In response to user sgrondo’s request, I give you chapter 162 of HSD Kenichi. When I first read the English scanlation, it seemed mostly fine, but after I compared it to the RAW it looks like the translators completely missed the context of many terms and ended up making their best guesses in a lot of the chapter.

There was a LOT of Chinese martial arts trivia in this chapter. Luckily, I am fluent in both Chinese and Japanese, but I had trouble deciding how the translations of Chinese techniques should come across in English. Some of the styles shown in this chapter are known in Japan to some extent, so I have left those in their Japanese pronunciation (i.e. Suiken = Drunken Fist. It is... Read More " "

Well, this went a lot faster than I thought it would. I was looking forward to finishing this one because the old translation of it was just painful to read. Enjoy. If you have any requests for re-translations, PM me and I'll see what I can do.

Chapter 152 – Shigure’s Reasons

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(no dialogue)

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Monk: This will confirm the final resolution to your conflict…
Monk: You should not hold a grudge, no matter what happens.

Glasses: I was prepared for this from the very beginning!
Shiraishi: I accept!

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Glasses: Gwaaaahhh!
Monk: Call a doctor!

Shiraishi: Hm.
Shiraishi: Silence. I only gave you a shallow wound, but you’ll never hold a sword again.

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Shigure: Hayashimusou style of the... Read More " "

I'll release 152 sometime later today - that one is the worst translatd of them all. Enjoy chapter 151... this one was fun to work on.

EDIT: Thanks to Rogue_Sapphire for pointing out "KARAAHYOKO."

Chapter 151 – Gentle Legend
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Box: This is Ryouzanpaku, where martial arts masters of the highest caliber have gathered.

Box: In this place lived a kind-hearted giant.
Apachai: Mr. Ant, you worked hard today.
Apachai: Here, have a sugar cube.

Apachai: Apa?
Box: The Death God of the Muay Thai underworld, Apachai Hopachai.

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Shio: Akisame, say something funny.

Akisame: The fish dealer was shocked and blurted “gyoh.”
(this is a rather bad pun – “gyo” is a... Read More " "

By popular request, the second in a series of re-translation of old Babelfish'd chapters! I need to sleep (GMT-8 here); expect 151 and 152 sometime tomorrow.

Chapter 150 – Well Then, Let's Do Our Best!

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Sakaki: That…
Sakaki: THAT HURT!

Sakaki: Damn that Christopher…

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Christopher: Hmph!
Gauche: Gyaaah! My leg!!

Christopher: I forgot to avoid your attack because you don’t have any killing intent…
Christopher: Heh heh heh… hitting me took some courage!

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Kenichi: Ku…

Miu: Run away, Kenichi-san!

Christopher: Serve!

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Christopher: I’ll make your death slow and painful.

Christopher: Receive…

Miu: Stop it!

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Christopher: You really do have nice muscles,... Read More " "

I have received quite a few requests, particularly from non-native English speakers and the Nerieru scanlation group, to re-translate some of HSDK's older chapters that were of very poor quality or even "translated" through Babelfish. :blink

The atrocious translations begin with chapter 149, so here is my version.

Chapter 149 - Interesting Disciple

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Miu: Kenichi-san, please move out of the way!!
Kenichi: Eh!?

Kenichi: Wait a minute… what are you doing!?
Miu: I’m coming over there right now!
Kenichi: Eh? Right now…

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Miu: Whew.

Kenichi: Right noooww!?

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Miu: Where are you looking!?

Miu: Behind you!
Kenichi: Wah!

Bad Girl: Fu!
Miu: Whoa!

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Christopher: Hmm, handling my... Read More " "

Uh, I'm new, so do I say this here?: I'm looking to getting into the translating scene, but I don't often have free time so I'll probably be working freelance. I am confident that my command of Japanese and English is such that I personally don't need a proofreader (if I'm unsure of something I will note it though). At most, I would like to apply as a proofreader or "translator's assistant". I would be useful in this role because I besides proofreading English grammar I can help translators check against the original RAW to see if they translated correctly.

On topic, I know groups like Nerieru are getting the scanlations for this series out pretty quickly so they probably don't... Read More " "