This blog was started on my attempt to learn another language [Japanese] in addition to the many others I know. ;w; Well, I thought I just might translate manga to teach myself.
So anyways, I'll be translating manga, but I won't be scanlating them. I also would not like my translations to be used in scanlations. I'm translating to help the mangaka, not harm them. Thanks...
Also, my translations will not be 100% correct. I'm still learning Japanese... |||OTL I'll go back and correct my translations once in awhile.
So I've decided on my current projects:
I own the first volume. I thought I'd start on this because I've read it so many times I pretty much memorized the lines... My translations of the name will be different from Easy Going Scan's. I pretty much disagree with their entire translation of names and have actually told them that they were blatantly wrong but they didn't seem to care even after I showed them proof. [Like in the atogaki Legna was spelled in English as Legna rather than the Reguna they use. Lante and Dante are legit Italian names and can you can find many historical figures with those names, so "Rante" can't be used. Wtf is "Rante"?? Aruosumente is located in Italy because names like Legna and Dante are evidently Italian. Etc., etc.] I also disagreed with Storm in Heaven's translation of the young Emperor's name. The manga explicitly stated that his name was Alshan, not Fides like what SiH told their readers. "Fides" was part of the Latin phrase [
Imperio fides, fides, literally "Trust of Command/Power, Command/Power". I know this because I took Latin for most of my childhood ):] Lante said during the royal meeting in the first chapter. If you own the manga, I suggest you read my
Aruosumente description prior to reading the scanlations out there.
It's free to read this series
online off the ZeroSum Online site, so it'll be easier for people to read my translations and the manga at the same time. It's a sequel/spinnoff of Mr. Morning by Takayama Shinobu. The basic plotline is the same too. I'm working on the series right now.
Edit 12/14/11
It seems that no scanlation group's picking this up after Storm in Heaven closed. I wanted to start translating this series myself since I'm buying all the volumes anyway, but I was hesitant because SiH seemed pretty active on this project. But they closed soon so I'll pick up where they left off. Btw my spelling of Riku's real name is different from SiH's [Theirs is Rikuto, mine is Licht because it makes more sense in the context of the story because Riku isn't Japanese, hence his name should be European. The closest European equivalent of Riku's name is Licht.]
I'm hesitant to pick this up because Aerendria Scans is working on it. I doubt I would be able to emulate their speed. If I'm starting to feel confident about my speed, I might pick it up.
Random series' chapters from Kurofune ZERO 2010's Spring, Summer, and Autumn.
I got those magazines on a whim last year for Aki's A*D. I'll prolly translate some of them. I'll definitely translate Higashiyama Kazuko's
Battle Ricollec (one-shot) though. As for the rest of the series, I might work on them as long as some scanlator hasn't already translated them.
Edit:
Hrrrmm... It seems that Aki's one-shot in the Fantasy Anthology isn't a one-shot at all. The second chapter of Elhanburg's Angel released in
Fantasy Anthology #22. If I can get it in time, I'll get that magazine and possibly
#19 if I can still get it. Once I have it, I'll try translating some of the stories. I'll most definitely translate Elhanburg's Angel though. *drool*
