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NEWS: Say Hello to Black Jack Manga's Sato Seeks Translators




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simona.com



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:06 pm Reply with quote
it amuses me the fact that he's not paying people to translate something that he's going to get money for. or is he planning to publish it all for free?
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Spaceman-Spiff



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:37 pm Reply with quote
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He added later that day that he was looking to have French, Korean, Chinese, and Malay translations as well.


It seems that according to the tweet linked, he already has the other trans. Only needing English.
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nhat



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:09 pm Reply with quote
simona.com wrote:
it amuses me the fact that he's not paying people to translate something that he's going to get money for. or is he planning to publish it all for free?


Eh he creates more material for everyone to enjoy?

Also read the article more closely:

Sato had posted all the chapters of Say Hello to Black Jack for free, no membership required, on October 4. By October 24, the site had received in the range of several billion page views. Of the 400,000 new readers that accessed the site, about 3,000 (or about 1.3%) registered as members.
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BleuVII



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 9:02 am Reply with quote
Hey, how many scanlation groups would dream of having not only the permission of the author, but also his invitation, to do exactly what they're doing. Plus, it goes on a resume. This is, far and away, THE BEST WAY to break into the publishing industry.

Now if only my Japanese were better.......
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Elexin



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:24 pm Reply with quote
I hope it works out, because I'd really like to see what happens as a result of this attempt... but after reading some of the translations that have been supplied so far, I don't know.
I'm not a a translator. I couldn't translate to save my life -- but that doesn't stop it from being painfully obvious that some of these translations are awkward. They need the touch of a capable editor... or at least one capable of stringing together sentences in English Neutral
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BassKuroi





PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 4:20 pm Reply with quote
This only could face to a moral bankrupcy. What would happen if there's no corporation involved in an edition?

Communism, Armageddon or both.
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