#book translation

[quiet-art-kid]

Httyd books Russian

Hiccup's name in the Russian translation (eeking) rhymes with the russian word for viking (veeking) and that just....I love that

[intothestacks]

Harry Potter’s Brazilian Translation: The Good, the Bad, the Why

The Good

Hufflepuff was translated to Lufa-Lufa. 

Original name wouldn’t work/sound good in Portuguese because of how we’d pronounce the letter combinations

A+ silly nonsense name that works well with the language

Uses some of the sounds of the original name

Name changed for a solid, valid reason

10/10

Ravenclaw, became Corvinal

New name hearkens back to the original (corvo is the Portuguese word for raven)

Name changed for a solid, valid reason

10/10

Gryffindor was translated to Grifinória

Gryffindor is pronounceable in Portuguese and doesn’t sound too weird, so change unnecessary imo, but at least the new name is fairly close to the original

7/10

Slytherin was translated as Sonserina

Original name doesn’t quite work in Portuguese, but I think Slideríne would have been better

Though perhaps they were trying to play with snakey S sounds, which I can’t fault them for

8.5/10

Ron became Rony

Yes, it sounds funny in English, but it works well in Poruguese

Could have gone wih a nickname for Ronaldo insead hough.

9/10

Rubeus Hagrid changed to Rúbeo Hagrid

Frankly, I would have thought “Hagrid” needed more of a revamp than “Rubeus” (which could be fixed by turning it into Rúbeus)

I would’ve thought they’d change Hagrid into Rágrid to make his name sound right, but nope

That being said, Rúbeo wasn't an awful choice

6/10

Hedwig became Edwiges

Original name doesn’t work in Portuguese at all. Definitely a change that made sense, and into a name that’s pretty close.

10/10

Dudley became Duda

Yeah, Dudley wouldn’t quite work in Portuguese.

10/10

Dementors turned into Dementadores

Sounds better in Portuguese.

10/10

The Bad

Muggles became Trouxas

Way too negative for no reason. (Trouxa is a really rude way of saying “gullible” or “stupid”)

1/10

The Why

James became Thiago

Whyyyy?! We’re familiar with the name James because of James and the Giant Peach! James is pronounceable in Portuguese! And if you want to use a Portuguese form of James, Jaime sounds a lot closer han Thiago!

Albus became Alvo

Why?! Albus is a Latin word! It works perfectly fine in Portuguese!

[subtile-jagden]

3 translated chapters of Ein Heldenleben are now online @squadron-goals.

[settsunoie]

Osomatsu-san Character book - Osomatsu 01 - English translation WIP

I guess I have to since no one did it -Settsu who will surely regret it Btw I have photos in this post please excuse my poor photo taking skills, if anyone has the scans I will gladly use them instead

Page 1

              Summary Osomatsu sticker sheet................................01 Special poster [Doctor Matsu]......................03 Shinpin Brothers now airing.........................05

Chapter 1 - Osomatsu  Close up Osomatsu....................................08  Close up Osoko..........................................12  Close up F6 Osomatsu...............................13  Fun facts about Osomatsu..........................14  Sextuplet's relashionships chart..................15  We're not the same ! Sextuplets ver OSO...16  Ending themes Osomatsu ver......................18  Gallery..........................................................22

Chapter 2 - Side characters and other   Close up of side character and other...........26   Pick up story.................................................28   A walk into the world of Osomatsu-san........32   The favorite places of Tsukkomimatsu.........34   Places to enjoy yourself...............................38

Chapter 3 - Collection of random things   Matsuno Osomatsu's character sheet..........40   Iyami's character sheet.................................44   Quote-matsu.................................................46   Osomatsu's divination...................................48   Story Staff Data.............................................51   Available goods.............................................52   Available mangas..........................................54

Page 2 (sticker sheet yay !)

1 - Osomatsu fan 2 - Sextuplets 3 - Osomatsu on board 4 - Don’t underestimate the elder ! 5 - You will surely find your dream ! Come on !

Page 8

1 - Look stupid but in reality...he's smart ? 2 - Two ahoges 3 - Can pour water out of his nipples ? 4 - Wears very clean briefs 5 - When he stops smiling you better start moving

Page 9

1 - I'm Matsuno Osomatsu ! CV Sakurai Takahiro 2 - (from left to right) *smile*, *dizzy*, “unforgivable...”, *sad sigh*, “bullshit...”, “Yay” 3 - The stupid and miraculous elder of the Matsuno family !    The elder of the Matsuno family. He has the mind of a elementary schooler and isn't very popular among the 6 brothers. But sometimes, he can also act like a true older brother. Isn't he hard to understand...?

Page 10

1 - Hey, I beg you please lend me some money 2 - King of trash ! More like king of honesty !! His own trashiness is a sort of pride !? Things like sentiments of guilt don't matter, that'sa true scum ! 3 - I'm motivated and I'm gonna give my all (not sure about this one?) 4 - I want mom to take care of me ! Osomatsu don't even try to keep those horrible wishes secret !! 5 - I'm kida lucky my brothers died 6 - I don't care if my brothers die if can be the protagonist ! The worst of all !! 7 - Iyami : He's the worst sibling ! 8 - Raise your voices, all against the elder !! Usually, you can't ask for help from the lazy Osomatsu. The siblings seem to more of less obey their big brother 9 - The leader says "sextuplets assembly !" 10 - In order to fight against Chibita we joined forces ! That's what I thought, but in reality the one that was shoved to the side was 11 - The seducer badly injured 12 - I got beaten up by a girl but at least I have her number ! That's the pride of the elder ! 13 - Jyushimatsu : Awesome big bro Osomatsu !! Todomatsu : I also admire you ! So please, give me some money ♡ 14 - Fictional QnA 15 - Q1 : Favorite drink Beer of course ! There is nothing best than beer !! If you start to talk, you'll want to drink, it's unavoidable~! 16 - Q2 : Favorite food Things like fried rice and high carbs foods but the others wouldn't like it 17 - Q3 : About your gambling addiction I go to horse races, pachinko and play mah-jong. No matter matter the game I always am confident. Would you like to play once against me ? Just kidding !!

[journeytothewestresearch]

You wouldn't happen to know if anyone has translated A Supplement to the Journey to the West, have you? I found a few online links to the book, all in Mandarin, and have been google translating it to read but of course, I feel like I'm missing a lot of content to things.

I know it is not that popular or that well-known but I still really think it's an interesting and fun addition to JTTW inspired stories.

There are two translations, actually:

Dong, Y., Lin, S. F., & Schulz, L. J. (2000). The Tower of Myriad Mirrors: A Supplement to Journey to the West. Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, The University of Michigan.

Dong, Y., Hegel R. E., & Li, Q. (2020). Further Adventures on the Journey to the West. University of Washington Press.

I've only read the first one.

Both are available on libgen.is (a great resource for book PDFs). Once you click on the respective links below, select "get" at the top to download a PDF.

http://library.lol/main/8D3A13F5D9E9A9AE156069612B85B91E

http://library.lol/main/14BD8C38157C6475C8FA1E207535D9DFF

I've never had a problem downloading from the site. I know it's very popular with professional scholars. This is because scholarly books tend to be very expensive.

For those not familiar with A Supplement to the Journey to the West (Xiyoubu, 西遊補, 1640), it's an unofficial sequel to the original 1592 edition of JTTW. Please see my article here:

[clairificusrex]

For those readers! There have been some great translations recently on meb!

[sharpegirl]

hi, i'd like to buy 6 times we almost kissed ebook but it's not available on amazon like your other books. Do you know when it's available? I don't live in the us or uk

If you don't live in the US or UK, it likely will not be available unless you buy a US or UK version on somewhere like Book Depository.

6 TIMES will be published in: Brazil, Portugal, Poland, France, Germany and Italy.

But we have to wait for the amazing translators to translate my slow burn insanity first! So the translated versions will be getting published later this year at the soonest and more likely: next year.

If none of the countries listed above are your country, I'm sorry! There are a lot of factors that go into a foreign publisher buying a book from the US and to be really honest, I'm very lucky my books are published in as many countries as they are because there is definitely a (pretty wrong) idea in the publishing industry that sapphic books don't sell well or strongly overseas. My royalty statements say otherwise, but sometimes stereotypes are hard to budge and it takes an editor with vision to acquire your work.

So! If you want more sapphic books, let the publishers in your countries know! Most of them have social media accounts and contact forms!

[byakarasu]

Book Plans for The Writer's Quick-Start Guide

Book Plans for The Writer’s Quick-Start Guide

My book plans for the foreseeable future for The Writer’s Quick-Start Guide: Modern Know-How To Supercharge Your Creative Writing are in two stages: Finish working on and publish the ‘Revised and Expanded Edition’ that adds 18 pages of extra content Book translation – split into separate translation goals. My ‘target languages’ are French, Italian, Spanish, German and Japanese. The French…

[wehavewords]

“He talked about how the gods had blessed him with a priceless, beautiful wife who was better than riches. He figured he was so fortunate that, while it was true that kings might be more famous than him, no king or nobleman was married to such an unmatched lady.”

translator’s note from, The Rape of Lucrece

[ofswordsandpens]

I really am obsessed with this Medusa iteration. The snakes styled into a 1950's low bun? The red lip? The hat and veil just covering her eyes? Her voice, soft and beguiling yet always as if she's on the verge of tears? So good.

[translationwala]

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[watchingwisteria]

listen there really was just something about how in the book, snow’s 3-page descent from hesitant lover boy to deluded psychopath happens entirely in his mind. lucy gray gives him no indication whatsoever that she suspects him, that she’s going to leave or betray him. he’s just sitting quietly in the cabin waiting for her to return when that seed of calculated suspicion, which he has needed to survive the capitol, takes a hold of him and chokes the life out of any goodness left inside him. it really drives home your terror as a reader that “oh my god did he kill her? did she escape? what happened to her? why would he even think that?” in a way that when the movie had to adjust for visualization it lost some of that holy shit this guy has lost it emphasis.

[ebookporn]

Principle of Decision: Translation from Swahili

by Albert Mwamburi, Hassan Kassim, Idza Luhumyo, Jay Boss Rubin, and Wambua Muindi

. . . the auditory and visual imagery that gather as you read the Swahili version . . . How [to] transfer the same to the English version?

Ken Walibora’s Kufa Kuzikana was originally published in 2003 and just clocked two decades since publication. For this edition of Principle of Decision, I chose the first two paragraphs of Walibora’s novel partly to celebrate it but also to appreciate the story it follows in the context of what occupied the first half of 2023 in Kenya—the cycle of anti-government and cost-of-living protests, the ensuing police brutality, and the ethnic targeting and profiling.

I also found these paragraphs appropriate here given that introductions are always novel and always set the tone for a story. In this case not only do the two paragraphs borrow the geography of Kiwachema, the fictional country the novel is set in, they also illustrate the constant movement and consequent contact that is the backdrop against which Walibora animates post-colonial Kenya. The friendship between Akida and Tim—the novel’s main characters—becomes a fable for the nation and demonstrates the exclusionary logic of national politics despite the promise of nation-building. 

I wanted to see what different translators’ English renditions of the novel’s opening lines would sound and feel like. Of particular interest was the auditory and visual imagery that gather as you read the Swahili version, and the way these sentences introduce the tone of the narration. How does a translator transfer the same to the English version?  This is also a question many of the translators asked themselves. Phrases like ‘dhahiri shahiri’ and ‘miinamo ya vilima’ which embody the particularity of Swahili sounds, posed an interesting challenge. The particularity with which the translators supply the tonality of Swahili is fascinating. Take for instance the last word: It is translated differently by each of the translators below, showing the different interpretations given and techniques employed in English translation.

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[rocjane]

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