We are excited to announce that MyAnimeList will be hosting...  The competition is simple:
The best translator for each manga will win the Individual Work Award—along with an Apple Watch, and possibly the opportunity to translate the entire work as an official translator. A single Grand Prize Winner from the three individual winners will win a MacBook Air—and an invitation to attend the award ceremony in Tokyo, with a free plane ticket! All contestants will also earn bragging rights with a participant badge in our upcoming badge system. The three manga selected for the competition are as follows:  Zutto Dokushin de Iru Tsumori? Romance, Slice of Life, Josei by Mari Okazaki  Haru wa Akebono Tsuki mo Nau Sora mo Nao Slice of Life, Josei by Machio Same  Jump no Tadashii Tsukurikata! Shounen by Takeshi Sakurai |
KinetaJan 23, 2017 4:10 PM
| Good luck to those who will participate. A chance at the trip is tempting though :X |
| I'd love to take part but my japanese is nowhere near that level, so I'll just tag my friend @paean who may have a better chance than me :'D Dammit, I really want this. |
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| Good luck to all participants :) |
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| Good luck to all participants!! ;) |
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| いいなあ(｀･ω･´) |
| You know what? It sounds fun. I'm in. i love bragging rights!1!!111!!!!1!!1! |
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| It's a really nice opportunity. I hope the judges will also provide some sort of commentary on what made the submitted translations good or bad. I think that could make for a very interesting read. |
| What a chance to visit Japan!!! ALAS,I'm not good enough to translate the whole manga. Damn it if this happens the next year I will definitely participate!!! Good luck 👍 to all participants 😉 |
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Yumehara said: いいなあ(｀･ω･´) lol i can't even understand what she just said here. gonna pass may tag @DateYutaka |
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kuchitsu said: It's a really nice opportunity. I hope the judges will also provide some sort of commentary on what made the submitted translations good or bad. I think that could make for a very interesting read. 5. Questions regarding the Contestant's translation will not be addressed, including but not limited to requests for constructive criticism and feedback. However, constructive criticism and commentary by the judges regarding specific entries may be published following the awards ceremony. Going by this, looks like the commentary will be limited though. |
| I really want in on this for the badges but I can only read like 12 moonrunes so that's a no for me, maybe next year if it's hosted again ;_;. Good luck, participants! Also, when will these badges be implemented? I'm a huge achievements freak so I'll be looking forward to this :-). |
| Bruh, I would try, but I can't even understand a single letter of Japanese. But I hope to learn it in the future xD. |
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| I'm totally in! Winning a trip sounds great, but even better than that is the opportunity for (possibly) being introduced to a translation agency. I dream about being able to work in the translation industry, and for that reason I just graduated from my Japanese Major and now from september I'm enrolling in a translation postgraduate specialist training course (having chosen Japanese, English and Hungarian as my languages). Good luck to everyone participating! |
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| Good luck people! Or better: Work hard and win the trip! Wish my japanese were anywhere near the level needed for this kind of job! |
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Good luck everyone! ^^ My Japanese isn't good enough to give it a proper shot :S Kanji are hard >__< |
| @TheRealMC >he can't read a single moonrune lmao @ ur life Plebeians needn't apply :^) |
worldeditor11 said: Kineta said: upcoming badge system. How many badges though? More importantly, can I meet Xinil after collecting 8 badges? lol I don't see why would you want that... anyways I'm interested in the free trip but I might get caught for using online translators like Google-sama |
Ardanaz said: Kanji are hard >__< Pish posh! We know Japanese!  |
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cyruz said: Pish posh! We know Japanese! うそだろう？お前は日本語しゃべれますか？D: サイルズさまのばか！！！  |
AllenVonStein said: Something like "how nice" or more literally: "good, isn't it?" though the "na" appears to be some kind of Particle with no literal Meaning that is used for empathetic Reasons. To be honest, I doubt that he would go far without having adequate English Skills as well. It's not enough to only know Japanese very well - even if it's your Mother Tongue - you also need to provide a well-written Translation for the Language you're doing.Yumehara said: いいなあ(｀･ω･´) lol i can't even understand what she just said here. gonna pass may tag @DateYutaka I wouldn't even be good enough if everything were written in Furigana as well, but @Veronin seems like someone who could win the Contest. Good Luck to anyone who is trying! :) |
| Wow that's pretty cool, good luck to everyone participating I can read a bit of Japanese but actually professionally translate it? Err that's a bit too high of a hurdle I'm afraid :/ |
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| やってみないよね ^_^ あまり自信ないけど、きっと何とかなる！ |
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| I'll just watch from the sidelines.... >^^> Good luck participants! ＊Ｇｒａｂｓ Ｐｏｐｃｏｒｎ* |
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| eh, thanks for hosting this, wouldn't have known about it otherwise |
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| I looked at the manga that the translators have to work on, and gave up once I realized there is no furigana. I am actually a translator myself, and although I understand pretty much all everything in Japanese, I can't read Kanji :9 Good luck to people participating! いいね～難しかもしれないけどがんばってください！ Mod Edit: Merged double posts. Please edit your first post, rather than creating a second. |
KinetaAug 30, 2016 1:49 AM
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| Everyone who plans to participate, good luck! |
はい、頑張ります！ 優勝できなくてもせめて自分のスキルを試したいからな～ o(≧∇≦o) |
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| それもいい考えかたです！私は日本語を話しますけど漢字が読めないの そなことより頑張れるならきっといい物を達成するよ |
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| I would love to participate, especially considering the fact that there's an award for students, but I think I'd work better as a proofreader than an actual translator; my grammar isn't too bad, but I can't read a lick of kanji or katakana. Sorry, but it looks like I'll have to pass. However, I do wish all of the MAL users who are participating good luck. |
| A chance 2 visit Japan, what a shame my japanese proficiency were really low T_T. . . But then again. Good luck 2 all who participate. |
| Mushoku Tensei is the best harem light novel out there and Rudeus is my man'. . . |
| Good luck to the participants... I hope that everyone give their best to the fullest to not regret it. And, don't forget me when you won the trip to Japan, and we'll visit comiket... And Akihabara... |
| Good luck to those who are doing it! I expect a key-chain brought back to me as a souvenir |
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| "entries by professional translators will be disqualified" scanlators are not professional...technically. so they'd be eligible, right..? anyways, good luck for those trying to partake in this. i expect that you'll need to be fluent not only in kanji (which, let's be honest here, you can cheat using a dictionary), but also know your keigo (beyond what's taught in your genki book). |
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| sahweet. so doing this. |
"ドSではない。迢ドSだ." - 蘇芳先生、月華撩乱 Romance |
| If only source manga was in Spanish haha. Good luck to everyone that'll participate. |
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| I want to participate! But it's a shame that I can't read Japanese. I understand Japanese when they speak, but I can't understand when it's written :( Anyway, good luck to those who will participate! FIGHT! |
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| すごいな。。。 がんばってね、みなさん！ |
Cnon said: Yes.Can moderators apply? _Ghost_ said: I imagine it's quite time consuming to give feedback on each and every application.kuchitsu said: It's a really nice opportunity. I hope the judges will also provide some sort of commentary on what made the submitted translations good or bad. I think that could make for a very interesting read. Going by this, looks like the commentary will be limited though. Omoshiroineko said: Soon™. We're currently trying to come up with some nice badge designs, and I'd rather have something nice than rush the process.Also, when will these badges be implemented? DreamingBeats said: Professional means employed as a translator. Scanlators aren't professional so long as a company isn't paying them for their work."entries by professional translators will be disqualified" scanlators are not professional...technically. so they'd be eligible, right..? Professionals already have their translation skills recognised by the industry, so they don't need to participate. It's like Taylor Swift auditioning for American Idol. |
| Because they all suck and they are looking for new ones. |
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Vonatra said: I want to participate! But it's a shame that I can't read Japanese. I understand Japanese when they speak, but I can't understand when it's written :( Anyway, good luck to those who will participate! FIGHT! Same, I wish that I spent more time learning japanese. To all participants good luck! |
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potwasher said: Official raw previews available at the yahoo japan bookstore page ebookjapan shows quite a few more pages, almost 2 times more for the first two: http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/353016/volume1/ http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/340523/volume1/ http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/318939/volume1/ |
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