The future of novel translations?

FreagaZ · Post by **FreagaZ** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:25 am

Well, I was thinking about it... Now that Brandi is too busy with IRL stuff to carry on the translation of novels anymore, does anyone in the FMP community have plans to pick up her (very well done) work?

Considering how I'm one of the non-japanese speaking FMP fans, it would be nice to see at least how COMO is going to end up... Assuming it's been fully released in Japan for a while

KiLlEr · Post by **KiLlEr** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 5:58 am

If there was someone here capable, it would have been done by now.

Chief Petty Officer Klerk · Thu Nov 24, 2005 8:25 am

I might know someone who might MIGHT be interested in it (if her reading skill is up to scratch that is, she is still studying Jap AND Chinese at uni). I will ask her, but I don't promise anything at all.

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 5:51 pm

If you hear anything, let us know.

Regards

FreagaZ · Post by **FreagaZ** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 5:59 pm

I don't think it's about lack of ability, just motivation

If I was able to read japanese myself, would I still be willing give the pleasure of reading it in english to others? I wonder...

Circle · Post by **Circle** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 6:22 pm

Should ask the ones who translated for fansubs for TSR. FMP is still pretty fresh to them and they might be willing to take on the project if someone provides them with the RAWs.

Jae · Post by **Jae** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 8:59 pm

RAWs aren't a problem

But someone else would have to manage finding and negoitating with a trnaslator.

FreagaZ · Post by **FreagaZ** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:27 am

So now we need to contact possibly interested people/groups... Other ideas? Suggestions?

Shewolf of Ga · Post by **Shewolf of Ga** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 7:15 pm

Did I miss something while I was gone? I knew thee translations were going slow, but did Brandi gove up entirely? Say it ain't so...

Post by **Taurec** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:12 pm

nope nothing confirmed.....

chap 2 seems to be out on the mirror but in the shoutbox it is claimed as a fake. atm can't check it out,,,,,

Edit it's a fake ..<g>

Weltall Elite · Post by **Weltall Elite** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:18 pm

A fake version of the story? Blood shall be spilt this night!

FreagaZ · Post by **FreagaZ** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:52 pm

Yeah well Brandi may have been too busy to even let us know she quit

Anyway I was thinking if there were more able people on this forum (or occasionally browsing them even) who could pick it up and start making their own version of COMO (I wouldn't mind a re-start from chap1 even with some 3 months wait between each chap) thus Brandi would no longer feel any "pressure" to push onward releasing whenever she would maybe or possibly have time.

It would indeed be better if there were more able hands doing this... And hell I think all the volunteers should form up together and make a group for sharing the load. This works way better than 1 person doing all the work... Maybe we have better motivated people doing this when the pressure and workload is not so high!

And finally yes I'm well aware that since I can't concretically help MYSELF there's a bleak hope for me ever seeing COMO translated, let alone BOMF

AEmer · Post by **AEmer** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:52 pm

you could help, though...you'd simply need to enlist the help of the correct people...

As Jae commented, somebody else should take care of negotiating with a group...raws are available...

I recon all it takes is the dedicationg of one member to undertake an investigation of groups, dig through mirc channels, and assemble a team...it's an interesting project, after all, and FMP is a popular franchise among the internet based fan communities...

I personally am not inside the environment, and besides, I'm too unreliable to undertake it...and perhaps I just don't want it bad enough...

But it's certainly viable to make a difference even if you do not know japanese yourself...

kirstianl · Post by **kirstianl** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 5:34 am

I've been lurking in the forums for a while, but I figured now's as good a time as any to speak up.

I'm a third year student of Japanese (basically, I'm in Advanced) in my university, and according to my professor I'm fairly fluent. Since I've got a pretty slack semester coming up, I'd be willing to try my hand at translating. I must admit that I haven't got too much experience at actually translating, beyond the few random pages of Honey&Clover I translated for a friend and some Bleach (before it got licensed), but I'd try just to find out what the heck is happening in COMO.

I know I couldn't ever do a better job than Brandi, and I'd definately need help, but, if someone could provide raws of the novel, I would be willing to try.

Circle · Post by **Circle** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 8:56 am

w00t, we have a volunteer! Lets get this going...

I'm almost done with college... but I can take more Japanese through extension classes, but that'd still not be good enough as a proof reader. But I can help edit the English versions and be a distro if we BT it.

Why not ask Boku-tachi if they will recruit you for their FMP project? They have other translators/staff that may help you also. If you don't want to talk to them alone, we can go as a group (or just you and I

). They also have a formal recruiting process for translators too, you can do that but just make sure you get to translate FMP. If you look at their shoutbox, it's just a bunch of ppl asking for more FMP.

Welcome to the forums, I hope the brass don't overcook you.