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[antoj]

does anyone on my flist know japanese/kanji and would be willing to help me translate something? I:

i don't have it yet... BUT I WILL SOON cuz i am a giant nerd as soon as i sell like 2 more of my games i will have enough game-sold munz to buy the japanese version of infamous.

AND YES I KNOW IT'S ONLY SUBTITLED......!

but i want to re-translate the subtitles back into english to see if there are any hidden lulz.

if not, how can i look up what kanji means? :\ I can probs translate the hirigana enough to slap it through a google translate (AND GET LULZ LIKE "Call McGrath have the ability to kick a bomb explosion deliveries.") but idk how to read kanji because i am a nub.

also i just wanted to say for the record i feel lied to by sucker punch. ): (spoilers: nothing happened)

which is why i will send them me having 4 different copies of their game when i get the japanese version. i try too hard on everything shut up

also is the australian version of the game different from the EU/NA one? :D

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[antoj.livejournal.com]

That is a very handy link. The radicals things makes more sense I GUESSSSSSSS but I think it just looks easier because you have them all pictured next to each other so it's like OH HEY THAT MAKES SENSE. :I

LMAO I GUESS IT'S BETTER THAN STARING BLANKLY AT IT FOR HOURS NOT GETTING IT jksfjld.

though i guess i won't be translating the entire game there's just a few bits I'm more interested in...

.____. but i guess the me wanting to translate an english game from japanese back to english is a bit strange in itself lmfao.

but uhhhhhh you do translations by commission? XD How does that work?

[emurii.livejournal.com]

lulz welcome to Japanese. |D;

It's not that strange, it's awesome to take an active interest in language. :3

Translation by commission tends to work by like "how complicated is what you want done and how much material is there." Real life translators generally do it by commission, too, except that usually they have either (a) an extensive network of word-of-mouth contacts or (b) an agency they work through/for. They do like $X per character.

But I don't do it that much (especially now that I'm here on study abroad) because pffff I have to spend all day doing Japanese shit B|; and then I have like 3-4 hours of homework, so why do I want to do it during my free time too