Spice and Wolf Light Novel Discussion

[Vexx]

You can discuss the novel and its moments, even doing as the translation progresses "Yay, 4c4 is out!!!" .... you just can't say WHERE or provide links. Just the same as any MFI anime series or series that gets licensed or C&D'd during its run.

Discussions about HOW a particular piece of translation should be written is also best taken to the project site as well I suppose --- that's the best place for that sort of talk anyway. In this thread, you just discuss the story itself.

[salv87]

But I still wish they'd have closed the thread with an explanation, rather than just delete it..

[Vexx]

aye that is a bit odd, they almost always announce it. I'll ask some of the mods and see what they know.

[barbsicle]

i might have a clue as to why...but it's purely speculation so i'm better off not saying it.

meanwhile, progress has been at 0 because my hard drive has been wiped as i scurry to get back my things together in order. i'll start work as soon as i get things back on track. so sorry guys.

Barbs

[judgment26]

Ok, completed section 2/4 of Chapter 4.

Hope you get things back together soon, barbs.

[typhonsentra]

Haha, I noticed that this board's post count had shrunk dramatically.

[Anh_Minh]

Spoiler for v4c4:

I hope they come up with something more clever than "give up the horse and cart and make a run for it with Horo's giant wolf form". That'd be anti-climactic.

I suppose that anything they do come up with will involve helping Tereo, but I'm not sure how I feel about that. For the most part, those guys don't seem to deserve being helped. Except for Ivan, the doll, the elder, and the beer brewer, they're a bunch of arrogant, ungrateful, pretentious asses.

[Blank-Mage]

Originally Posted by typhonsentra

Haha, I noticed that this board's post count had shrunk dramatically.

I haven't been reading, because I'd rather read it all at once.

[seaghyn16]

salv, barb, I'm seriously going to bed after this!! SERIOUS!

anyway...I'm gone for a little stint, and when I show up...the translation thread is missing...I think we just have a little case of Haruhism getting mixed in somewhere, creating a void which sucked it away.

lol.

Anyway, like all novels, discussions are fine, etc. For example, you read the japanese version, but there's something you don't get or want to say, so you ask, etc. Just because you say it in english doesn't mean anything.

as for it's translation...well, there is the liscence, A-S's locking rules, and then theres the idiot moon's locking policies.

all I know is one thing...it will probably be the first light novel in english I ever buy

all the other ones are okay to be translated, but nothing peaks my interest like SandW, I can't wait to have books like the japanese ones I have now...lol, sweet...but 2009...all I can do to sate my tastebuds is find alternative ways to understand the "japanese text"

[judgment26]

Alright, section 3/4 is up. That's 1/3 of the chapter done. The remaining 2/3 is a single section that's 43 pages in length, so it probably won't be done for a while...

Anyway, it's time for me to finish up my remaining reports and bring this semester to a close.

[Anh_Minh]

Thanks for the translation.

Spoiler for v4c4:

I guess Lawrence bagging a profit off those bastards would be an acceptable compromise.

[seaghyn16]

a little bit longer judg and I'll be going through your work

when that happens...I shiver to think what kind of addict I shall become...

*need more*

[barbsicle]

seag's habits are getting back to him. i suggest we put him into cold turkey immediately.

that's right seag, no coming back here for another year.

lol.

Barbs

[salv87]

if he's not here for a year, then we'll probably won't see the pdfs for a long time, since there's nobody to edit the translation..

[barbsicle]

by golly, you're right my man salv.

we need to make a compromise here.

seag shall edit in cold turkey.

hahahaha.

[Kaguya]

Volume X is released on February 10.
The cover illustration of this volume is an image of daytime.
But it seems to be quite cold because winter is near.

Spoiler for the preview of Vol.10:

From new publication information

The place which Lawrence and companions aimed at after the disturbance in Kerube was an island country Winfield kingdom beyond sea.
Saint Blondel's Monastery (Convent?) said to have "Bone of wolf" is their destination. At the company of a port town, Lawrence and the companions who arrived to the kingdom heard that the monastery which must be rich by wool deal had fallen into the economic crunch.
Furthermore, it is said that the Luwick alliance famous as the world strongest economic union is seeking the vast land of the monastery, and has come to the kingdom.
To get the foothold where Lawrence approaches the monastery, he try to request cooperation to merchant Piasecki who is the alliance member.
But...

Although it is not a novel, Dengekibunko Magazine Vol.6 is released on the same day.
It has a feature article of a second season, and an original illustration for anime.
http://dengekibunko.dengeki.com/new/dmmagazine_new.php

[Tri-ring]

Great ! !
I just finished reading Vol.9.
The end was meh but it was a interesting read none the less.
We finally part with the port city Kelbe, and say farewell with Abe Boran and Keeman.

[barbsicle]

just a quick update before i rush off to my chinese new year dinner.

i have compiled a beta of the ebook. more or less ready for viewing but i have yet to implement the advanced features and polish it to make it a spectacular first final release.

pages in total roughly 240 as opposed to original novel of about 310 pages. i guess the higher resolution makes it use slightly less pages.

hence, its closed-end distribution for now. if you would like to help me test it out (to see if the text corresponds to the wiki and other details like that) feel free to pm me.

Barbs

[RampagingEvangelion]

Um... Am I the only one who can't access the Spice and Wolf page on BT?

I keep getting errors, like this:

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@baka-tsuki.net and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[salv87]

nah, B-T's been having some problems lately it seems..