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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:35 pm
by renrutal
LQY wrote:I think our project translators are going to have splitting headaches.
Nice pun on the volume's name. :)
BaKaFiSh wrote:I don't know how many I should register, because I don't know how many people want to t/l. >.<
I'm sure many people might want to translate it, being just 5 chapters. But there's also a chance the Alpha and Beta sides of the same chapter might contain almost the same story and wording, so if you do the translation for one side, the second side could be easier to translate.

If there are two translators for two sides, they should work together on translating, because one might help the other.

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:41 pm
by BaKaFiSh
Waitwait.

Does it explicitly state that one part is 'alpha' and one is 'beta'?

Or does it just jump around? >.<

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:27 pm
by TheGiftedMonkey
Someone unlock the Vol 9 forum section already. :D

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:41 pm
by HolyCow
Yea, there's an 'Alpha' indicator and a 'Beta' indicator

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:27 am
by typhonsentra
TheGiftedMonkey wrote:Someone unlock the Vol 9 forum section already. :D
Haha, I was just about to make a thread about that.

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:52 am
by Natsuke
*twitch*

Just a second.

I have no idea what the hell passed through my brain when I read those spoilers.

One second, I was "haha"ing at Kyon's bewildered face at Haruhi's new outfit, and the other second, well, I think a portion of my brain went "zzt" and died.

That's just mind-blowingly crazy. There's no other way to keep my sanity than to say to myself "You're probably going to have to read it to understand just what made you go blind for a split second."

Crazy, I tell you.

However, one question:
Spoiler! :
I wonder what... um.. other... dimensio- whatever the "other place"... I wonder what Tsuruya would look like.

Also, if I were to imagine another universe... I would think Other Haruhi would have kept the long hair.. possibly even a ponytail.
*walks away, arms up in the air*

This is just out-of-my-intellectual-league crazy. >.>

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:56 am
by Setherzam
maybe alt. Tsuruya is emo?

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:48 am
by Stratosphere
Churuya.

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:41 pm
by KublaiKhan
Stratosphere wrote:Churuya.
That's a scary thought.

But as for Natsuke's post, I don't think these are the actual characters just in a different dimension, like Disappearance was, but rather different characters with similar roles.

And with the Alpha and Beta stuff, is there actually two different plots/endings per chapter? Whenever I've seen Alpha/Beta stuff, it's just the chapter broken up into two different parts and not two different stories. But I can't actually read Japanese so I'm not sure if this is the case. Even so, why don't the authors that split them up into two different parts of a chapter just make two different chapters? Meh.

Can't wait for the translations! Do your best GD and BaKa!

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:06 pm
by bicube
TheGiftedMonkey wrote:Someone unlock the Vol 9 forum section already. :D
done.

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:18 pm
by LQY
Spoiler! :
May I post all book scans at here? I got them all and I hope it might help the translation project.

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:22 pm
by BaKaFiSh
Probably not a good idea to just post it.. (I think someone said that somewhere) >.<

But anyone who wants it can PM LQY! >_>

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:25 pm
by LQY
BaKaFiSh wrote:Probably not a good idea to just post it.. (I think someone said that somewhere) >.<
But anyone who wants it can PM LQY! >_>
PM me if you wanted scan file.

But I hope you buy the book because scan cannot replace the book.

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:33 pm
by Shadowfall
Ha, I don't think I should just have read through the thread, the notes and illustrations have got me wanting to read it already.

Love the picture of Sasaki and other Mikuru...but I'd much have preferred Kimidori to be Yuki's opposite number rather than the strange loligoth (even if it doesn't fit with the story).
Spoiler! :
Seems kinda strange that the sneering Itsuki is going to be part of the other sos-dan, when he seems to despise all of humanity. I don't think the picture of him looks right at all.

And what's with the picture of Kimidori serving tea to the other sos-dan? All the questions :(

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:06 pm
by LQY
Shadowfall wrote:
Spoiler! :
Seems kinda strange that the sneering Itsuki is going to be part of the other sos-dan, when he seems to despise all of humanity. I don't think the picture of him looks right at all.
And what's with the picture of Kimidori serving tea to the other sos-dan? All the questions :(
Spoiler! :
Actually, Kimidori has a part-time job as a waitress (which I guess she needs money for surviving :lol: ) and Suou (the other Nagato) is showing out as a common customer (which I guess this is some sort of saying hello between those aliens).

Therefore, I guess Kimidori's boss is possibly having higher rank than Nagato's boss's or Kimidori is some sort of diplomat of the Integrated Data Entity.

Well, based on my very limited Japanese ability, it is my idea.
Personally I hope new characters can add more fun in the novel.