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not this translator, he stole all ohtani money

He said like 7 grow tf up

Well, I see your point that he’s in the States for the sport and his skills speak for themselves. Body gestures might have been enough with his career in the past. However, his team might need him for English communication, sometimes. That’s something the fans could consider. US has no official language but it’s evident that knowing some English is necessary here. Munenori Kawasaki is a fine example of working hard at English without a translator in the game.

@@tapiocamango yeah but i dont think ohtani wants to be seen as part time comedian.

Well no it's not an absolute _must_, but it is not inconsequential either. You are at a setback in America without speaking English. Obviously he grew up in a different country and all that, so we can't fairly expect him to be able to speak English. But he is at a bit of a setback for his brand to not be able to do things like interviews and commercials in English. And especially quality of life while in the US. You can be the richest person in the world and if you only speak Japanese, that is going to significantly limit the number of people you can interact with in the US. Same goes for everywhere. If I was in a non-English speaking country where not many people spoke English, I would be making it a huge priority to learn the native language.

I wasn't gonna say anything on the subject, but dammit you're beautiful!

Hahah this aged horribly

hahahahaha savage response 👌🏼 at this point maybe 600 million

This aged well

700 million. And stop throwing dice

Cool. Most languages are incredibly different from one another.

@@joerogaine3093 No like...English and Japanese grammatically are the furthest from one another respectively.

​@@ProfKisuto yeah a lot of things can get lost in translation. For example, there are some words that just uniquely Japanese that other languages just have to adopt the word and add it, e.g. sushi, tsunami, etc

@@joerogaine3093not true

​@@joerogaine3093i have studied german japanese and spanish and japanese is absolutely nothing like english. german is the closest to english. its really not too different

The way Ippei takes what Shohei says an turns it into BASEBALL English is genuinely masterful.

If he wants to be marketable and have an easier life in America then he needs to learn English. English is the de facto international language so if you learn it, it's only helping yourself

@@briancrawford69definitely 100% especially now with all this attention he’s been getting

He didn't do a perfect job covering up his theft from Ohtani.

@@jessebean13 🥲

It doesn't matter how well you can speak its always better to speak if you can. But it doesn't appear that Ohtani has a big enough English vocabulary to speak at all. He came to America late so it will be hard for him to learn.

@@peenhead9938 He's a public figure and people will eat up every word. He can communicate in English, but he prefers an interpreter to make sure the words are carefully communicated.

@@mar_man813 nah he cant communicate. If he could he would. No one cares how good your english is.

@@peenhead9938 learn another language before judging

my dude, you don't speak for all Asians, especially Asian Americans like me who have better English skills than most rednecks

Ya, he very well could be doing that. He's probably become good friends with the guy so don't want him to lose his job.

He's an interpreter, a translator is for written text.

Foreign players keep interpreters so they won't answer certain questions. Matsui, Ichiro, lots of Hispanic players actually do know English well. You really find out who knows English when you have seats next to the dugout or bullpen.

@@KTF0 wrong.

Yeah he’s apart of him now

Even if he puts in the time, it's very hard for non native speakers to handle these types of situations. Just look at a lot of foreign students in the US. Their English skills are fine, but still, having to translate back and forth between two languages while maintaining a conversation pace is hard.

Engrish is easy

@@joerogaine3093yet you spelled it wrong💀

All Japanese kids learn English in school. Hideo Nomo spoke English. So does Shohei. They just hide and pretend they don't.

No, he doesn’t need to! He’s the best player out there, you Americans better learn other languages.

@@sweetqansta agreed! I think Americans oughta learn other peoples languages. It’s an effort worth taking. Ohtani can speak it but he has to speak for the Japanese people to understand rather the other way around

@@Thatsstraightup English is a universal language, Japanese is not. English is an official language in 39 different countries ... Japanese is only used in Japan. Let's use our heads here. Shohei would benefit greatly from learning a bit of English. Especially if he plans on living in the US for the rest of his career.

Geez people! Give this man some time! He will learn English soon. He’s too busy hitting home runs for his team. My goodness.

Shohei is a baseball player not teacher or business man either. So no need to learn language.