Hey all,
Just wanted to let you all know that I got Winds of Gath, both the english version and the Japanese version. I have been casually checking it out. So far I can say that the translation seems to be pretty spot on. Also the person reading the book seems to be semi professional which is pleasant to listen to.
Its pretty fun to listen to the Japanese translation while reading the english and see how much I can understand.
That all being said, I have showed the book to a few Japanese friends and they all pretty much agree that the Japanese is unusual. That is to be expected I guess, since it IS a Sci Fi book (even the english is unusual :0).
Also there are a lot of rare Kanji, since it is pretty much a direct translation. For example, I found this kanji:
渦電流
Which I had to use a special "Engineers" Dictionary to find the definition. It means "eddy current" which I didnt know what that was till I looked it up in english.
As a rare a fun side project, I am enjoying this book in English and Japanese, but would not recommend it as a serous source of study!
Just thought I would let others know if intersted.
Just wanted to let you all know that I got Winds of Gath, both the english version and the Japanese version. I have been casually checking it out. So far I can say that the translation seems to be pretty spot on. Also the person reading the book seems to be semi professional which is pleasant to listen to.
Its pretty fun to listen to the Japanese translation while reading the english and see how much I can understand.
That all being said, I have showed the book to a few Japanese friends and they all pretty much agree that the Japanese is unusual. That is to be expected I guess, since it IS a Sci Fi book (even the english is unusual :0).
Also there are a lot of rare Kanji, since it is pretty much a direct translation. For example, I found this kanji:
渦電流
Which I had to use a special "Engineers" Dictionary to find the definition. It means "eddy current" which I didnt know what that was till I looked it up in english.
As a rare a fun side project, I am enjoying this book in English and Japanese, but would not recommend it as a serous source of study!
Just thought I would let others know if intersted.