Forum: Translators' Classroom

I have a program from this company for Spanish http://www.acceleratedlearning.com/language/home_study.html and in the dvd it says to write in...

*OP EDIT* This thread is open for all the members who seek Japanese language + translation related recommendations/advice from fellow members. :) -...

I was wondering how fellow translators get around the issue of speech elements that are distinctly Japanese. For example, what do you guys do...

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Can we request a translator on here to translate a raw manga for you. I'm not in a scanlation group or anything. Moved the post here

Okay, so this thread really has to do with translating, but I couldn't find a better board to post this in. GK, if you know of one, feel free to move...

I've noticed that in all my dictionaries I have, 見 and 学 are listed as nouns and have a verb form 見る and 学ぶ respectively. I'm just curious, with...

:) I just started studying Japanese on my own... and I'm wondering how long will it take me to be able to actually read raw mangas. I've already...

Anyone know any OCR (optical character recognition) software that works with Japanese? I'm too lazy to manually type stuff in for translations, but...

Quiz of this week: Quiz #1: <SFX> 4/18/11 - 4/23/11 * ジャーッ * ぽとぽと * チン * ざーっ * トントントン

Hello, I was wondering, can someone who knows to read only katakana or hiragana translate manga or he must know kanji?

This thread is for everything about the JLPT test - questions, tips, experiences...

whats an easy enough practice manga or website with text for learning japo? sorry if this has been done 10 00000000000000000 times before, and if it...

Hi guys, I'm just about to start off on some translating, so I thought I'd ask a question that's been bugging me for a while... I was just...

I don't know if everybody already know this site, but anyway. Those who translate manga know just too well that many sentences and expressions...

I would like to start a series of threads that are designed to be a place for students of the Japanese language to simply learn by doing. When you...

I'm taking Japanese when school starts this September, and I was wondering what level of Japanese we would be taught, and how good I would be by the...

Hi..... i can remember that there was a site where you can find skype-partner for learning a language. You can offer the language you are able...

Maybe a poll to spark off some activity here. The silence in the academy here really make one cry. Okay here the discussion. I know many...

I have a philosophical question for all the translators out there. It seems that the convention is to retain most or all of the honorifics from the...

Lately, I've been questioning if there really is enough of a semantic importance with tense in a present flowing narrative, especially when...

Firstly, I would like to say that I am a Mandarin to English translator. My knowledge on written Japanese characters is null. As a result of above, I...

Well, I'm sure it's apparent now by posting about 10 translations without the Japanese scripts that I am A)Lazy and B)Illiterate. But I'm working on...

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2ch とかにアップされる　文字バレ　ってのを主体に訳してるんですが、こっちの人って実際の漫画原稿とかを訳したほうがよろこばれるんでしょうか？ 自分としては、漫画原稿も楽しみですが、「早く次の展開がみたい！」って気持ちのほうが多く、原稿スキャンが来る前に訳してます。 ...

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Saludos a todos. Este apartado es para todos aquellas personas interesadas en la lengua española (o castellana, si eres de España). Primero...