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Old 2009-02-12, 09:01   Link #18801
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Old 2009-02-12, 09:04   Link #18802
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While somewhat endearing if written right, the only case where I see the use of Japanese in an english-written fic as being appropriate is if the setting allows it - like if the characters are native Japanese or so.
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Old 2009-02-12, 09:07   Link #18803
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A practice which needs to die in my opinion, but that's irrelevant.
Of course, you do realize that means the death of Fate-chan as well, right? Better leave out the -chan from now on whenever you write a name.

In my opinion, it's not that bad. Personal preference, but sometimes a japanese terms conveys the character better then an English term. Like Signum's 'Ah' for example.
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Old 2009-02-12, 09:09   Link #18804
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While somewhat endearing if written right, the only case where I see the use of Japanese in an english-written fic as being appropriate is if the setting allows it - like if the characters are native Japanese or so.
I beg to differ. Japanese dialogue has no place in an English fic, unless the writer is proficient in Japanese (lest he embarrasses himself as so many such writers do) as well as his intended readers. Otherwise, what's the point aside from showing off his "elite" knowledge of the language? There's a reason you don't see professional writers doing this.

In the case of suffixes like "chan" and "kun", the line is a little more blurred, in my opinion, since these terms have no direct translation, and most of the intended readers are familiar with them anyway.
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Old 2009-02-12, 09:19   Link #18805
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It's not faithful, it's being lazy.
Either that or the translator is too deeply in love with the original hira/katagana form to change them. But personally, I agree with Jimmy.

Just in case anyone's interested, for most Chinese translations I've seen so far, Nanoha is usually rendered as 奈叶, Fate as 菲特 and Hayate as 疾风. The "-chan" honorific is either ignored or rendered as 酱, eg. Fate-chan -> 菲特酱.

To me, this is quite hilarious, since 酱 means sauce in Chinese =3. AFAIK, this usage is usually informal and are seldom, if not never, found on translations for official materials and most doujins.
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Old 2009-02-12, 09:27   Link #18806
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Thanks for the scoop, Estavali. That's certainly very interesting.
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Old 2009-02-12, 12:02   Link #18807
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I'll just go back to staying away from fanfics.... I think all those mediocre ShizuNatsu ones killed me to the point where I don't want to finish reading the good ones I found. :<
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Old 2009-02-13, 05:53   Link #18808
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Please, can somebody post oficial art and sketches of Zafira? Specially his human form.
Thanks in advance!
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Old 2009-02-13, 10:42   Link #18809
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Please, can somebody post oficial art and sketches of Zafira? Specially his human form.
Thanks in advance!
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Old 2009-02-13, 10:58   Link #18810
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I don't think that's what he asked when he said 'official' art, Rick.

In terms of sketches, I have this one:

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Old 2009-02-13, 11:04   Link #18811
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I don't think that's what he asked when he said 'official' art, Rick.

In terms of sketches, I have this one:

I missed the "official" word
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Old 2009-02-13, 12:05   Link #18812
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Please, can somebody post oficial art and sketches of Zafira? Specially his human form.
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Keroko's pic is the best quality.But how about these.
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Old 2009-02-13, 13:21   Link #18813
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Hmm, there might be some more random Zafira in the scans, but I'm sure these two were missed....
← TUG IT, VITA, TUG IT!
Spoiler for NSFW-y:
-waits for the flood of NanoFate Valentine's Day pictures- >_o

Er, any passing-by translator interested in Nanoguru? A good chunk of them have already been done, but the first page has been completely missed and there's a page later on that has a piece missing as well. I haven't looked much into the ones where Signum appears and is completely jealous of Nanoguru, so I can't say too much. :B
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Old 2009-02-13, 14:51   Link #18814
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Hi AnimeSuki,

Look at what I friend found, it's a cute short NanoFate doujin in Chinese:

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Here is the full doujin:

Spoiler for Titleless doujin?:


May I /R/equest translation? If we made an English version, I would like to share this in our site with the rest of the people ^^

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Old 2009-02-13, 18:44   Link #18815
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the reason this is nameless was because the pages are inserts for a ss, in another words, japanese fanfiction.

Page one
F: nanoha, Vivio

page two
N: fate-chan
V: fate-mama
N: what's wrong? (standing there by yourself dazing

page three
N: mn, it fits you perfectly! Fate-chan
V: vivio also have one for Fate-mama
V: here!

page four
V: wah!
F: ........thank you
* stares-----
* ha ∑ (ºд º;; )
N: how sly, only to vivio?
F: sorry sorry
V: huh?
F: thank you.
F: .... i love you

page five
F: ah, actually i meant it was very well done
N: mn
V: really?
V: eheheh
N: oho-ho, change of topic huh
F: ....mn

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also, i know you got this off yamibo, but the thread host clearly said you can't use it outside of yamibo, since they actually spend their money to bought the doujin and scan it. now if you post this on your site, everyone will be getting it for free. i suppose it doesn't matter now, since it's already been posted.

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Old 2009-02-13, 19:13   Link #18816
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the reason this is nameless was because the pages are inserts for a ss, in another words, japanese fanfiction.
Nice, thanks a lot hoshiakari.
So this was a SS, and some pages were in comic format, right?

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also, i know you got this off yamibo, but the thread host clearly said you can't use it outside of yamibo,
this on your site, everyone will be getting it for free.
Actually, a friend of mine posted it in the Spanish Nanoha forums as I said in my previous post, in this thread. I asked her for the source but I haven't received a reply get, so I tried looking for it at Yamibo without any luck, but I may have missed it since my knowledge of Chinese is zero, I only found 2 new NanoFate doujins at the Japanese section, but not this one. We post our personal raws in that forum for free too, so I don't think there would be a problem if we translate theirs as they do with ours, but if they are specifically requesting to don't share the raws, I think we should try asking them first.

Thanks again for the translations and the information ^^

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Old 2009-02-13, 19:39   Link #18817
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yes, you are correct. this was insert pictures for a fanfiction. as for the fanfiction itself, it has yet to be posted on yamibo.

as for the taking without asking... i really don't think is big of deal, i do know you post raws on yamibo too. there isn't any gaining or loosing here, but i feel doujins should be bought instead of sharing it for free, since the artist worked so hard for them. so really i feel bad for the artists themselves, not much of taking it without asking. so if you think it's ok of whatever you are doing, i'm not going to continue on, because it was what you decided. i guess good luck on editing them.
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Old 2009-02-13, 20:14   Link #18818
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as for the taking without asking... i really don't think is big of deal, i do know you post raws on yamibo too. there isn't any gaining or loosing here, but i feel doujins should be bought instead of sharing it for free, since the artist worked so hard for them. so really i feel bad for the artists themselves, not much of taking it without asking. so if you think it's ok of whatever you are doing, i'm not going to continue on, because it was what you decided. i guess good luck on editing them.
Yes, I agree with you, but I think there is also a problem in the distribution of the original works, because even if people outside of Japan wanted to buy a selection of specific doujinshis from a certain Comiket; they wouldn't be able to do it in most cases (leaving far behind that people may want to read them but lack of any knowledge in Japanse).

I think the real problem should be the distribution of the original raws, that Japanese people download instead of buying the original.

Also, I wonder how many artists would feel bad because their work was translated to foreign languages, and how many will feel proud because there are 10.000 persons in occident enjoying of their work. I think this should be more a matter of how many of them work for money, and how many for hobby.

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Old 2009-02-13, 20:41   Link #18819
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Lets end this before it turns into an argument...

...So here is a picture of Fate


and also...
Spoiler for ...Vivio, Fate, and Fate with chocolate:
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Old 2009-02-13, 22:08   Link #18820
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Lets end this before it turns into an argument...



and also...
Spoiler for ...Vivio, Fate, and Fate with chocolate:
Syn would like that picture. Vivio in "Naughty Librarian" mode FTW!
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