Undead Unluck Ch 32. The shutoff condition for Top's ability being under our noses the entire time was something that shocked me so much that I had to include it in my notes for the chapter as I worked on it. Genius. #UndeadUnluck #アンデラ

全国ジャンプファンの皆さん、今週も自分が公式英訳を担当させていただいている少年ジャンププラス新連載漫画・松本直也先生の『怪獣8号』の第12話が配信中！！日本国内の方はジャンプ＋公式サイトへ、アメリカの方はSHONEN JUMP公式サイトを是非CHECK IT OUT！！ #怪獣8号 #ジャンププラス #KaijuNo8

Kaiju No. 8 Ch 12: This line, as unassuming as it may seem, took me quite some time to get exactly right... and even the version I submitted was kind of on the chunky side. (Thank you, editors🙏) A more rigid approach would make this line sound clunky as all hell. #AmTranslating

@DougDinsdale Though, I have to say that my approach varies by example. In general, I just try to get the basic gist of the two meanings and incorporate them if there's stuff like Undead Unluck does, where whole words are different like in this example. (The word "change" here was important.)

Undead Ch 35. This little exchange between Andy and Shen made me laugh. The Kinto'un depending on the work has two diff conditions for being ridden: "Being a 仙人(sage/hermit)" (Journey to the West) or "being pure of heart" (Dragon Ball.) Maybe it's the latter? 😂

As soon as I heard GG has a backstory manga, I immediately assumed it would probably have a somewhat passable translation and a craptastic lettering job BEHOLD OPTIC BLAST

*YUREEEETA YUGANDA SEKAI NI DAN DAN BOKU WA SUKITOOTE MIENAKU NATTE*

And as an added bonus, some pieces from my sequential art portfolio lost to the annals of time lol.

Also, because the word "neutralization" is a very "modern military" term, I decided to use the word "slayers" for 討伐隊 (toubatsutai) here.

In Kaiju No. 8, the character Soshiro Hoshina speaks with Kansai-ben. I've always had the stance that there's no generic "way" to translate accents. It should always be a case-by-case basis with an assessment for what char you're writing for. (1/6) #KaijuNo8 #怪獣8号

Hoshina has fairly standard Kansai-ben usage. Instead of だ he uses や and instead of してる, he uses しとる, ちゃう instead of じゃない/違う. However, he doesn't go full Dinosaur Ryuzaki/Sendo by using ワイ as his first-person pronoun, opting for 僕. Standard stuff. (2/6)

So, normally, you just contract a bunch of gerunds and make him talk like a hick and that's it, right? Nah. Hoshina is obviously competent, so making him sound intelligent is important. He uses keigo just like anyone else, but still has Kansai-ben in there. Prudence is key. (3/6)