Sarah Moon Japanese | Translating Narration Chunks | LTLN 14 @SarahMoonJapanese | Uploaded August 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
For intermediate-advanced Japanese learners, see how Japanese works in novel form and see how many different intermediate-advanced Japanese learners might translate it differently.
In this episode, we look at some long, narrative sentences (no dialogue.)
This video’s translators: Greg, Elly, and JIGEN.
The objective of this series is not to walk away with a finished translation of this novel. In actual fact, we're probably only going to get through the first several pages. The purpose of this series is: to teach Japanese grammar and vocab. Additionally, this series objective is to show how you can take your understanding of Japanese and turn it into a proper translation. To demonstrate this, I'll be comparing and contrasting translations of this novel that I did in the year 2000, when I was at the intermediate level and completely new to translating with translations from some of my patrons as well as my insights today as a professional translator with over 15 years' experience. I do not own the rights to Seiran Den and I did not get permission from the author, Nishizaki Megumi to translate it, so again, I would like to emphasize that the intention of this video series is NOT to produce a translation of this book, but to teach Japanese and to show how translation CAN be done. I won't be naming my patrons who have contributed their translations IN these videos, but I WILL credit them in the video description if they wish.
Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/sarahktranslate
Purchase my Japanese study materials!
$15: all study guides (from either Genki I or Genki II)
$30: all study guides (both Genki I and Genki II)
$40: all worksheets, answer keys, and study guides (for Genki I)
$50: everything
Send any of these dollar amounts to either:
Paypal: paypal.me/PrettyTranslator
Or Kofi://ko-fi.com/sarahmoon (files can be purchased directly here)
Or you can email me at sarahktranslate@yahoo.com.
upliftsquire.ArtStation.com
Buy Genki 2 here: amzn.to/3nxEnGy (affiliate link - if you can avoid using Amazon, please do.)
Buy Genki 1 and 2 together here: amzn.to/35Mwqah (affiliate link - if you can avoid using Amazon, please do.)
Let's Translate Light Novels playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZZRLam3SpTNBpvDsp9nxFVYsFre-YI46
Intermediate Japanese Full Playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=YYfMHr0fh70&list=PLZZRLam3SpTMksxhzjG28XeDop5cdiJnD
If this is too difficult for you, try my Japanese For Beginners series here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZZRLam3SpTMjvBGsVCO1Kf2Fv81mA2Fn
Sing-Study Japanese playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZZRLam3SpTPKFY6LkHtkf6BEbFmDbgfS
Watch Sailor Moon Learn Japanese playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZZRLam3SpTN7jI9bQlmOvTR_Ohly79B9
Anime Translation Channel: youtube.com/sarahktranslate
Gaming Channel with Husband-kun: youtube.com/channel/UC28Wc4Qb2-A2ZITsH68HElw
Cooking Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCD0PJo6f98klkFLe-AswbXw
Misc/Personal Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCPQMhYi1moK4iom2xF_qbgg
Twitter: twitter.com/SarahKTranslate
Disclaimers: all opinions are my own, sponsors are acknowledged. Links in the description are typically affiliate links that let you help support the channel at no extra cost.
Please don't learn 100% of your Japanese from me! I'm a highly-experienced J-E translator and teacher of dance and theater, but a beginning level teacher when it comes to Japanese. It's also best to learn from a variety of sources (preferably native Japanese) and to hear the concepts explained by multiple people (again, preferably native Japanese). Here are some other great resources:
Tofugu: tofugu.com
Japanese Ammo with Misa: youtube.com/c/JapaneseAmmowithMisa
Miku Real Japanese: youtube.com/channel/UCsQCbl3a9FtYvA55BxdzYiQ
Learning Japanese with Taka: youtube.com/c/LearningJapanesewithTaka
For intermediate-advanced Japanese learners, see how Japanese works in novel form and see how many different intermediate-advanced Japanese learners might translate it differently.
In this episode, we look at some long, narrative sentences (no dialogue.)
This video’s translators: Greg, Elly, and JIGEN.
The objective of this series is not to walk away with a finished translation of this novel. In actual fact, we're probably only going to get through the first several pages. The purpose of this series is: to teach Japanese grammar and vocab. Additionally, this series objective is to show how you can take your understanding of Japanese and turn it into a proper translation. To demonstrate this, I'll be comparing and contrasting translations of this novel that I did in the year 2000, when I was at the intermediate level and completely new to translating with translations from some of my patrons as well as my insights today as a professional translator with over 15 years' experience. I do not own the rights to Seiran Den and I did not get permission from the author, Nishizaki Megumi to translate it, so again, I would like to emphasize that the intention of this video series is NOT to produce a translation of this book, but to teach Japanese and to show how translation CAN be done. I won't be naming my patrons who have contributed their translations IN these videos, but I WILL credit them in the video description if they wish.
Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/sarahktranslate
Purchase my Japanese study materials!
$15: all study guides (from either Genki I or Genki II)
$30: all study guides (both Genki I and Genki II)
$40: all worksheets, answer keys, and study guides (for Genki I)
$50: everything
Send any of these dollar amounts to either:
Paypal: paypal.me/PrettyTranslator
Or Kofi://ko-fi.com/sarahmoon (files can be purchased directly here)
Or you can email me at sarahktranslate@yahoo.com.
upliftsquire.ArtStation.com
Buy Genki 2 here: amzn.to/3nxEnGy (affiliate link - if you can avoid using Amazon, please do.)
Buy Genki 1 and 2 together here: amzn.to/35Mwqah (affiliate link - if you can avoid using Amazon, please do.)
Let's Translate Light Novels playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZZRLam3SpTNBpvDsp9nxFVYsFre-YI46
Intermediate Japanese Full Playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=YYfMHr0fh70&list=PLZZRLam3SpTMksxhzjG28XeDop5cdiJnD
If this is too difficult for you, try my Japanese For Beginners series here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZZRLam3SpTMjvBGsVCO1Kf2Fv81mA2Fn
Sing-Study Japanese playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZZRLam3SpTPKFY6LkHtkf6BEbFmDbgfS
Watch Sailor Moon Learn Japanese playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZZRLam3SpTN7jI9bQlmOvTR_Ohly79B9
Anime Translation Channel: youtube.com/sarahktranslate
Gaming Channel with Husband-kun: youtube.com/channel/UC28Wc4Qb2-A2ZITsH68HElw
Cooking Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCD0PJo6f98klkFLe-AswbXw
Misc/Personal Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCPQMhYi1moK4iom2xF_qbgg
Twitter: twitter.com/SarahKTranslate
Disclaimers: all opinions are my own, sponsors are acknowledged. Links in the description are typically affiliate links that let you help support the channel at no extra cost.
Please don't learn 100% of your Japanese from me! I'm a highly-experienced J-E translator and teacher of dance and theater, but a beginning level teacher when it comes to Japanese. It's also best to learn from a variety of sources (preferably native Japanese) and to hear the concepts explained by multiple people (again, preferably native Japanese). Here are some other great resources:
Tofugu: tofugu.com
Japanese Ammo with Misa: youtube.com/c/JapaneseAmmowithMisa
Miku Real Japanese: youtube.com/channel/UCsQCbl3a9FtYvA55BxdzYiQ
Learning Japanese with Taka: youtube.com/c/LearningJapanesewithTaka
