I think I need your help.

hi there, everyone. I'm really thankful to have this big community so far. now I need your help with something.

you see, the life of this forum is on the hands of contributors. they are the ones who supply this forum and us, Shikata-san's fans, with the latest information about her from her blog and some other websites. mostly, they are in Japanese. and my only and current contributor is in hiatus.

I need your help to be ASH's contributor. the only recruitment is that you have to know Japanese quite much to be able to translate her entries on her blog and some websites. or maybe, can you help me to contact someone who can help? or just PM me that person's e-mail address or something, I'll contact them myself.

I'm opened to mostly two contributors.

thanks so much, guys! I appreciate your help to support ASH to keep running.

I'm so sorry I don't understand Japanese D: Google translate isn't so good, but sometimes you can catch some good informations...

I'll ask some friends of mine, by the way ^^

Maruko wrote:I'm so sorry I don't understand Japanese D: Google translate isn't so good, but sometimes you can catch some good informations...

I'll ask some friends of mine, by the way ^^

I'd rather not use any translation tool for things like this. you may be right, but the chance of us missing other details because of nonsense sentences is bigger, I think.

thank you so much for that! ^^

Yeah you're right... mmh....
Are your contributors gone? Or maybe will they return...?

Maruko wrote:Yeah you're right... mmh....
Are your contributors gone? Or maybe will they return...?

oh, well, I only have one contributor, hehe~ maybe she will return, but I'm not sure. I thought having one contributor would be enough back then, but I was wrong. so yeah, time to add some more to the team. ^^

i'll help you find, if i found 1, how can i get the person to contact you?

Humm well... I think you can give them the link to the forum, or just phio's e-mail address, or mine...

you can give my e-mail address (which is pinklovegreen@hotmail.com) or ask that person to register here and we can talk through PM.

thanks, Wasabi!

Being an ex-member of an anime fansub group, I think I do have at least some basic understanding of Japanese. I might be capable of translating new information and the likes, but because I am very busy in real life (classes and all), as long as they are not too long and too complex (otherwise, I can summarize the main points), I would be glad to help.

Higatsu, that would be perfect! Akiko generally doesn't make long posts, but as you said, you can at least translate or summarize the main points

are you sure, Higatsu? that would be perfect!

well, what I'm hoping is that you could at least write a summary of Shikata-san's blog posts as soon as the latest one is out. my side project is to translate the novel of Kalliope, especially since I haven't seen any online translations, so maybe it can help this forum a bit. ^^"

so what do you think?

phio69 wrote:well, what I'm hoping is that you could at least write a summary of Shikata-san's blog posts as soon as the latest one is out. my side project is to translate the novel of Kalliope, especially since I haven't seen any online translations, so maybe it can help this forum a bit. ^^"

I think I might be able to help translating her blog posts, or at least summarizing their main points, so I'll keep an eye on her blog from now on and try to work on translating them as soon as she makes a new post there.

I have also taken a quick look through the Kalliope novel, and... I regret saying this, but it is too long and too complex for me, and there are also many difficult words that I do not understand. I'm really sorry, but I don't think I would be able to help you with this project.

In the mean time, if you want to, you could give me a test on Japanese, and then, depending on my result, decide if I'm worthy of helping you with translations in the future. I have not translated anything for a fairly long time, so I am not too confident in myself, either.

Higatsu Reiru wrote:I think I might be able to help translating her blog posts, or at least summarizing their main points, so I'll keep an eye on her blog from now on and try to work on translating them as soon as she makes a new post there.

I have also taken a quick look through the Kalliope novel, and... I regret saying this, but it is too long and too complex for me, and there are also many difficult words that I do not understand. I'm really sorry, but I don't think I would be able to help you with this project.

In the mean time, if you want to, you could give me a test on Japanese, and then, depending on my result, decide if I'm worthy of helping you with translations in the future. I have not translated anything for a fairly long time, so I am not too confident in myself, either.

cool! that being said, her blog post dated August hasn't been translated yet. maybe you can start with that. as for Japanese, I myself am not familiar with it, so I don't think I'm qualified to give you any test. just try translating that blog post if you'd like, and don't worry about the novel.

thanks a lot, Higatsu! ^^

oh, may I add you to the group of Contributors now?

phio69 wrote:oh, may I add you to the group of Contributors now?

I don't mind myself, but may I ask what the Contributors do?

I have also translated her August blog post, just as you requested.

Higatsu Reiru wrote:I don't mind myself, but may I ask what the Contributors do?

I have also translated her August blog post, just as you requested.

sorry for the late reply, been away for five days. ;)

basically, Contributors provide the forum and its members with the latest information about Shikata-san. be it from her blog or her other websites or information about her latest CDs and songs and stuffs like that. it'd be best if Contributors understand some Japanese so they can share with us few things. ^^

and thank you! let me know if you accept my offer. ^^

I understand that. I do not know if I would be of much help, because as I had said earlier, I am usually very busy. But I will try my best to support the community with every piece of humble knowledge I could acquire.

In other words, as long as being a Contributor does not mean I have to do a lot of works every day, I will gladly accept your offer.

oh, well, I'm okay with that. I'm happy enough to have you guys on the team.

okay, I'll add you to the group. once again, thanks so much for your help! :P

Thank you! I shall do my best, so as not to disappoint you.