Survey for Existing/Potential Jpn/Ch -> Eng Translators

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If there’re more translators for a LN you're not working on due to time issues, will you consider?

Yes (if there is at least one other translator)
15
26%
Yes (if there are at least two to three other translators)
6
11%
Yes (if there are at least four to five other translators)
6
11%
Yes (if there are six to ten other translators)
0
No votes
Yes (if there are more than ten other translators)
2
4%
Depends on series length, difficulty, etc. (elaborate)
24
42%
No way, even if there xxx number of translators, I simply don't have the time.
4
7%
 
Total votes: 57

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Post by Cosmic Eagle »

kira0802 wrote: Correction: You'll die when you'll retire. :lol:
Such a sad fate....
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Post by Mystes »

Cosmic Eagle wrote:
kira0802 wrote: Correction: You'll die when you'll retire. :lol:
Such a sad fate....
I somehow jut remembered this:
There is no such thing as a coincidence in this world, there is only the inevitable.
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You guys do realise that you're talking about me, right?
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Post by YoakeNoHikari »

There is no such thing as a coincidence in this world, there is only the inevitable.
That is not the full quote, is it? I remember it being longer, from Ef.
Even eternity can be encased in ice.
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Teh_ping wrote:You guys do realise that you're talking about me, right?
Don't worry...we are all fated to sad ends....


No...that's from xxxHolic....Yuko's favorite line.
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阿謨伽尾盧左曩 摩訶母捺囉摩抳 鉢納摩 人嚩攞 鉢囉韈哆野吽
地・水・火・風・空に偏在する金剛界尊よ
今ぞ遍く光に滅相し奉る!
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卍曼荼羅ァ――無量大数ゥ!
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Post by YoakeNoHikari »

yes, that is true, but I am sure I remember that being Yu's favorite line.

Upon checking, it is essentially the same line if you replace 'coincidence' with 'miracle'.
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Post by Zuruumi »

Well I kind of remember seeing this line in many other pieces. I think it is a line which about half of japanese authors use at least once. (with small changes)
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Bumping for curiosity sake. Sure feels weird seeing my younger self post such things:
Teh_ping wrote:...that means I'm stuck here. Bah, who activated a Groundhog Loop? Is this 1408?
...And we're still lacking people...
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Post by royaloyalz »

Hey I may be interested in starting to do some translations, and to my wholly respected teh_ping, do you still remember me? I sent you a pm on facebook once haha. Anyways thanks a lot for your baka to test and SAO translations! Really enjoyed them both! :D
Teh_ping wrote:Bumping for curiosity sake. Sure feels weird seeing my younger self post such things:
Teh_ping wrote:...that means I'm stuck here. Bah, who activated a Groundhog Loop? Is this 1408?
...And we're still lacking people...
Yeah so now that I have more free time to spare I'm thinking why not? Although my project to learn Japanese has stalled, at least with my meagre knowledge of the Chinese language I may still be able to do a little translating work, maybe a chapter at most in probably a weeks time if I am in a good condition.

If I were to help out with translating, I guess I will start with Hidan no Aria, since it is one of the LN that I personally enjoy a lot but has yet to catch up to the latest volume in terms of English translations.
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Post by UltimateOTL »

Since I'm new at this and all, I'd say it depends on the difficulty of the novel itself. Something that's pretty heavy on terminologies or novel-specific words (i.e. Unbreakable Machine Doll, Blade Dance among others) I generally won't touch because I can't handle terminologies, especially if it appears in the novel quite often. However, if it's a comedy novel, I might consider doing because it's something I enjoy after all. But I won't say I will 100% do comedy novels as I'm not confident that I can fully bring out the humour in the novels. I can make attempts, sure, but it's not something I dare to guarantee, due to a lack of experience.
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Actually blade dance is easy if you have the Jp raw for looking up the name. Considering the whole text is mostly composed of girls' moaning and the likes.
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