Editing Talk:Suzumiya Haruhi:Volume9 Prologue (section)

==Classes==

I'm going over the current translation again very carefully and I came across this:

 I also heard that all the students who decided to study in the science stream are just enough for a class, and thus 2-8 has been decided to be used for such purpose.

I don't have the original work (and can't read any language other than English anyways), so I'm just going to suggest this change:

 I also heard that all the students who decided to study in the science stream were just barely enough for a class, and thus 2-8 had been allocated solely for this purpose.

It seems like Kyon is suggesting that there weren't enough students interested in the science field to group them into a homeroom, so they were spread out to other classes and the room 2-8 was set aside for classroom use only.  I just wanted to check so as not to lose the original meaning.  I feel like this sentence is trying to indicate a small number and the phrase "just barely enough" gives the sense of there being so few students that major rearrangements were required.  "Just enough" doesn't quite seem to convey the same sense of urgency due to low numbers.

Either way, the part immediately after 2-8 should be fixed as I have suggested for verb tense agreement and readability.

--[[User:Haruhi's loyal subordinate|Haruhi&#39;s loyal subordinate]] 15:17, 19 April 2007 (PDT)

Kyon is saying that there are just enough students to fill up a science class, and 2-8 is then used for this purpose. The original 1-8, that is supposed to be promoted to 2-8, ends up getting split into the seven other classes. 

Also, I think there is a mistake in the publication itself (I use the unofficial mainland chinese version). it is mentioned they are split into the other seven classes, but in actual fact Koizumi is in 2-9 means there are more than just 7 classes.

--[[User:Deskoh91|Deskoh91]] 03:07, 21 April 2007 (PDT)

Ah, okay, I understand now.  So I will make it:

 I also heard that all the students who decided to study in the science stream were just enough for a class, and thus 2-8 had been allocated solely for this purpose.

This will make everything clear.  And also, saying they were spread into the seven other classes is correct, as it is later mentioned that Koizumi pulled some strings to arrange the entirety of class 1-9 to be promoted to 2-9 with no changes whatsoever.  Thus, class 2-9 is already filled and anybody who was not in class 1-9 will surely not be allowed into 2-9.

And the time code tag is 4 tildas (~) in a row.  The button is the second from the right at the top of the editing pane.

--[[User:Haruhi's loyal subordinate|Haruhi&#39;s loyal subordinate]] 17:55, 20 April 2007 (PDT)

The conclusion are equal to the original. 

I'm not sure, but I think class 1-9 and 2-9 is a elite class and that this is metioned in the last story of vol.8... Later, I'll check the source.

I agree with deskoh91. We should use the forum of Baka-tsuki or topic-per-page style in talk pages. It is very annoying for me to get the grasp of each topic and follow updates in this chaos.

[http://www.baka-tsuki.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=35  The proper forum]

Or

To open a new topic in a new page on wiki, just write this on a talk page.
<pre>[[tipic name]]</pre>
And follow the new created link. Hereby, everyone who wants do subscribe the topic can add the page to their watchlist to check update easily.

Now, we can get a benefit from a wiki or phpbb forum, which are cool web applications! I recommend to use the phpbb forum bacause it is created for discussion purpose. It just matches our demand. Technically, there is a few potential problems in using wiki as a discussion place in topic-per-page style.

--[[User:Akiha|Akiha]] 00:11, 21 April 2007 (PDT)

The source mentioned in the my last post, is quoted from [[Suzumiya_Haruhi:Volume8_Wandering_Shadow]].

:Class 1-9 was a class for those interested in the Science and Mathematics Field, so it was naturally comprised of sharp-witted know-it-alls who did nothing but study.
:九組というのは特別進学理数コースであり、当然の次第として頭のいい野郎ばかりの集まり

I think 1-9 (or 2-9) itself is an exclusive class from the Japanese text.

--[[User:Akiha|Akiha]] 09:23, 25 April 2007 (PDT)