Saturday, January 21, 2012

Story Translation Project

Today, I was walking in the bookstore and I saw the Thai books section. There were a lot but what was weird was that 1/3 of it was probably books translated from English. I though, "Hmmm, if Thai people like to read English book, and Harry Potter and Twilight can become famous in a different language, wouldn't it be cool if Thai books in English became popular too?".
That's why, I'm gonna translate some Thai books.
These are really popular in Thailand - Jamsai Love Series.
They're perfect for teenagers. It's similar to stories you'd encounter when reading manga but it's written rather than drawn. Romance stories - some which are oh-so-cliched, some which are oh-so-sappy, and some which are oh-so-cool!! I'll translate the first of these stories I've ever read in the "Oh-so-cool" category.

Partly, because the heroine is a kick-ass cool girl :D And not some weak, sappy, hopeless romantic, cliched girl. <I don't read these stories as much.

I like cool heroines.

Once I try one book, I'll think about whether I should translate the next one depending on who reads it - I'd be happy if there were already 10 people...HAHA. It's a new blog after all :) I'd be extremely grateful if you'd help by spreading the word too >_< Or maybe I could post it on a different site too - just hope that you don't 'copy'.
1. These stories ARE NOT mine, or PhantomZ.'s, they belong to the wonderful and talented authors who actually wrote it.
2. The English translation IS mine, and it's free for all to READ, but if I were to find out that it's on another site, and it doesn't link back to my blog and it isn't credited to me - I shall stop writing or change the format so NOBODY can copy and paste it. (At least without a watermark ;D)
3. Why would you 'copy'? It's against the law...In MANY countries. -Many people would hate you too, because if they wanted to read it and the person stopped writing because of plagiarism, it'd be YOUR fault...you'd just get haters who are very capable in hunting people down, you could get killed!! DAN DAN DAAAANNN!!
4. I'd be sad :(
5. It's free, I don't want to have to charge people for it -.- And besides, I'm doing it for free, if there were an English ver. published, you'd have to buy it, would you want that? I COULD charge you for it...I live in Thailand, I just have to contact the author and ask for permission to translate and then publish it - you'd have to buy it then XD I'd have no problem with that cuz I'd be earning money.

6. (Probably not in the same topic) Donate! If you like the story/translations, donate so I get money to buy new books TT^TT you can visit jamsai.com and look for books you want me to buy and translate but I need the money to buy it...I'm translating for free after all...please donate >< Also, my friends all read these books, I could always borrow them if I finish translating all of mine...but still, it costs money to buy these books. They've got beautiful cover graphics and stuff too...

-Thanks :D

Also, please note that, I'm not a professional translator - that this is my first time translating something like this, and that it's not exactly easy to translate some of the Thai into English. The grammar and layout is ALL different, and there are some sayings and stuff that had to be changed to fit English and also - it's the style of Thai books, they tend to be less strict that English books. There ARE emoticons in the actual book and the style of language is more like 'speaking' or 'chatting'
Examples:

Owwwwww, it hurts T^T

Wooooaaahhh, that is so cool! >o<

Aish, I'm so annoyed! =.="

1 comment:

  1. Jamsai Love Series English Translated
    Translated Jamsai
    For tags XD

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