This post presents a translation of the first of two pages (the image on left below) of a review of the classic Myanmar film Thingyan Moe taken from the Myanmar Times website.
Vocabulary:
အတွဲ ။ volume
သမျှ ။ each and every
အမြူး ။ playfulness
အလွမ်း ။ longing; yearning; sorrow; sentimentality
အဆွေး ။ sorrow
ထုံမွမ်း ။ impregnate with scent
အပြစ်ဆို ။ blame, censure, reproach
ကင်မရာ ။ camera
တီထွင် ။ to invent
ဇာတ်ကွက် ။ plot of a play, drama or film
သဘာဝကျ ။ to be natural, be realistic
ဇာတ်အိမ် ။ structure of a play, novel, etc.
ဆန်းကြယ် ။ to be wonderful, strange
နူးညံ့ ။ be soft, smooth (to the touch); (of disposition) be gentle
သိမ်မွေ့ delicate, subtle, gentle, refined
တင်ဆက် ။ to present
အပြန်အလှန် ။ mutually, reciprocally
မောင်းနှင် ။ to drive
ဓနရှင်ကြေးရှင်။ person of great wealth
နင်းပြား ။ downtrodden
နယ်ချဲ့ ။ expansionist, imperial
ဘူဇွာ ။ bourgeois, propertied middle class
ကြိုးပမ်း ။ to strike, struggle
ရုန်းကန် ။ to struggle, struggle violently
ပထဝီဝင် ။ geography
အတိအကျ ။ definitely, precisely
သာမန် ။ ordinary, normal
အညတရ ။ nonentity
အလယ်အလတ် ။ middle
ရာရာစစ ။ unworthily
Translation:
The class problem of which "Thingyan Moe" speaks
Way Yan Bone
Volumn 26/ Number 515 (29/4-5/2011)
The film "Thingyan Moe" that was filmed and released about 25 years ago has been until the present time [the film that people] are most fond of. It is a film [that takes place against] the backdrop of, and released [at the time of] the New Year's [Festival] and of all the films made against the backdrop of the New Year's Festival it is accepted as the most successful.
Although "Thingyan Moe" can be said to be a film [set] against the backdrop of the New Year's [Festival] it is not just about playfulness. It is a classic film impregnated with the scent of love, longing and and all types of artistic skills such as singing, playing instruments and dancing. However, in [the movie] there is nothing blameworthy. It also has a newly invented [method] of filming, a realistic plot, sound, lighting, and such things related to film skills.
Other than that, more than present day [films] the structure of the film can still pull out [the viewer's] imagination to be wonderful.
The film "Thingyan Moe" can be seen not only as a film that smoothly and delicately presents about Myanmar culture, but also a film that presents a problem that is not simple anywhere in the world. That [problem] is none other than the contest between different classes, or class conflict.
That which is called class conflict is the mutual contest in politics, economics, society and such sectors [that takes place] between the classes that are called the base class, middle class and upper class.
Class conflict is the main driver of social organisation. It is the main author of social history. Throughout history, [class conflict] causes the emergence of conflicts such as the conflict between the wealthy class and the poor and downtrodden, the conflict between those who are colonial imperialists and those who are made to be slaves, the conflict between the ruling class and the subordinate class, and struggles such as bourgeois revolutions, worker-peasant revolutions, and independence struggles. Because of that, eras, systems, and geographic maps in the world change.
[We] can see in "Thingyan Moe" a social conflict, and if we speak precisely [it is] a conflict of love, between the upper class and the middle class.
Looking at any era throughout history, it can be seen that members of the same class get married. There is not a type [of situation in which] an upper class man and a base class woman [get married]. [A situation] like that is rare. The kind of story in which the English Prince of Wales takes [as a wife] a poor commoner widow mother of a child are good fiction writing, songs and poems. But, there are not many stories of that kind in real life.
"Thingyan Moe" is structured with the emergence of the upper class female protagonist (Khin Khin Hta}'s parents social circle not agreeing with the male protagonist (Nyein Aung) who is middle class. In the story there are no words of class division. The least words like "unworthily" and "different level" are not included.
Presenting that matter of being able to not agree with Nyein Maung, [the film presents the difficulty for] the higher class to accept a class lower than itself ([it] will want to respect according to education) [and the difficulty for] the joining together of the aforementioned two classes.
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