| I've Dungeon on my PTR. I guess need to read it now before it get taken down on BT. |
 Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
Sung-Hwan said: No idea, but a decent number of people like paper in hand, also, collection-pride purposes.Wasn't Another already available on Kindle I hope Yen Press doesn't overextend themselves with unprofitable titles. |
| Localize Biblia Koshodou and Dantalian no Shoka please. It's been painfully loooong time since Baka-Tsuki updated the two |
| Are they also licensed New Testament ? AFAIK it's separated from the first 24 volumes of Index. |
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| To think I was dismissing this possibility before when SAO was licensed. Is Yen Press serious? It will take decades for them to catch up to the latest volumes of Index and there's no guarantee they won't drop it midway. Not to mention the difficulty in translating Kamachi's infodumps. Ah well it's already there. I'll try to grab them when they're available. Better download the PDFs on BT as well. Wonder how will this go now for the Raildex Generals on /a/. Better drop by there to check. It's possible that this is just for the Old Testament so js06 might still do the future NTs unofficially. Where to grab them will be the question. |
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| Is NT 9 have PDF? I only have up to NT 8. |
| Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
OH MY GOD What a wonderful news to hear in the morning, I never thought this day will come. |
NeoAnkara said: Is NT 9 have PDF? I only have up to NT 8. Yes, just check the PDF section. |
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| 10 years later Yen Press is still at volume 15... |
AlphaDelta said: Please don't.The dungeon LN sounds intriguing to me so I think I'll pick that up when it's released. =) I'm still waiting for the day when Yen Press is going to license the LN of High School DxD. It probably all depends on how well the manga sells. I've still got my fingers crossed though. ^^ |
| Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
GuiltyKing said: Would you still interest by that point?Assuming they don't go for some aggressive approach by releasing 6-7 novels a year, I don't see YenPress catching up till 2025. Once they're at volume 13/14, I'll be sure to import those. Everything before that I've already watched in form of the anime. Still glad that the localization department is so active. |
| Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
| The seemingly impossible has happened - the Index LN is getting an official English language release... I'm more interested in Dungeon ni Deai... (DanMachi) though. I've heard a lot of good things about that series. |
kuuderes_shadowApr 20, 2014 3:06 AM
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| If they were to license the Monogatari series, I wouldn't know what to do with myself. |
| 'Once an Arsenal man, always an Arsenal man.' - Bob Wilson. |
thelotusf1fan said: I think that is the one novel nobody cares or has hopes for the fan translations.It would great to get an official eng release.If they were to license the Monogatari series, I wouldn't know what to do with myself. |
GuiltyKing said: The problem is that the Monogatari series is a hard to translate series. You have to be creative and capable as a translator to make it work (or the translator/editor combo for that matter). I doubt it will ever see an official English release. If fans were able to translate some volumes then professionals should be way better.Unless if companies use fans for the "official" translations(see Steins;gate VN) |
| What about Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon then? |
| Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
| Finally! So excited for Ralidex. |
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| I really hope NT is not included in this deal. Let's be generous and say they release a novel every 3 months. It would take them almost 6 years just to do the first series. |
| This is really good news. Hopefully, Yen On licenses a few light novels that I want to actually have in my hands. |
| I'm absolutely getting all three novels! can't wait for their release :D PD: Another will be an Omnibus edition including both volumes of the novel source: YenPress |
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| Please succeed, Yen Press! I'd love to see more novels licensed here and you're doing a great job so far. |
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| Surprised that they try with a LN that big. Chances are high that this will be stopped somewher ein between... Especially since the volumes 1 to 11 are quite bad in average... ssjokg said: GuiltyKing said: The problem is that the Monogatari series is a hard to translate series. You have to be creative and capable as a translator to make it work (or the translator/editor combo for that matter). I doubt it will ever see an official English release. If fans were able to translate some volumes then professionals should be way better.Unless if companies use fans for the "official" translations(see Steins;gate VN) Did you saw the translation? There's like, translations notes everywhere. If that title were to be translated officially, this wouldn't work like that; the translator would have to adapt his translation to find english sentences/jokes equivalent to the japanese one without relying on translation notes to explain. That's possible (the official french translator of the english novels disc world for example is very good at this), but this clearly requires an extremely good translator. GuiltyKing said: NeoAnkara said: What about Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon then? You cruel bastard, reminding me of a series that too will never see an official release outside of Japan. Lol, that one is even longer than Index+NT together. No way they'll buy the license of such a huge series... Why not guin saga while you're at it x]. |
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Zefyris said: Surprised that they try with a LN that big. Chances are high that this will be stopped somewher ein between... Especially since the volumes 1 to 11 are quite bad in average... ssjokg said: GuiltyKing said: The problem is that the Monogatari series is a hard to translate series. You have to be creative and capable as a translator to make it work (or the translator/editor combo for that matter). I doubt it will ever see an official English release. If fans were able to translate some volumes then professionals should be way better.Unless if companies use fans for the "official" translations(see Steins;gate VN) Did you saw the translation? There's like, translations notes everywhere. If that title were to be translated officially, this wouldn't work like that; the translator would have to adapt his translation to find english sentences/jokes equivalent to the japanese one without relying on translation notes to explain. That's possible (the official french translator of the english novels disc world for example is very good at this), but this clearly requires an extremely good translator. I am pretty sure that, like the japanese releases, volumes 1-11 wont have a problem IF they even reach that point. It is THEIR loss if the want to be act "professional" and localize the shit out of it.THe monogatari series' jokes and references is all about japanese culture and language.Those that want to read the story will buy it and will be more than happy just with the notes being there. |
| I'll be optimistic about this. That Dungeon LN also caught my eye but it's going to take a very long time for them to catch up with Index. |
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ssjokg said: It is THEIR loss if the want to be act "professional" and localize the shit out of it.THe monogatari series' jokes and references is all about japanese culture and language.Those that want to read the story will buy it and will be more than happy just with the notes being there. Never saw a professional translating like that. It can be ok if that's like one time per chapter, but no when it's so many times. In other words, what you're asking for are translations made by fans for fans. That's not going to work at all... ssjokg said: I am pretty sure that, like the japanese releases, volumes 1-11 wont have a problem IF they even reach that point. I wouldn't be so sure of this. |
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Zefyris said: ssjokg said: It is THEIR loss if the want to be act "professional" and localize the shit out of it.THe monogatari series' jokes and references is all about japanese culture and language.Those that want to read the story will buy it and will be more than happy just with the notes being there. Never saw a professional translating like that. It can be ok if that's like one time per chapter, but no when it's so many times. In other words, what you're asking for are translations made by fans for fans. That's not going to work at all... ssjokg said: I am pretty sure that, like the japanese releases, volumes 1-11 wont have a problem IF they even reach that point. I wouldn't be so sure of this. But why translate as "professionals" and not in a way that the story makes sense for what it is?Do fans of these series buy it for the story or the professional work of the translator?And a translator's job shouldnt be to adapt stuff to the lang in demand.Is there something in the text, by the author, that has meaning the way it is used?Then leave it like that and explain it. Can you tell me why you think that everyone has the same values as you do?It is quite obvious that Index volumes 1-11 have many supporters so why wouldnt it sell? |
| Because the fans who will buy aren't numerous enough for them to create a decent amount of sales. You need to interest other customers. That's why fans translations will never cut it. And a translator's job shouldnt be to adapt stuff to the lang in demand That's pretty much a core component of a professional translator's job AFAIK. For Index, obviously not everyone has the same values as me. Though I seldom saw someone praising the volumes 1 to 11 of index compared to what came after. |
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| As a huge fan Light Novel fan, Yen Press is cruel, my wallet is gonna be hit so hard. The Huruhi Series Sword Art Online Accel World Spice & Wolf and now the Index series? OMG. Does anyone know if this means that Baka-Tsuki will stop translating New Testament? Because isn't technically separate from the first series. Or am I wrong? |
Zefyris said: Because the fans who will buy aren't numerous enough for them to create a decent amount of sales. You need to interest other customers. That's why fans translations will never cut it. Obviously not everyone has the same values as me. Though I seldom saw someone praising the volumes 1 to 11 of index compared to what came after. So a good work will never get an official english release because notes are not professional enough....And I dont see how notes would hurt anyone in general. Yeah even I like the rest more than 1-11 but that doesnt mean that they are bad enough to not sell. |
| The DanMachi pick up is interesting since it's relatively new, only 4 volumes out and BT hasn't even completed the first volume of it. |
| What they need to do is finish Spice and Wolf novels at this rate it will take couple more years they need to hurry up. |
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| BTW, no one said anything about this, but the first thing they did in their new LN label was to put a title which isn't a light novel in their LN line up. xD Another isn't supposed to be a light novel :3. I heard it was a pretty good book, so it's a good thing to see it translated though. @ssjokg : No, a work where the author play with words a lot require a really good translator to be published in another language, that's all. But that's a lot already, indeed. It doesn't mean that the volume 1-11 won't sell but it sure won't help either this series. Which rise the risks of seeing it canceled somewhere in the middle. |
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| Index is a huge project to pick up. I would be psyched if the picked up the DRRR novels. |
Zefyris said: I didnt see this edit before....And a translator's job shouldnt be to adapt stuff to the lang in demand That's pretty much a core component of a professional translator's job AFAIK. . I dont think that overlocalizing things is the core of their job. |
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