Thread:Dynamisx/@comment-4784862-20160118025007/@comment-4784862-20160118142045

Dynamisx wrote:

I do speak Japanese to an intermediate level, and I lived there for 3 years so I'm fairly good at understanding colloquial Japanese. My kanji reading is terrible now though, but I use Rikai-kun plugin in chrome for that, so TLnig from a web raw is 100x easier than trying to count the strokes in a tiny, blurry kanji from a scanned raw just so I can look it up!

As for single lines vs paragraphs, I tried to stick to the existing approach, even though it personally offends the idea of "translation"! It just reminds my of all my old Japanese English students who did the same thing... makes it look like a 14 year old's homework :P. One sentence per line is a common style in Japanese but makes no sense carried over into English (in fact, it's incorrect). However, as it's the way things are done I tried to align. However, in some cases to capture the meaning I had to convert 1-2 japanese sentences into 3-4 english ones, so I left them as a paragraph in those cases. First paragraph....yeah, "Translation Aggregator" basically uses multiple translation programs to pull results. JParser actually parses the kanji and can tell you what it means right there (I don't know if it's like Rikai-kun or not, though)...it's certainly not perfect, though. ^^

Second paragraph...if you mean 1-2 japanese sentences that are in the same LINE, then I have no real problem with that. I'm rather loose with matching the punctuation between the sentences/comma breaks in actual lines, as well. There are often times where it's better to use periods in place of where the author has placed commas, for example, heh. However, I almost always limit that to within the same line (as in, how the author separates it). I've been told (and I've noticed it myself, heh) that the author's grammar is pretty horrendous, though...which is why some lines are an absolute nightmare to transla te, haha. =x

Champsy wrote: Jezus christ Caudyr.

You come barging through the door like the Japanese Inquisition. Give the dude some space to breath!

Anywho, thanks a lot for the help Dynamisx. Would be great to have you around! ...I seriously wish you weren't so damn trolly all the time. =p

Honestly, though - I only said it so fast so that I could catch them before they (potentially) did another day. XD





Anyway, yeah, I have a few blog posts linked in my profile that will give you some information on ability names, location names, etc...though it's far from comprehensive.

For the ability names, it's only from what I've come across while TLing/TL ch ecking and stuff, so it's only about 1/2 complete.

As for the Rubi/Kanji...I think there was only one case where I haven't gone with the Rubi for ability names, and that's because it made FAR more sense to actually use the kanji. I forget exactly which ability it was now, though...



I'm pretty sure that I did it with Rou's Night Vision racial ability as a Goblin as well, though - which isn't in the author's ability list (since it's not something he learns via Absorption). It was like..."Night Eye" for the rubi and "Night Vision" for the kanji...and...well..."Night Eye" would undoubtedly confuse the hell outta people, so I went with the easy to understand Night Vision. XD



In any case...if the ability's name is confusing, then don't hesitate to ask me. I may not be able to answer the question immediately w/o any sort of context of what monster it's from or anything lik eth at...but...I can check it out. ^^