Today's work 日本語実習h⑧ 16/11/2011

I'd like to give everyone an idea of what I'm studying so I'm going to type up the transcript of what we did in third period with Nakano先生. I'll attempt a translation afterwards, so everyone can get the gist of it.

日本人の平均寿命　（H19.12.17　放送）

一昨年の日本人の平均寿命がまとまりました。

もっとも長かったのは、男性が長野県の７９．８４歳、女性が沖縄県の８６．８８歳でした。

平均寿命は、地域の保険や福祉の酸い銃んを表す指標として、厚生労働省が五年ごとに都道府県別に調べています。一昨年の調査の結果、平均寿命がもっとも長かったのは、男性は長野県の７９．８４歳で、平成二年の調査から、４回連続で１位、女性は沖縄県の８６．８８歳で昭和５０年の調査から７回連続で１位です。もっとも短かったのは、男女とも青森県で男性が７６．２７歳、女性が８４．８０歳でした。青森の男性の平均寿命は昭和５０年から７回連続でもっとも短くなっています。厚生労働省は、青森県では脳卒中や心臓病で亡くなる人が多いなど、生活習慣の影響が大きいと考えられると話しています。

また、今回の調査で、平均寿命がもっとも長かった県と短かった県の差は、男性で３．５７、女性で２．０８歳となっています。

前回、平成１２年の調査と比べますと、平均寿命はすべての問う道府県でのび、もっとも大きく伸びたのは、男性では滋賀県と岡山県、女性では大分県と鳥取県でした。

Now as you can expect, everyone reacts to this in different ways.

First this.

And thankfully, finally this.

Then this.

 Now for my poor attempt at a translation!

The average Japanese lifespan (Broadcast 17.12.2007)


The year before last, (data on) the average Japanese life span was collected.

The longest lifespan was 79.84 years old for men in Nagano and 86.88 years old for women in Okinawa.

The average lifespan, as an indication of the regional standard for insurance and welfare, is being assessed every five years in Tokyo, Hokkaido and the other prefectures by the Ministry of Welfare and Labour. The result of the census from the year before last (2005) was that the longest average lifespan was 79.84y.o. in men from Nagano. Nagano has placed 1st four consecutive times since 1990's census. In women, the highest average lifespan was 86.88y.o. in Okinawa, which has been 1st seven times consecutively since 1975's census. The shortest average life span belonged to the men and women of Aomori, at 76.27y.o. and 84.80y.o., respectively. Over seven consecutive surveys, the average lifespan of Aomori's men has continued to shorten since 1975. The Ministry of Welfare and Labour are attributing this to the many deaths in Aomori due to stroke, heart disease, etc. as well as the considerable influence (one's) lifestyle is thought to have (on one's lifespan).

Still, in this census, the difference between the prefecture with the longest average life span and the prefecture with the shortest average life span was 3.57 years for men and 2.08 years for women.

Last time, compared to 2000's census, the average lifespan has grown across Tokyo, Hokkaido and all the other prefectures. The biggest increase was in the men of Shiga and Okayama and the women of Oita and Tottori.

Also, for anyone who has the time there is a video of me reading it out for pronunciation practice :D I'm not excellent with numbers so you'll notice I have a bit of trouble with that and when I watched it I realised I accidentally said 短った(mijikatta) instead of 短かった (mijikakatta). Also I attempted to say "日本語実習h" at the start but it just caught the end and sounds like ぐぅ〜(GU!) Otherwise it turned out alright :)

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT! And if any one noticed any mistakes or errors in my translation, pronunciation, English grammar, or perhaps you thought of a different way you would translate a particular section, let me know ;) I'm all ears and I'd love to hear from you!