Forum: Meet the Translators
November 18, 2009, 11:51 AM
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Forum: Meet the Translators
November 18, 2009, 08:16 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Oh, wow, thank you for spotting that. The Chinese scan is absolutely right; I feel like an idiot for misunderstanding that line now, and now the chapter makes distinctly more sense to me than it did...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
November 14, 2009, 12:28 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Neither. I was just careless and didn't get around to translating it for a while, mostly because I haven't been finding enough time to keep up to date on / catch up on translations lately. Hopefully...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
November 13, 2009, 11:09 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
As I've probably mentioned before in this thread, I've always given Naruto the lowest priority out of the Jump series. I used to have something vaguely resembling reasons for doing so, but at this...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
October 22, 2009, 08:32 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Well, personally, I think you're getting confused between the Japanese and English usage of the word. Certainly, in Japanese, the word "anime" simply means "animation", and can be used to refer to...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
October 20, 2009, 04:49 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Are you going to try telling me what your definition is, then? XD You have me curious now ~~
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Forum: Meet the Translators
October 19, 2009, 07:25 PM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Uh... the same as everyone else's?
Anime = Japanese animated series
Manga = Japanese comics
Something like that...? Is this a trick question?
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Forum: Meet the Translators
October 17, 2009, 12:57 PM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Byakuran: Well, I wouldn't want to give you too many things to worry about, would I?
Irie: ......
Byakuran: I thought about it like this. // Simply choosing people with exceptional strength was only...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
October 14, 2009, 10:14 PM
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Forum: Meet the Translators
October 13, 2009, 10:14 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
NOT SOUND EFFECTS! ANYTHING BUT SOUND EFFECTS! >_<
(If you want a decent resource to help you out with that, though, try this site (http://www.nihongoresources.com/dictionaries/onomatopoeia.html).)
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Forum: Meet the Translators
October 12, 2009, 11:49 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
I never read or watched Dragonball, to be honest. Never been particularly interested in doing so. Apart from anything, Toriyama's art style has never appealed to me.
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Forum: Meet the Translators
October 12, 2009, 10:53 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
That signature is incredibly old, and not even close to being accurate any more - to be honest, I'm more "eternally overworked" than "eternally bored" these days.
I did get your PM, yes, and to be...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
October 11, 2009, 03:01 PM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Well, it's certainly not true that adding v's to the beginning of personal pronouns is the only unique thing about Iva's speech in Japanese. For one thing, s/he lengthens the vowels in those pronouns...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
October 10, 2009, 09:05 PM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Memorable-comments-from-popularity-contests Ranking
1. Xanxus: "Fuck off."
2. Mukuro: "Ahahahah. How very not amusing. Next time I will be Number 1!"
3. Skull: "Nice to see you remember me! I've...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
October 07, 2009, 10:26 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
I'm quite aware of that xd I've just been procrastinating a little too much.
Trans is up now~
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Forum: Meet the Translators
October 02, 2009, 08:16 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Well, changing a character's name that many times doesn't sound like something even the most amateur of translators would do >_< That sounds more like you're reading chapters translated by different...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
October 01, 2009, 02:19 PM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Ahahah. I actually always wanted to be an author, but I haven't really written anything since around when I started doing translations ~~ As for drawing, I've never been any good at that,...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
October 01, 2009, 10:11 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
I don't know, really... I don't really think too much about style of writing when I'm translating manga, I just try to write what seems natural, and of course what matches the feel of the original...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
October 01, 2009, 06:02 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Well, those are all the light novels I've read so far, and I loved them all, so... =p
As for preferring the manga/anime adaptations, well, I generally prefer the original work over adaptations on...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
September 30, 2009, 06:02 PM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Thanks for that raw! Translation is now up.
No, there's no explicit gender mentioned in that panel.
Sure. I've been reading a lot of light novels in recent years. Read the whole Haruhi series the...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
September 29, 2009, 04:59 PM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Trust me, when my translations get faster or slower, it never has anything to do with becoming more or less interested in the series. I'm as interested in Naruto as I ever was. It's just real-life...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
September 25, 2009, 10:45 PM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Oh, for the love of... No, there's no money involved.
Luffy: Whoa, no way!! There are seven guys like that?!! / These Shichibukai are amazing!!
Sanji: .........
Yosaku: The issue here is with a...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
September 25, 2009, 01:17 PM
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Forum: Meet the Translators
September 24, 2009, 05:54 PM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
You've pretty much got it right with what you said there. There are no real 'swear words' per se in Japanese. It does have some words that are similar in function to swear words in English, but even...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
September 17, 2009, 04:34 PM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
As far as I'm concerned, it's not so much a case of whether one group needs three translations, as it is of whether those three translators need one group. Binktopia was in a position to offer me...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
September 16, 2009, 05:15 PM
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Forum: Meet the Translators
September 16, 2009, 02:18 PM
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Forum: Meet the Translators
September 12, 2009, 12:04 PM
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Forum: Shounen
September 03, 2009, 06:47 AM
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Re: Sket Dance by Shinohara Kenta
Hm. No, can't say I have any idea where to find those >_< I have a lot of Sket Dance RAWs on my computer, but only chapters 26 onward ~~
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Forum: Shounen
September 02, 2009, 12:52 PM
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Re: Sket Dance by Shinohara Kenta
I have some of those scanlations, but I don't know what the policy would be on uploading them. If you just want to see them, though, I believe they're all up on OneManga (and probably similar sites)
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Forum: Meet the Translators
September 02, 2009, 09:57 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Er... can I just echo Shion's sentiment? >_<
"This is a little untranslatable..."
"The plot is moving steadily forward towards the climax, and I'm giving it all I've got! Please enjoy Naruto until...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
August 31, 2009, 08:36 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Yes, the Ao no Exorcist trans is coming, along with all the other series I'm still behind on >< The monthlies, including Ao no Exorcist, are next on my priority list. (Followed by D.Gray, Holic,...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
August 27, 2009, 07:44 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
I've never thought of Midnight as anything other than male, but for what it's worth, no, there was nothing in that chapter specifically referring to him as such. Looking back, though, in his very...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
August 07, 2009, 10:45 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
KC未収録 means "never-before-seen in volumes" (ie. in KC = Kodansha Comics)
初期設定カラーイラスト＆設定資料集 would be "colour concept art and collected setting materials". (Ugh, can't think of a concise translation...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
August 03, 2009, 08:50 PM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
This is from Kaguko from Naruto forums. What do you think?[/QUOTE]
Well, I certainly didn't mean to imply with my translation that it wasn't talking about a romantic affection; it's most definitely...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
August 01, 2009, 08:51 PM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
To be honest, translating professionally is the only thing that comes to mind as an actual career. As I'm sure I've mentioned a number of times, I'd like to try a bit of teaching English in Japanese...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
August 01, 2009, 12:03 PM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
If you had read any of the thread at all, you would doubtless know that I'm a university student. I've been out here in Japan on my Year Abroad as the third year of my four-year course in Linguistics...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
August 01, 2009, 07:21 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Yes, "hage" literally means "bald". Just like "dickhead" literally means someone has a dick instead of a head. They're just insults. I don't translate "hage" as "bald" in this context in English...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
July 31, 2009, 10:58 PM
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Forum: Meet the Translators
July 30, 2009, 05:32 PM
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Forum: Meet the Translators
July 29, 2009, 11:17 PM
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Forum: Gantz
July 29, 2009, 04:03 AM
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Re: Gantz : Minus[-008]
The RAW I translated from is up here (http://mangahelpers.com/downloads/details/43166) (I believe the link appears on the translation page as well). It does have a couple of illustrations, yes.
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Forum: Gantz
July 28, 2009, 08:11 AM
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Re: Gantz : Minus[-008]
Translation (http://mangahelpers.com/t/cnet128/releases/14557) is up.
Still not promising that I'll translate the other chapters, but we'll see, we'll see.
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Forum: Meet the Translators
July 28, 2009, 08:08 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Well, it's certainly a reference to, if not Ultraman specifically, then tokusatsu heroes in general. Whether he actually has a limit or not, I can't say. Wouldn't be surprised if he does, wouldn't be...
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Forum: Gantz
July 26, 2009, 12:39 PM
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Re: Gantz : Minus[-008]
I might translate this. It could be fun to translate some prose for a change. I'm certainly not promising anything, though >< I have enough trouble keeping up with just my manga translations without...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
July 25, 2009, 02:19 PM
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Forum: Meet the Translators
July 19, 2009, 08:30 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
That would be a no. The bit right after the giant text goes:
"My previous work RAVE and Fairy Tail take place in entirely different worlds. You might spot characters other than Sieglein who look...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
July 17, 2009, 04:23 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
Something along the lines of OMG EPIC? =p
Can't wait to see what repercussions this latest revelation has. And we finally got to see Akainu, too! (I wonder what his ridiculously-awesome ability is...
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Forum: Meet the Translators
July 15, 2009, 02:19 PM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
I think the key point in there is the bit in giant text, stating that Fairy Tail and Rave are "NOT CONNECTED IN ANY WAY!!".
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Forum: Meet the Translators
July 14, 2009, 01:24 AM
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Re: The cnet128 Thread
My current timezone is Japan Standard Time, which is GMT+9. My sleeping patterns are variable, but I usually go to sleep between about 3 and 6 AM, depending on things like whether I have to go to...
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