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Learning Japanese just for translating light novels
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 11:18 am
by crimsonDN
I want to learn how to read Japanese so I can translate light novels into English. What is the best way of attaining my goal and how much time would it take to do so?
Re: Learning Japanese just for translating light novels
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:03 pm
by Nurin
I guess you should take a look
here, is the way I'm learning at least for me, it's working pretty well
Regards
Re: Learning Japanese just for translating light novels
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 3:34 am
by crimsonDN
Nura rihan wrote:I guess you should take a look
here, is the way I'm learning at least for me, it's working pretty well
Regards
The website looks promising but I don't have a credit card for that $0.1 purchase lol. How long did it take you to become a translator?
Re: Learning Japanese just for translating light novels
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 5:18 am
by Nurin
Re: Learning Japanese just for translating light novels
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 5:23 am
by Dohma
I've learned the language through a course of three books called 'Japanese for College Students'. It actually
explains the grammar and stuff comprehensively, instead of filling your head with example sentences. Personally, I think it's the best self-study book I've come across, and by the end you should be able to read Japanese without much trouble. However, it's out of print these days, so the prices are pretty steep (about € 20 per book).
You can also check:
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/
It's an extensive course and it's free online, but it takes some figuring out.
Re: Learning Japanese just for translating light novels
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 1:50 am
by MineRiko
Bleh, I'll take up a government Japanese programme next year.
Currently, my Hiragana/Katakana would be below F-class standard, but my kanji should be at least A-class. I think my order of learning is wrong...
Re: Learning Japanese just for translating light novels
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 3:14 am
by Nurin
MineRiko wrote:Bleh, I'll take up a government Japanese programme next year.
Currently, my Hiragana/Katakana would be below F-class standard, but my kanji should be at least A-class. I think my order of learning is wrong...
KKKKKKKKKK LOL
My hiragana/katakana is about AA class, but my kanji level still E Class
Re: Learning Japanese just for translating light novels
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 12:10 pm
by Catahn
If you have android I have been using the Obenkyo app for flash card memorization. I don't find that it helps me read better directly per say. Instead as I have better flash card memory then when I work through reading.
Another thing that is helping me immensely is using JWPce and transcribing light novels into it. I'm basically feeding Mystrael transcribed raws which have been cleaned up from the OCR program. Now I will say that I took 3 semesters of Japanese a long while ago in college. It may be that I had enough prerequisite understanding to make the transcribing at least partially readable.
Good luck though!