Learning Japanese just for translating light novels

[crimsonDN]

I want to learn how to read Japanese so I can translate light novels into English. What is the best way of attaining my goal and how much time would it take to do so?

[Nurin]

I guess you should take a look here, is the way I'm learning at least for me, it's working pretty well

Regards

[crimsonDN]

I guess you should take a look here, is the way I'm learning at least for me, it's working pretty well

Regards

The website looks promising but I don't have a credit card for that $0.1 purchase lol. How long did it take you to become a translator?

[Nurin]

I'm still learning the japanese, for my translations from japanese to english I use some cheats since I don't know every kanji. so I guess in this pace in more 4 months I finish with every kanji

But if you are like me and don't have the CC use the old metode it's free, you can do on your own!

[Dohma]

I've learned the language through a course of three books called 'Japanese for College Students'. It actually explains the grammar and stuff comprehensively, instead of filling your head with example sentences. Personally, I think it's the best self-study book I've come across, and by the end you should be able to read Japanese without much trouble. However, it's out of print these days, so the prices are pretty steep (about € 20 per book).

You can also check:

http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/

It's an extensive course and it's free online, but it takes some figuring out.

[MineRiko]

Bleh, I'll take up a government Japanese programme next year.

Currently, my Hiragana/Katakana would be below F-class standard, but my kanji should be at least A-class. I think my order of learning is wrong...

[Nurin]

Bleh, I'll take up a government Japanese programme next year.

Currently, my Hiragana/Katakana would be below F-class standard, but my kanji should be at least A-class. I think my order of learning is wrong...

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My hiragana/katakana is about AA class, but my kanji level still E Class

[Catahn]

If you have android I have been using the Obenkyo app for flash card memorization. I don't find that it helps me read better directly per say. Instead as I have better flash card memory then when I work through reading.

Another thing that is helping me immensely is using JWPce and transcribing light novels into it. I'm basically feeding Mystrael transcribed raws which have been cleaned up from the OCR program. Now I will say that I took 3 semesters of Japanese a long while ago in college. It may be that I had enough prerequisite understanding to make the transcribing at least partially readable.

Good luck though!