Editing Talk:Hidan no Aria Archived (section)

== Original Sources ==

Currently I'm only working as a full-time editor. If anyone can point me to Chinese sources for chapters 10-14, I shall translate for you guys ASAP. Just saying, the project supervisor has dropped this project though the translators and editors are still at work. Please bear with it.

[[User:KanzakiAria|KanzakiAria]] ([[User talk:KanzakiAria|talk]]) 00:05, 27 June 2013 (CDT)

Try to contact one of the translators, since the projects at this wiki are mainly translated fro chinese, with the direct translation from japanese on second place. (Though there's always someone to check the correct terms from japanese sources. --[[User:Kemm|Kemm]] ([[User talk:Kemm|talk]]) 19:08, 26 June 2013 (CDT)

Hi, please do not openly talk about "raws" which have a connotation of illegally scanned copyright infringement. In theory, you should own the actual book you're translating from. Anyway, if you're looking for Chinese sources, you should be aware of lightnovel.cn, which is sort of the Chinese equivalent of Baka-Tsuki:
 http://lknovel.lightnovel.cn/main/vollist/66.html

And Kemm: please do not insult translators such as js06, Teh_Ping, Tap, Code-Zero, hayashi_s, stellarroze, etc (just to name a few) who actually translate from Japanese to English. On what basis do you assert that Japanese translation is secondary? Even in the case of Hidan no Aria, YoakeNoHikari switched from Chinese to Japanese sources quite early on.

--[[User:Zzhk|Zzhk]] ([[User talk:Zzhk|talk]]) 19:46, 26 June 2013 (CDT)

Thanks, I've already started to translate Volume 10. I'm not supposed to translate Chapter 1, but I'm already 90% done on my private copy. Waiting for Yoake to reply to my registration though.

I see what you mean by copyright infringement, but I really can't find any on the Singapore market. I would say that this is for "private use" though. Please forgive me.
[[User:KanzakiAria|KanzakiAria]] ([[User talk:KanzakiAria|talk]]) 00:05, 27 June 2013 (CDT)

Zzhk, I know that there are translators who translate directly from japanese, and was about to include it on my previous post, but didn't know how to fit it; what I meant is that, going by quantity, I have found that, for some reason, they number less than those who make use of chinese sources (that's why "second place"). And when I talk about "raws" (though maybe I'm misusing it) I don't mean only so-called "public raws" (illegal) but also physical copies (that can be bought or lent) and digitalizations of owned copies for personal use (so as to no have to translate with one hand on the keyboard and the other turning pages, being able to read it on your PC, laptop or e-book reader or for preservation purposes). --[[User:Kemm|Kemm]] ([[User talk:Kemm|talk]]) 06:31, 27 June 2013 (CDT)