I need your advice!

[xmonster1603]

There are two things about which I'd love to hear your opinions, my dear f-list.

First up, should I lock up my translations? Because, as of late, I have, by chance, come across quite a few incidents when excerpts from or the whole of my translations are posted around, or used in fanvids and such, without credit. Seriously, how hard would it be

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[iuuppanhut]

Chào ss xmonster.Em là một người hay đọc và cũng hay v-trans lại trans của ss.

Về việc có nên lock các trans của ss vào không thì em không dám có ý kiến và đó tùy vào quyết định của ss. Nhưng về việc re-trans lại trans của ss, em cũng là người đã từng re-trans lại trans của ss. Đọc bài này của ss xong, em cũng xin lỗi vì đã không link back lại trans của ss mà chỉ đề credit và link về LJ của ss thôi.

Đọc xong bài này của ss, em cũng phải xem lại những bài trans của mình và sẽ bổ sung lại link ạ. Em hi vọg là ss vẫn cho phép v-trans lại bài trans của ss vì fan Ar không phải ai cũng rành tiếng Anh, nên em muốn giúp cho các bạn ấy tiếp cận với Ar dễ hơn.

Cảm ơn ss đã dành thời gian để trans và đóng góp cho fandom.

[xmonster1603]

uh, nói chung cũng vì ss thấy hơi tự cắn rứt lương tâm vụ mình là người VN đàng hoàng 100% mà không bao giờ thèm dịch cái gì ra tiếng Việt cho thiên hạ đọc mí, nên ss xưa nay mới có cái vụ để cho re-trans thoải mái. Nhưng mà hôm trước đọc được vài bài các bạn í re-trans lại của mình mà ss phát hoảng thật đấy... Wonder là giữa việc không để cho người ta đọc và để cho người ta đọc những thứ sai lệch thì cái gì tội nặng hơn nhỉ? *sigh* Em có nghĩ là từ bây giờ ss nên thử dịch các thứ sang tiếng Việt không? LOL

[foryume_dew]

Umm I think lock the translation is the good way for people who interested only...

But about re-trans ... I think it would be okay if that person credit the sources properly or maybe can tell them to ask for permission before re-trans.
Umm...sometimes maybe they make mistakes but I do think we would like to share Arashi's stuffs and cutenesses to all over.

Thanks for reading my opinion and thanks for sharing everything ^^

[xmonster1603]

uhm, that's true, I appreciate people's wish to spread Arashi stuffs as far as possible, to as many as possible, that's actually one of the main reasons why I never f-lock my posts and always agree to re-translation requests. But, well, don't you think that along side with spreading things, we should also make sure that the things we spread are accurate? I mean, we'd want people to love Arashi for what's true about them, instead of what people are mistakenly led to believe, right? Arghhh, if only there were only one language in the entire world, then there would be no need for translations whatsoever!

[yuui1010]

1. RE: For re-translation

[xmonster1603]

Thank you for your opinion *hug* You know, actually, if at all possible, I wouldn't want to impose any so-called "rule" over my LJ. I mean, this whole translating thing is supposed to be fun, both for the readers and for me, and such rigid thing as "rule" might as well spoil the fun a little IMO. But, yeah, when my little request for acknowledgment is so frequently ignored, maybe it's time to switch from "request" to "rule" *sigh*

btw, glad to know that you find my silly everyday ramble acceptable ^^

[sheenalinh]

well well... Vietnamese are supper lurkers I'm supposed (I'm a Vietnamese myself so no defend ok)
But we tend to be lazy to post sth for short like "Thank you" or blablabla like that v___v
So yeah, it's up to you
and I'm here to ask you for the permission to use your Faraway's lyrics translation in one of the Akame FV someone else made for my fic "Within Boundary" (Cuz I know nothing about video making XDD) Hope that you will agree and we make sure to credit you properly :\
P.S: not use the Uke!Jin comment u___u

[xmonster1603]

hahahaha, about the fanvid, I've already received a msg from tppwendy asking about the same matter, to which I've, of course, already said yes ok please feel free to go ahead ^^

P.S.: that Kame icon is nice *thumbs up*

[ann0510]

Well 'Lost In Translation" is an inevitable phenomenon. you can never get an exact translation into any other language, and i'm saying this through first-hand experience.
believe me because i do know a few languages and it's really difficult to give an exact translation even with the ones i'm well versed with...
so well you can imagine how much gets lost in translating a 3rd or 4th time.
Moreover, the translator's understanding of the context is important, so ya, it implies a good hold over the language.
what you could do is get them to ask your permission to re-translate.If you feel you wanna ban re-translations it's entirely up to you. Or you could provide the original links to them and they could use them instead.

As for locking the posts i guess that's a good idea. you could keep it public for some days and then lock it, so that those who aren't on your f-list get an opportunity to read them too.

[xmonster1603]

right, lost in translation is scary, really really scary... I guess from now on I'll have to be a little stricter with re-translation requests *sigh* thanks a lot for your opinion *hug*