From: Harry <ruby.hardware@...>
Date: 2007-01-17T23:08:28+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] How to spy on the Japanese Rubists

> What takes the time in translation?
>
> I'm just wondering--if people are interested, perhaps someone fluent in
> Japanese and English (i.e., a translator) could read Matz's blog (out loud)
> and record it.  Then other volunteers might be willing to transcribe the
> recordings to written (English) text.
>
> I say that (as opposed to streaming the audio, or similar), because with a
> slow dial-up connection (and even without it), I prefer written text--it
> takes less bandwidth over the Internet and (usually at least) less bandwidth
> on my Internet <=> brain interface.
>
> And, I'm not interested enough to volunteer as a transcriber--I'm more curious
> to know whether that would be a significant help to a translator.
>
> Randy Kramer
>
>
I don't know about other translators but I prefer Japanese text to English text.
You have probably guessed that Japanese is not my first language :)
If the topic is somewhat complex, I need to read it again, and maybe again.
Then I type slooooowly. It's the only way I can type:)

Many people who do not translate think that a translator should be
able to spit out a page every 5 minutes. It doesn't work that way. If
it were that easy someone would have done all these translations
already. I have noticed people here who can handle both languages.



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