that she is talking about a topic because she feels comfortable with it.
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Just going to throw this out there because I have more than passing knowledge about the inner workings of this particular field: on Alina's Vogue shoot, she personally and her family have had zero input as to what pose she was going to shoot on, and even with whom as co-star. Yes, parental consent (as a signed form) is required for any modeling work for anyone under the age of 16, some agencies even require it for models up to the age of 21.
Yes an adult must be present during the shoot, but that doesn't have to be a family member, it can be any adult chaperone selected for this purpose. The job of this adult is to see that nothing untoward happens in regards to that young model and it is not his/her job to make any comments or choices regarding the creative content of the shoot. That choice is up to the client, the photographer and those that commissioned the shoot. And I say the client lightly here because most clients have creative agencies that propose and execute layouts for them, which they of course must approve, but they won't see the finished work until it is shot. Most fashion clients have their own marketing department with someone on the shoot to OK any changes to previously agreed layouts.
Vogue works with very young models, most rising commercial models are 13 and up, it is very common to start working on this profession when you are 13 and a 20 year old is considered a veteran. Fashion work does not care to treat really young people as kids, for instance google Kaia Gerber (Cindy Crawford's daughter who's been modeling since the age of 13 and is now only 16) and look at the photos. It is the way the industry is shaped.
Even non-models, as is the case with Alina who is an athlete, when they do a fashion shoot get treated, and by that I mean done up and shoot as, models. Look at the shoot for team USA for Vogue (the Summer Olympics peeps). Am I saying this is what I would do, heck no, but I am saying that once the choice to be on the shoot is done it is out of your hands.
So blaming all that on Alina, like she walked in and requested that set up, is just so wrong.
As is saying that she is portraying this or that from one picture (or even a couple) and a bunch of stories that she didn't ask for or spread, as if she (or anyone for that matter) can control what the press will say about you.
And she is 15, in a little bit will be 16, she is learning as she grows, not only on her skating skills but about life itself. I give her a ton of respect for the choices she has made already, for the person she is showing to the world and I fully support her as a fan as she evolves as an athlete and as a person.
No one is required to agree with me, we all can have our own opinions and we will think differently about many matters, but I kindly ask anyone judging to consider the age of the people they are judging and the fact that they have their whole lives ahead of them. If anyone who heard Mozart play at 4 would have judged his full potential by what they heard they would have surely have shortchanged him (for those keeping track he started composing - symphonies -at 8 and his best period is considered from age 25).
Yes an adult must be present during the shoot, but that doesn't have to be a family member, it can be any adult chaperone selected for this purpose. The job of this adult is to see that nothing untoward happens in regards to that young model and it is not his/her job to make any comments or choices regarding the creative content of the shoot. That choice is up to the client, the photographer and those that commissioned the shoot. And I say the client lightly here because most clients have creative agencies that propose and execute layouts for them, which they of course must approve, but they won't see the finished work until it is shot. Most fashion clients have their own marketing department with someone on the shoot to OK any changes to previously agreed layouts.
Vogue works with very young models, most rising commercial models are 13 and up, it is very common to start working on this profession when you are 13 and a 20 year old is considered a veteran. Fashion work does not care to treat really young people as kids, for instance google Kaia Gerber (Cindy Crawford's daughter who's been modeling since the age of 13 and is now only 16) and look at the photos. It is the way the industry is shaped.
Even non-models, as is the case with Alina who is an athlete, when they do a fashion shoot get treated, and by that I mean done up and shoot as, models. Look at the shoot for team USA for Vogue (the Summer Olympics peeps). Am I saying this is what I would do, heck no, but I am saying that once the choice to be on the shoot is done it is out of your hands.
So blaming all that on Alina, like she walked in and requested that set up, is just so wrong.
As is saying that she is portraying this or that from one picture (or even a couple) and a bunch of stories that she didn't ask for or spread, as if she (or anyone for that matter) can control what the press will say about you.
And she is 15, in a little bit will be 16, she is learning as she grows, not only on her skating skills but about life itself. I give her a ton of respect for the choices she has made already, for the person she is showing to the world and I fully support her as a fan as she evolves as an athlete and as a person.
No one is required to agree with me, we all can have our own opinions and we will think differently about many matters, but I kindly ask anyone judging to consider the age of the people they are judging and the fact that they have their whole lives ahead of them. If anyone who heard Mozart play at 4 would have judged his full potential by what they heard they would have surely have shortchanged him (for those keeping track he started composing - symphonies -at 8 and his best period is considered from age 25).
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Thanks for taking the time and sharing your perspective. It’s a well thought out post and very insightful. I’ve got a lot of respect for Alina and what she’s accomplished.
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Agreed.
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I'm glad she doesn't get drawn into answering questions she is not comfortable with.
Anyway, from the more recent photos online when she is not in shows/competitions, in her personal capacity, she is usually in pants and long sleeved shirts.
Btw, what does Alina call Eteri? Is it "Coach" or by her name or something else? I don't speak Russian, when I watch videos with subtitles, I can't catch how Alina refers to Eteri.
Anyway, from the more recent photos online when she is not in shows/competitions, in her personal capacity, she is usually in pants and long sleeved shirts.
Btw, what does Alina call Eteri? Is it "Coach" or by her name or something else? I don't speak Russian, when I watch videos with subtitles, I can't catch how Alina refers to Eteri.
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Alina calls her "Eteri Georgievna" (the first "G" letter is pronounced as in the word "gas"), where "Georgievna" is a patronymic, which is used in Russia when referring to people who are older then you as a sign of respect
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