I tauākītia Shrek Reo Māori, hei whakarewa i te taiopenga kiriata Māoriland

Tuesday, 17 September 2024

Ka tū tētahi putanga reo Māori o te pakiwaituhi tamariki tino rorotu, Shrek, ki ngā mata nunui i Aotearoa i te 2025.

Ko te hua tēnei o tētahi ngātahitanga ki Māoriland me DreamWorks.

Ahakoa e wātea ana a Shrek i roto i ngā reo rerekē e 40, ko te wā tuatahi tēnei ka riro i tētahi pakiwaituhi DreamWorks Animation te mahinga reo Māori.

Kua whakamāoritia tēnei pūrongo e tētahi hinengaro rorohiko, ā, kua hihiratia e te kaiwhakamāori a Puna, ko Joel Maxwell, nāna te pūrongo i whakapai hoki i mua i te whakaputa hei pūrongo reorua. Nā Straker me Microsoft te hinengaro rorohiko i whakawhanake.

This story, originally in English only, was translated into reo Māori by an AI tool then checked and edited by Stuff kaiwhakamāori Joel Maxwell before publication as a bilingual news story. The AI tool was developed by Straker and Microsoft.

I tētahi toa nui mō te reo Māori, ko tētahi o ngā pakiwaituhi tino nui te whiwhinga putea i ngā wā katoa, a Shrek kei te whakawhitia ki te reo, ā, ka whakarewatia ā-ao i te 2025 Māoriland Festival.

In a huge win for te reo Māori, one of the highest-grossing animated films of all time, Shrek, is being adapted into te reo and will make its world premiere at the 2025 Māoriland Film Festival.

Kātahi ka mātakina puta noa i Aotearoa.

It will then be screened across Aotearoa.

Read this story in English here.

Nō muri i te 2001, kua whakawhitia a Shrek ki te neke atu i te 40 o ngā reo rerekē, engari ko te wā tuatahi tēnei i whakaritea ai tētahi pakiwaituhi DreamWorks Animation ki te reo rangatira.

Since 2001, Shrek has been dubbed into more than 40 languages, but this is the first time a DreamWorks Animation film has been adapted into te reo.

Kua puta mai te urutaunga nā tētahi ngātahitanga i waenganui i Māoriland me DreamWorks.

The adaptation has come as a result of a collaboration between Māoriland and DreamWorks.

“He pakiwaituhi mīharo a Shrek nā te mea he mounga o te pukuhohe, kua utaina ki te korokē, ngā whakakata ā-kupu me ngā kōrero māminga ki te ahurea arotini ki te Uru,” hei tā te kaiwhakahaere o Māoriland, hei tā Tainui Stephens.

'Shrek is a sensational movie because it's a masterpiece of comedy, loaded with irony, puns and sly references to Western pop culture,” Māoriland director Tainui Stephens said.

“Ko te hurihanga anō a Shrek e tae rā anō ana ki ngā wero reo nui, engari he reka hoki, me ngā wero whakaaturanga.”

“Any reversioning of Shrek presents significant but delicious linguistic and performance challenges.'

He tino angitu te whakaaturanga a te Māoriland Film Festival o Moana Reo Māori, he rau rau ngā whānau kōrero Māori i whai wāhi mai.

The Māoriland Film Festival’s screening of Moana Reo Māori was a huge success, attended by hundreds of Māori-speaking whānau.

I manawawera te kaiwhakamāori ārahi a Te Kiwa Goddard mō te whakaatu i a Shrek i roto i te reo Māori.

Lead translator Te Kiwa Goddard was excited about the prospect of Shrek in te reo Māori.

“He matua ahau a te tokoono, ā, e kite ana ahau ehara tēnei pakiwaituhi i te mea e whiwhi ana i te whakamihi anake a āku tamariki, ō rātou hoa me tō rātou whānau, engari nā te hunga kōrero Māori hoki, nā te mea koia tērā te momo pikitia e kawea atu ai koe e te pūrākau me te pūoro.

“I’m a father of six, and I see this film is not only being gratefully received by my tamariki, their friends and whānau, but by non-Māori-speaking people as well, as it’s that sort of film where you are carried away by the story and the music.

'He hiakai mō nga pūrākau i roto i te reo e mau mai ana i te ao ki ā tātou tamariki. Ko te wero nui rawa ko te kimi i te 'kōtingotingo reka' e pā ana i te whakaōrite i te whakakata - he rerekē ina whakapuakina i te reo Ingarihi - kātahi ka kite i tōna ōrite i te Māori.'

'There's a hunger for stories in te reo that bring the world to our tamariki. The biggest challenge is to find the 'sweet spot' when it comes to matching the humour - which is funny when expressed in English - and then find its equivalent in Māori.”

I puta mai tēnei i muri i te whakarewatanga whare pikitia o Encanto Reo Māori mō Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.

This comes as Encanto Reo Māori made its cinema debut for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.

Ka tīmata te Shrek reo Māori i te Māoriland Film Festival 2025. Anei te roanga atu o ngā kōrero.

Shrek reo Māori will make its debut at the Māoriland Film Festival 2025. More information can be found here.

This is a Public Interest Journalism-funded translation through NZ On Air