Making it to the big leagues - Translating professionally.

OMG Congrats to the man!

I love Hisshou's work and only wish there was a was that my leeching could some how be turned into income and now that realization has come to past.

Now I love eyeshield 21, but viewed the anime as a bastardization but with HBK on the job I'm definitely giving it another shot.

Congratulations. I know you'll do a great job with the Eyeshield 21 translation.

Congratulations.

Congrats

Congrats Hisshouburaiken! I'm following your translation works since Narutofan forums. ;)

Too bad ES21 anime kind of sucks... :/

that is great news. im glad for both MH to help the ordinary. and im glad for hisshu that he is doing something he love and getting paid for it. it is really good.

that is great hopefully i will be able to join in that profession in the future

Hisshoubouraiken, congratulations on your new job!!! This acknowledgement is the result of your hard work and dedication all this years here at MangaHelpers. Success on professional translating!!!

Congratulations =D

That awesome! So happy for you, i always was a fan of your translations. All the best for the future!

Congrats! :D
I happy that all your hardwork during these years has led to a chance like this. Needless to say, I'll miss your translations but I wish the best of luck to you :)

congratulations!!!

Congratulations man!! And good luck !!

Hey Man, congrats and good luck!

Congratulations HBK!

This is a big step for independent translators; hopefully the trend will continue in a positive manner.

Congratulations!!!!! and best of luck!

Congratulations for HisshouBuraiKen with his new translation! :D

Congratulations and good luck! Do your best!

Very awesome, congrats man

Fantastic news! congrats on going pro!

Congratulations!

That is awesome NEWS!!! Congratulations Hisshouburaiken!!! I have always loved your naruto translations and the eyeshield 21 team is really lucky to have you.

Congratulations!!!

This guy was great, I was wondering where he'd been.

Grats to you HisshouBuraiKen, I'm sure I can expect quality translations from you.

well done well done

Very cool. Congrats man.

Omedetou gozaimasu! Yeah, I wish I had kept up on my Japanese because this is the kind of work I would love to involved in. You do great work Hisshouburaiken and I really want to thank you for your translating efforts!

Congrats!

Congatulations. You certainly deserve it. And you take the good road. Let's face it, you could also make money by translating stuff for people, and taking up to two dollars a page, like many other translators do. Not that I think commissions are bad, I just think 2 dollars for a page is too much.

And I have to say that I hope this won't happen too often. There are already not enough jap-eng translators as it is and I hope we won't loose more of our finest.
Not having Hisshou's translations anymore is already a huge blow to the community. Imagine cnet and other translators would score such a job too and they'd stop translating. I hope I won't see that day (they'd deserve such jobs though).

Congrats. Your translations were always top-notch!~

That's amazing! Congratulations and good luck with the "new" professional career. :D

<Feanor> "And I have to say that I hope this won't happen too often. There are already not enough jap-eng translators as it is and I hope we won't loose more of our finest."

The more of our 'finest' translators working on the official released manga and anime, the less we need to illegally compete with the publishing companies about crappy translated licensed series >.>;

gratz Hisshou!
It's good for the community to read such news xD

Hey Congratulations Hisshou -- you're an inspiration to the rest of us out there who are working towards that same dream.

Very few people work as hard, put out as good quality translations, and have done this consistently for as long as you have, so what else can we say but that you deserve it. Keep it up!

Congrats to my favorite translator!!!

<Eni> "The more of our 'finest' translators working on the official released manga and anime, the less we need to illegally compete with the publishing companies about crappy translated licensed series "


That's ture.
I take the translation of a scanlation over the text from a published version any day of the week (although I can only speak about german published versions). So it would certainly improve the quality of the published versions if more translators from the community would get such jobs.
But that's only one of the reasons why I scanlate myself and read scanlations. I think any manga should be scanlated in the best quality possible with a fan translation.
Not only because of the translation quality but also because of money and time.

I have 100 mangas on my reading list and sadly I can't buy them all at once. Until then, I can at least have the scanlation.
And time is also a factor. You know how long it takes until the newest chapter is released in published versions in other countries. With scanlations I can read it immediately.
So while having our translators score jobs and imrpove the quality of publishers is a good thing, losing translators is not good for the community. Because scanlations are still needed even if the publishers did as good a job as the community does.

Congrats man :D

I have been reading your Naruto translations for quite some time .... Love those :D

I dont watch eyeshield 21 but I am sure it will rock now that a veteran like u is there :D :P :)

Rock on Hisshouburaiken :D

CONGRATULATION!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations!

Grats Hisshou, been a fan of your translations for years.

Congratulations to you! That is absolutely awesome, and, in a way, validates all the fan translations you've done in the past! Best of Luck!

Congratulations! You deserve it ^^

Congrats my good sir!

congrats broo..
i hope your trans, can make ES anime seems more better than before..
just now, very hard to find HQ ES fansub...

CMIWWWW...

Wow that's awesome! Congratulations to him! That's a dream come true to be able to have a job that you both earn money at and enjoy. Mad props to him too for being one of the best translators on the web!

Yay! Good stuff! I always find the interface between the illegal and the legitimate absolutely fascinating. . . very cool. Congratulations!

congrats man!!!!

Congratulations.

That is a WONDERFUL news to hear (or rather, read).

Best of luck on your professional translating,
I'm certain you'll one of the best in the field.

But I do wish that you don't forget to keep supplying pro-bono translations as always.

And please....please.... what of sazan ?

Congratulation. I'm so glad to hear of your success and I wish you continued good fortune. I, like I'm sure many others here, look forward to supporting your professional work.

Congrats!

Congratulations Hisshouburaiken! I love reading your translations. :D

Congrats

congrats!

I'm more curious to hear the story behind the story.
Did the panel help in scoring this gig? What channel exactly helped you achieve this?
I highly doubt any of the big companies are going to read online scanlations, find one they like and say, "gee, let me check the credits page and contact people who don't even use their actual names".

...i've always wondered, how in the world are we supposed to use our "alter egos" as any sort of resume-builder?

Best wishes, H.

Actually I know to pretty well known "scanlators" (they did the trans part) got jobs based on their work online. Akoftroy and Stephen.

Wow, really? But surely those people had to proactively go to the companies--the companies didn't come to them, right?

Maybe you can convince H to do a lil interview for us on professional work and how to get into it.

Yeah of course they don't just come to you :p. I'm sure they have better things to do :). But contacting professional companies with a portfolio works really well :).

Exactly. All it takes is a lot of creative resume writing and a portfolio with your best work.

Congrats man.

Congratulations!!!

I always look for your trans if possible!

Yes. NJT and HBK right, you have to go looking if you want to find professional gigs. There are all sorts of chances out there, it just has to do with being clever and having the right timing. And, of course, being a good translator :P

hihi, I recently got a gig to do sales and translating for a real estate brokerage servicing foreign investors in Shibuya. Its a coincidence that we got the offers around the same time! The year of the Ox (Cow) must really be great for us!
ganbare!

Congrats are definitely in order HBK. I am always citing your translations whenever Naruto chapters come out. You hold very true to the characters and their personalities and I totally respect and admire your work. Congrats again on the professional gig.

He's been at/beyond (damn you dubs!) the pro level for a really long time now. It's about time he gets paid full-time for his godlike work!

I hope you don't stop translating for us, HisshouBuraiKen-sama!

Ahahah, this is so awsome. Congrats, Hisshou :D

おめでとう！頑張ってね！

OMG I take a hiatus and come back to see this! That is absolutely wonderful Hisshou, congratulations and the best of luck! It could not have happened to a more respected translater imo.

Congrats man. Now you get paid for what most do for free!

That's pretty awsome! :D I always read and trust your translations most. It's pretty cool that the "pirates" are getting legit jobs now...but where will all the pirates go?? lol

Congrats!!!! That is my big dream to and I was wondering what process you went into getting where you are now?