Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Nena Typhoon by Nippon Teikoku Toshokan

So remember how last post, forever ago, I mentioned that I was going to be working on a translation for a Gundam 00 book, Nena Typhoon? Well here it is, all translated and ready to go! Like the two 2Stroke books this one was edited over at E-H Forums so it's an EHCove release officially, but as always since I put my hand into the translation I'll be crossposting it on this blog. I actually started translating this one a loooong time ago, specifically a page about how GN particles can turn you into a loli. Then this bounty came up for it and I thought, heck, why not! I'll just translate the rest! Well easier said than done--there were a ton of really complex areas in the book that had me dragged down for a bit confirming context, and even now there are one or two lines that I'm not 100% about. On top of that, the existing scan at E-H was quite poor so I also went out and bought a copy of the book to scan anew. With all that effort, I was really hoping that a great editor would put the translation to the page.

Special thanks to Flame13 over on the E-H forums for the absolutely superb editing. You went above and beyond even while I was being rather, well, critical. For ever doubting your ability know that I apologize a thousand times over because the final result was spectacular. It's entirely too bad that this group didn't do more Gundam books, because their mechanical artist is great at what he does and well... all that Nena is pretty wonderful too. The world could use more sexy-genocidal-psychopaths-voiced-by-Kugimiya-Rie books, and that's the real truth. For now though, enjoy this delightful tale of sibling love and particle physics.

 PRESCRIBE HER THE D!


Next up on my plate are translations for PH-Bu's 'Hirogacchau no ga ii no' series, which again will be a collaboration with E-H Forums. In terms of in-house translations, I'm trying to get a couple of one-off All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku stories translated. I would expand that to other projects but my sole editor is super busy as of late. I may have to shift to a more permanent on-bounty basis for editing to tackle the larger projects I want to start such as Oshigoto After and Ranshi To Kimi To's Amagami series. We'll see! Until next time, folks!