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Just curious...

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I was wondering how translators and such actually get hold of the books to translate them.....
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Post by yukumushio »

tee hee, I was wondering that too! I'm guessing they get scans from someone who has the book? And they translate off of them? Or they buy the book...but I don't think that's likely.
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Well, scans are one option. Because some of the stories are in a magazine, you can get it there. Also, because Haruhi i so popular, some people have wrote out the entire volume (I've seen the raws for volume 1-9).
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I really want to get a copy of one....I don't think I can order things from Japanese websites while in the US.
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I think you can (order things from Japanese websites). Well, at least from certain ones. Also, there are some sites that sell things that are Japanese but have everything else (the text basically) in English (I think).
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do you have any idea what website I could get the latest one from? I want it in Japanese.
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I ordered mine from amazon.jp :D
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GDsMDDLFNGR wrote:I ordered mine from amazon.jp :D
Same here.

Suzumiya Haruhi no Bunretsu (Vol. 9) (2 copies) = 1,028 yen (~US$8.50)
Shipping to Continental U.S. = 3,300 yen (~US$27)

That shipping was harsh. I might look into another importer because of that... but I'm confident Amazon.co.jp will always be a viable option if nothing else pans out.
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Post by deskoh91 »

no comments about volume 9 :lol:

my volumes 1 to 8 of Suzumiya Haruhi are original Kadokawa Taiwan Traditional Chinese versions.
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found it, cool
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How long did it take to recieve?
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Can someone tell me what ¥ 3,514 is in US Dollars?
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It's about US$30. A good rule of thumb for putting yen into US$ is just divide by 100, but the actual yen value of one dollar has seem to be around 120 yen for the past year or so.
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Post by Fushichou »

cool, I ordered it already without really knowing exactly how much i was paying. (I knew it was no more than 50 dollars lol)
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Post by deskoh91 »

Fh14ism wrote:How long did it take to recieve?
I bought it from my local Kinokuniya. it is about S$12 (US$7.80) for me.
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