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Titanic: The Sequel Trailer
Amazing mash-up of movies to create a pretty credible trailer of an action-thriller sequel to Titanic. Check out the behind the scenes version to find out where all the scenes are from.

Lime-oncello Spritzers with Mint!

(Locked) post about translating manga set in foreign lands at free_manga asks about using "common" French ( Read more... )

The August issue of Chara had the first chapter of a new manga by Kazumi Maki and Kano Ayano. It has one of my favorite moe points--non-gag cross-dressing in kimono! I have no idea if it will be good, but I just felt like sharing it...so I scanned and translated it. ^^; I like the art; it's simple but very appealing to me. I thnk it's the eyes. I ( Read more... )

Bridging the Cultural Divide: Lexical Barriers and Translation Strategies in English Translations of Modern Japanese Literature by James Hobbs is a wonderful article regarding the methods of translating specific terms/concepts using real examples. What is the best way to balance conveying the original meaning (including cultural implications) as ( Read more... )

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I finally got around to cleaning up the translation for chapter 3 of my favorite one-volume Kawai Toko manga, In the Walnut. It's been licensed so Dangerous Pleasure has stopped scanlating it, but since I had already worked on the translation I figured I'd post it for those who own the Japanese volume. This manga has basically no smut, excellent ( Read more... )

I'm translating something set in an industry I know nothing about, so I've been having quite a time looking up lots and lots of industry jargon. What's really getting to me is that there's a lot Japanese industry jargon that I can't even begin to know if there's an English jargon equivalent. I don't want to use the standard English equivalent ( Read more... )

I was clearing my tabs when I came across a Japanese Ouran fic I had read a while back and had saved. I figured I'd post about it and ended up going around looking for more fanfic and fanart sites. Found a whole bunch which I'm posting in this jumbled up mess of a post. ^^;

First, the fanart:

courante has some cute retarded Tamaki pics. First, I ( Read more... )

I had downloaded the cd drama of Alcohol Shirt and Kiss by Kuwabara Yuko a while back. I had posted about the manga several months ago (Look here for a quick summary with pics). I really liked the first track, though when it got serious and sappy I didn't enjoy it so much. I think I can take sap so much better on paper than acted out. In any case, ( Read more... )

An AkiHika Heian AU game based doujinshi. Previously posted parts 1 and 2. The rest of the pretty!

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