Fan Translated E-Text?

. H A C K // S O R A · Tue Apr 15, 2003 6:43 pm

does any one know of a grupe? thats working on a translation? i would but i dont know japanese &_&

Pipian · Post by **Pipian** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 8:03 pm

I've been trying to convince 3rr0r (my comrade-in-arms over at .scan, currently scanlating the .hack//Dusk manga) that once we get a stable translator (Argh! How hard is it to get one?) that we should try to translate AI Buster (though it is a big deal and long, and no comic, etc. So harder to translate).

. H A C K // S O R A · Tue Apr 15, 2003 9:31 pm

have you tryed anime convention BBS? there are all sorts of people who know way to mutch japanese for there own good. maby i could ask around for ya.

Rhyste · Post by **Rhyste** » Wed Apr 16, 2003 1:14 am

I think a translated version of AI Buster, at this point, would be alot better than translated UdeDen manga. Since UDeDen has an anime [that sucks and is nothing like the manga, but whatever - it's for hte easily amused, obviously], AI Buster is much more in-demand.

Pipian · Post by **Pipian** » Wed Apr 16, 2003 1:49 am

I won't argue that point. We need a translator, and I need to OK it through 3rr0r.

Sora · Post by **Sora** » Wed Apr 16, 2003 7:23 am

Likely, a stable translator will also demand a stable fee.

Kite had offered to do it, however, it would cost a bit of money as it's just a lot of text, like you said.

However, perhaps someone will take it upon themselves to do it for you. I hope that would be the case, but I wouldn't count on it o_O

Pipian · Post by **Pipian** » Wed Apr 16, 2003 12:04 pm

True. But at this point we're just looking for ANYONE who could spend some time on it. You know how scanlation groups are. They aren't exactly moneymakers =P

Brad_Evans · Post by **Brad_Evans** » Thu Apr 17, 2003 5:36 pm

I'm trying to convince my friend that read the whole AI Buster only in only one night to do some translations. it'll take quite much time, tho ^^;;

. H A C K // S O R A · Thu Apr 17, 2003 6:02 pm

i supose i could look for online sites to teach me how to read japanese. like polykarbon.com

Tsukasa · Post by **Tsukasa** » Thu Apr 17, 2003 7:29 pm

Good luck. Your best bet will be to get books and go through them and actively use the language everyday. I've been learning the language for over six years (two in classroom), and still have a lot of trouble with kanji. Just giving you a heads up. -_^

Brad_Evans · Post by **Brad_Evans** » Thu Apr 17, 2003 7:48 pm

It's not like you can master Japanese in a month ^^;;

Sora · Post by **Sora** » Thu Apr 17, 2003 10:55 pm

Not to mention, with a language like Japanese, you need to learn the unspoken social aspects of how to speak it. Only immersion can give you full fluency, and even at that point, as a foreigner, you -should- only speak a certain way.

I've heard that most people find this the most difficult thing to learn about Japanese, however, at the moment I'm finding Kanji to be the most aggravating. Oish x.x; However, it's just one of those things you sit and practice. And practice. And practice. A lot. For years.

Guynietoren · Post by **Guynietoren** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 12:05 am

Are there any Machine translators on line, all the ones that I've known don't work with Japanese. Machine translators aren't the best, but a rough guestimate is better than none at all.

Rhyste · Post by **Rhyste** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 4:14 am

Sora wrote:Kite had offered to do it, however, it would cost a bit of money as it's just a lot of text, like you said.

... didn't he say the least he'd take was... $6000? x_o;

Sora · Post by **Sora** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 5:39 am

Yeah ^_^

Then again, Kite's a really damned good translator.