Let's Translate Light Novels! (Episode 25/26)

Описание: Learn how Nakago from Fushigi Yuugi got the way he is...

For intermediate-advanced Japanese learners, see how Japanese works in novel form and see how many different intermediate-advanced Japanese learners might translate it differently. In this video, we have an even split: an intermediate Japanese learner (Me, circa 2000), an advanced Japanese learner, and a professional manga translator.

This video’s translators: Greg and Laura E.

The objective of this series is not to walk away with a finished translation of this novel. In actual fact, we're probably only going to get through the first several pages. The purpose of this series is: to teach Japanese grammar and vocab. Additionally, this series objective is to show how you can take your understanding of Japanese and turn it into a proper translation. To demonstrate this, I'll be comparing and contrasting translations of this novel that I did in the year 2000, when I was at the intermediate level and completely new to translating with translations from some of my patrons as well as my insights today as a professional translator with over 15 years' experience. I do not own the rights to Seiran Den and I did not get permission from the author, Nishizaki Megumi to translate it, so again, I would like to emphasize that the intention of this video series is NOT to produce a translation of this book, but to teach Japanese and to show how translation CAN be done. I won't be naming my patrons who have contributed their translations IN these videos, but I WILL credit them in the video description if they wish.

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Please don't learn 100% of your Japanese from me! I'm a highly-experienced J-E translator and teacher of dance and theater, but a beginning level teacher when it comes to Japanese. It's also best to learn from a variety of sources (preferably native Japanese) and to hear the concepts explained by multiple people (again, preferably native Japanese). Here are some other great resources:

Tofugu: https://www.tofugu.com/
Japanese Ammo with Misa:    / japaneseammowithmisa  
Miku Real Japanese:    / @mikurealjapanese  
Learning Japanese with Taka:    / learningjapanesewithtaka