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== Another humble request. ==

First, I want to start by thanking you for your work on Kokoro Connect. After that, I will be quite hesitant on asking, because I am unsure whether my request is possible (for a variety of reasons), but I wish to ask for the untranslated Japanese version of Kokoro Connect Chapter 1, Volume 1. Since you are the main Translator, I imagine you do have it. The reason for that, unfortunately isn't anything close to translation, since my knowledge is too limited... But I am currently learning, and I would like to have some good measure of my skills (which are currently undoubtedly minor), but my learning rate as well. I wish for that to be in a more official format, on the level of actual novel text, in order to know what I might face in the future (translating is a very interesting prospect for me). The reason I am hesitant, is because I am unsure of copyright restrictions on untranslated novel text (isn't really made clear on the forums, nor here), and whether you are allowed to distribute it as such. I would really be pleased if that was possible, since working on likeable content is always more motivating, and having a translation of it will probably work well too. If for some reason my request is unreasonable, I take it back, but would otherwise really be content with any amount of text I could get my hands on. Since I don't really need it for reading, but only as a sample, I don't need more than a chapter (though I wouldn't deny more). Of course any commercial use is out of the question. I look forward to getting a reply, positive or not.

[[User:Daxter|Daxter]] ([[User talk:Daxter|talk]]) 09:02, 26 November 2013 (CST)

Sorry, but I have it as a book and will not scan it and upload it. There might be one around the internet for raw light novels. There might differences between the translated version here and the actual japanese text because volume 1 was translated from the chinese translation and by someone else. But overall it is a lot better to read from the original. There is a lot of things that cannot be translated into english from japanese.

[[User:Skullheart|Skullheart]] ([[User talk:Skullheart#top|talk]])

I see. Thank you very much for the response (and proof that the translation isn't completely abandoned, since you are present and do care about Baka-Tsuki notifications). I would only like to ask which part was translated directly from Japanese, in order to know which is the closest possible to the original, because even if there are some untranslatable parts, I want to be sure they are due to the Japanese form, and not some Chinese in-between. Again thank you for giving replying to me, making it much easier for me to know where to turn to.  

[[User:Daxter|Daxter]] ([[User talk:Daxter|talk]]) 06:46, 28 November 2013 (CST)

All of my translations are from the japanese and the chinese versions were never used. Some of the other translator used the chinese version and has a differences from the japanese version. One thing is like for the second chapter of the first volume the title is a bit different from how I read it in japanese. [[User:Skullheart|Skullheart]] ([[User talk:Skullheart#top|talk]])

Thank you very much for your time. I managed to find a raw, but my knowledge of Kanji is jsut too low for me to practically read any. After the first couple of lines, my comprehension crumbled. I am currently learning just that, so with some more months of practice I hope to at least be able to read. For now, there is no point in giving it too much effort. Your help with the matter was the catalyst I needed to get it going a bit. Thank you again, and I hope to see the translations going, because I will probably need it :P. Good luck.  
[[User:Daxter|Daxter]] ([[User talk:Daxter|talk]]) 07:13, 30 November 2013 (CST)