Eternal Wish
So my anison translation career(?) took a huge step today when I mentioned to Saori Sakura that I was t/ling Eternal Wish (it was unintentional...), and got a reply from her to say she was interested in seeing it. It was part of a failed mini-marathon on V-Day so I didn't finish it, but this morning I was shocked at her reply. She wrote the song, so naturally she'd be curious, but if I do this, it'll be my first 公認, or official recognition, of sorts.
This came just after the elation that Juri Anekouji (newbie seiyuu) followed me back. But this time, I have mixed reactions.
I'm beginning to question myself whether I'm really good at this-- no, whether it's okay for me to do this in the first place. No it's not about legality or any other kind of thing. I'm always a humble t/ler in the first place, I have lots of slumps and writer's blocks, I respect a lot of other translators and accept that they are all better than me in lots of ways. But the thing is that what I percieve may be totally different than most others who know and love the song and what it means, and more importantly, what the original lyricist wanted to tell.
I've trashed out bad song translation habits like LBL and I do extensive research of anything I'm not familiar with beforehand like all good translators do, but like we all know, songs are vague in many sorts of ways and there is no exact answer to what the line means. So I may have picked the wrong one, and that spells imminent doom - people will rely on my t/l blindly.
When I think about it, maybe that's the reason why I don't do anime songs as much, if you look at my list. I'm afraid of being blamed for the wrong delivery. I'll always admire people who can take this on the chin, people like Atashi t/l TV-size OP/EDs and grab the early attention. When the single comes out, just do the whole thing, and say "ignore the earlier t/l".
And now that a more superior translator has come to share my admin job at AL I feel like getting whirled to the backburner.
EDIT I did it!!!
This came just after the elation that Juri Anekouji (newbie seiyuu) followed me back. But this time, I have mixed reactions.
I'm beginning to question myself whether I'm really good at this-- no, whether it's okay for me to do this in the first place. No it's not about legality or any other kind of thing. I'm always a humble t/ler in the first place, I have lots of slumps and writer's blocks, I respect a lot of other translators and accept that they are all better than me in lots of ways. But the thing is that what I percieve may be totally different than most others who know and love the song and what it means, and more importantly, what the original lyricist wanted to tell.
I've trashed out bad song translation habits like LBL and I do extensive research of anything I'm not familiar with beforehand like all good translators do, but like we all know, songs are vague in many sorts of ways and there is no exact answer to what the line means. So I may have picked the wrong one, and that spells imminent doom - people will rely on my t/l blindly.
When I think about it, maybe that's the reason why I don't do anime songs as much, if you look at my list. I'm afraid of being blamed for the wrong delivery. I'll always admire people who can take this on the chin, people like Atashi t/l TV-size OP/EDs and grab the early attention. When the single comes out, just do the whole thing, and say "ignore the earlier t/l".
And now that a more superior translator has come to share my admin job at AL I feel like getting whirled to the backburner.
EDIT I did it!!!