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DB Manga Direct Translation Project
Topic Started: Jun 2 2012, 11:07 PM (1,089 Views)
Selsiuss
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It's been on my mind to try to make a more direct translation of the DB manga. Viz did a great job, but they "adapted" it by changing much of the original for an English-speaking audience. I would like to give Dragon Ball fans a more authentic reading with a direct translation.

If anyone reading this is fluent in Japanese, and/or a reliable translator, would you be interested in helping?

My premise is this: My translator would give me the direct translation, and I will replace the dialogue bubbles of the original manga with the new translation, as shown in my concept picture here:

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Anybody interested?
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Super Vegetto
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Well i had in mind to do this thing for kanzenban, but it would take realy long to translate it and above all realy no point.

Viz has mistakes in translating, but Herms corrected them.

But it would be nice if someone actuly translate kanzenban editions for new dbz fans.
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Herms didn't correct all of them, only the ones that stood out to him, and he stopped after a few chapters because of the daunting task.

And by the way is this the Kanzenban you're talking about?
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Selsiuss
Jun 2 2012, 11:59 PM
Herms didn't correct all of them, only the ones that stood out to him, and he stopped after a few chapters because of the daunting task.

And by the way is this the Kanzenban you're talking about?
Well probably yea, he didnt corrected them all.

Yes thats probably only kanzenban page i know.
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Nimbo-Bimbo lord of all noobs
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Hasn't Herms pretty much directly translated nigh every significant Japanese manga or guidebook line that we need to know to compare characters' strength to each other?

Not that I'm saying this shouldn't be sought after, but Herms has more or less translated at least 40-60% of important Japanese Dragon Ball text.
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Formerly known as daman

I always wondered what the bubbles/sound effects were
kamizake pyro is a girl? olsiw

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Question about Herms' strength checker page: Are the strength statements taken from the Viz manga, or direct translations from the original Japanese?
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Selsiuss
Jun 3 2012, 01:04 AM
Question about Herms' strength checker page: Are the strength statements taken from the Viz manga, or direct translations from the original Japanese?
Directly translated from the Japanese manga
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Super Vegetto
Jun 3 2012, 12:48 AM

Yes thats probably only kanzenban page i know.
Well here's all of the Kanzenban then.

Any takers for my project?
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Nice find there. I would translate if I could, but I hope your project comes to fruition.
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