Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance

[zzhk]

絶剣技――終ノ型、天絶閃衝(ラスト・ストライク)

It comes from the furigana.

[thelazyguy]

絶剣技――終ノ型、天絶閃衝(ラスト・ストライク)

It comes from the furigana.

Dang, the third time now that a translation I found odd is due to furigana.
One of these days, I'm going to learn Japanese. =_=

Edit: Are you already diving into volume 10? O.o Your translation pace astounds me. Although I guess it's understandable if you're fluent in the respective languages. XD

[Hiyono]

It's really not that hard to pick up hiragana and katakana (in order to try and puzzle out furigana). Knowing Chinese goes a long way towards kanji too...the real devil of a problem is the grammar :/

[KuroiHikari]

From a dictionary:

こうじょ【公女】

貴族の家の女の子。

Since 公女 refers to a daughter from a family of nobles rather than royalty, I suggest that Leonora's "Dragon Princess" title be updated.
"Dragon Lady"
"Dragon Noblewoman"
"Dragon Peeress"

Which one sounds best?

Lady I guess.

Btw, I won't be touching the rest of v10, since I'm trying to work on something else.

[Hiyono]

I think "Lady Dragon" (with carefully used articles) is preferable to "Dragon Lady". The latter sounds like a freakshow attraction at the carnival. In titles, Lady comes first anyway.

[nikuniku]

Well, Dracunia is a 公国（dukedom or principality). Just from the characters, 公女sounds like the daughter of its ruler ( I don't remember if this is actually specifically mentioned in the novel). If this is the case, I don't see what's wrong with princess.

From wikipedia:

As women slowly gained more autonomy and respect in European history, the title of princess became simply the female counterpart of prince; it does not necessarily imply being merely married to a prince, she may be the unmarried daughter of a monarch or other royal or noble of sufficient rank (king, queen, prince, grand duke, duke, or other). Further, a princess may be a hereditary sovereign, head of state in her own right.

[soranokira]

good search regarding that. Princess sounds fine in that case.

[thelazyguy]

Took me forever, but I finally finished reading volume 10 in Chinese.

All I have to say is "WHY DO THEY HAVE TO SPLIT THINGS INTO TWO VOLUMES?!"

[carinderyeah]

What do you mean? uhm maybe because the story is too long?

[thelazyguy]

What do you mean? uhm maybe because the story is too long?

BIGGER VOLUMES?! >.>
Or no super cliff-hanger in the midst of battle and story progression. =[

[carinderyeah]

Oh so there is a massive Cliffhanger at the end of Vol. 10? wow, you spoiled me too much.

[thelazyguy]

Oh so there is a massive Cliffhanger at the end of Vol. 10? wow, you spoiled me too much.

PFFFT, it's not like you didn't already look at the pictures and where they are placed.

[carinderyeah]

Haha, well I took a look at the pictures, but that only shows certain scenes anyways

[sam]

i like to thank all the translators for all their hard work in translating this novel. I also like to ask if i can skip volume 8 and start reading 9 or will miss anything important if skip 8 ? Thank you once again for all the hard work.

[thelazyguy]

i like to thank all the translators for all their hard work in translating this novel. I also like to ask if i can skip volume 8 and start reading 9 or will miss anything important if skip 8 ? Thank you once again for all the hard work.

Spoiler! :

Eight is unimportant.
Just back story, harem development, and Greyworth passing on Absolute Blade Art's final form to Kamito (losing her ability to use magic in the process)