New to LNs, couple questions...
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- Astral Realm
New to LNs, couple questions...
I'm sort of new to the whole Light Novel thing (more used to manga) but I recently started reading To Aru Majutsu no Index and finished New Testament volume 3. Was just wondering why NT volume 4 is broken up like "Main.01, Sub.02, Sub.03, etc" unlike the other ones? Also does Baka-Tsuki wait for the entire light novel to be released before translating or do they translate it in parts? Do they translate it at random times like when they're free or right when it comes out? How long does the full light novel generally take to release? And how long does it generally take for Baka-Tsuki to translate it?
- stellarroze
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Re: New to LNs, couple questions...
No idea. I haven't read it yet.RedShadoww wrote:I'm sort of new to the whole Light Novel thing (more used to manga) but I recently started reading To Aru Majutsu no Index and finished New Testament volume 3. Was just wondering why NT volume 4 is broken up like "Main.01, Sub.02, Sub.03, etc" unlike the other ones?
What exactly do you mean?Also does Baka-Tsuki wait for the entire light novel to be released before translating or do they translate it in parts?
We translate whenever we have free time.Do they translate it at random times like when they're free or right when it comes out?
If you mean the original japanese volume, then it can take anywhere between two weeks and five years.How long does the full light novel generally take to release?
It depends on the translator and the number of translators working on it.And how long does it generally take for Baka-Tsuki to translate it?
- EusthEnoptEron
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Re: New to LNs, couple questions...
Also, don't think of Baka-Tsuki as a translation group with schedules and all. It's just a ''platform'' where people (with too much spare time ) can put their translations up because they're nice. There are lazy bums like me who can take forever for a light novel, and there are ridiculously fast monsters (excuse the expression) who dash through those novels like a knife through butter.
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- Astral Realm
Re: New to LNs, couple questions...
Um...I thought the light novels got released in parts or something in a magazine...guess I was wrongstellarroze wrote:What exactly do you mean?RedShadoww wrote: Also does Baka-Tsuki wait for the entire light novel to be released before translating or do they translate it in parts?
Thanks stellarroze and EusthEnoptEron, I appreciate it