A Call to Arms

[drathe]

Okay. If you translate Kellar's Keep, I will post it. Hopefully we can get an official scan later.

[washi]

I had translated all 10 Quests. My next step is translate the Intro, Conclusion and infos about the expansion (new tiles, doors, traps and etc...).
But I can only translate the text. Someone could get my texts and do the Quest Book?

[mikemacdee]

If it helps you guys out, anything I make related to HeroQuest will be posted here.

[ScooterinAB]

I would love to help out with resource work. My degree was in collections and archiving, and I spent some work doing Photoshop-like work for digital exhibition and archiving. I also own a copy of Photoshop (and basically everything else Adobe makes).

On the translation side of things, I studied Japanese for half a decade. While I don;t think I could lead a translation, I could certainly help with one.

[AerynB]

On the translation side of things, I studied Japanese for half a decade. While I don;t think I could lead a translation, I could certainly help with one.

Hello. Welcome. I see that you're new here and I don't want to bombard you with a request so soon, but you mentioned Japanese, and well, I think the community is rather desperate. See, a Japanese version of HQ has been found and its quest and rules and storyline seem so much different than the original quests we're all used to. Efforts have been made to translate and remake the quests, but we only got through 8 of the 14. I don't think anyone's quite sure where the volunteer translator went. I've been doing a little with online translators, but I don't think they're very accurate. What's also frustrating is that I'm trying to copy/paste the text from the pdf scans and because of pixelation, I don't think I'm always getting the correct kana.

I wouldn't want you to do the whole thing, but if I gave you a rough google translation, do you think you could look at it and go, "you're close, but this better," or "you're way off base, steer clear of online translators"?

Here are some of the links about this:
http://www.yeoldeinn.com/hqforum/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=166&p=14010&hilit=japanese+heroquest#p14010
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B47Van3P5U9YUnA5YkQ3QnJLbVU/edit?usp=sharing&pli=1
http://oldscratch.smackwell.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1311159814/42#42
http://www.yeoldeinn.com/hqforum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=1610&p=18504&hilit=japanese+quests#p18504

Again, sorry if I'm bombarding you with something you're not interested in. I just started drooling a little when you said you know Japanese. Hope you understand.

~AerynB

[knightkrawler]

I'm drooling, too.
And a whole German forum backs me up with drool.
How can I assist in helping?

[ScooterinAB]

On the translation side of things, I studied Japanese for half a decade. While I don;t think I could lead a translation, I could certainly help with one.

Hello. Welcome. I see that you're new here and I don't want to bombard you with a request so soon, but you mentioned Japanese, and well, I think the community is rather desperate. See, a Japanese version of HQ has been found and its quest and rules and storyline seem so much different than the original quests we're all used to. Efforts have been made to translate and remake the quests, but we only got through 8 of the 14. I don't think anyone's quite sure where the volunteer translator went. I've been doing a little with online translators, but I don't think they're very accurate. What's also frustrating is that I'm trying to copy/paste the text from the pdf scans and because of pixelation, I don't think I'm always getting the correct kana.

I wouldn't want you to do the whole thing, but if I gave you a rough google translation, do you think you could look at it and go, "you're close, but this better," or "you're way off base, steer clear of online translators"?

Here are some of the links about this:
http://www.yeoldeinn.com/hqforum/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=166&p=14010&hilit=japanese+heroquest#p14010
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B47Van3P5U9YUnA5YkQ3QnJLbVU/edit?usp=sharing&pli=1
http://oldscratch.smackwell.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1311159814/42#42
http://www.yeoldeinn.com/hqforum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=1610&p=18504&hilit=japanese+quests#p18504

Again, sorry if I'm bombarding you with something you're not interested in. I just started drooling a little when you said you know Japanese. Hope you understand.

~AerynB

No worries. I'm more than happy to look at it and help. Because I don't have proficiency in Japanese, I'll be using character and grammar dictionaries to reference everything. The trick with Japanese is that it is a very "phrasal" language and features a lot of subject-dropping. Machine translations get mixed up because there is often no subject info, or because there are actually 3 or 4 sentences in one. I'm an intermediate level linguist, so I can at least help piece together where phrases are starting and ending. I saw part of a Japanese translation effort, which is actually what pushed me to join.

I'm going to fall off of the planet for about 2 weeks, as I'm attending a convention next week. After that, I can start looking at the Japanese material. I expect it'll be slow going, but I would like to work on it.

[5urieal]

Well I am very new here, I just joined, but I would love to help in any way I can. I currently run a general gaming webpage so I am OK with that sort of thing but I also do all the graphic design for the site and can help with that as well. I noticed you mentioned Photoshop which I don't personally use but I find GIMP to be a great program and you cant beat free. I wish I could help with the translations but I was always a slacker in my language courses.

So let me know if there is anything at all that I can help with

[AerynB]

On the translation side of things, I studied Japanese for half a decade. While I don;t think I could lead a translation, I could certainly help with one.

Hello. Welcome. I see that you're new here and I don't want to bombard you with a request so soon, but you mentioned Japanese, and well, I think the community is rather desperate. See, a Japanese version of HQ has been found and its quest and rules and storyline seem so much different than the original quests we're all used to. Efforts have been made to translate and remake the quests, but we only got through 8 of the 14. I don't think anyone's quite sure where the volunteer translator went. I've been doing a little with online translators, but I don't think they're very accurate. What's also frustrating is that I'm trying to copy/paste the text from the pdf scans and because of pixelation, I don't think I'm always getting the correct kana.

I wouldn't want you to do the whole thing, but if I gave you a rough google translation, do you think you could look at it and go, "you're close, but this better," or "you're way off base, steer clear of online translators"?

Here are some of the links about this:
http://www.yeoldeinn.com/hqforum/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=166&p=14010&hilit=japanese+heroquest#p14010
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B47Van3P5U9YUnA5YkQ3QnJLbVU/edit?usp=sharing&pli=1
http://oldscratch.smackwell.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1311159814/42#42
http://www.yeoldeinn.com/hqforum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=1610&p=18504&hilit=japanese+quests#p18504

Again, sorry if I'm bombarding you with something you're not interested in. I just started drooling a little when you said you know Japanese. Hope you understand.

~AerynB

No worries. I'm more than happy to look at it and help. Because I don't have proficiency in Japanese, I'll be using character and grammar dictionaries to reference everything. The trick with Japanese is that it is a very "phrasal" language and features a lot of subject-dropping. Machine translations get mixed up because there is often no subject info, or because there are actually 3 or 4 sentences in one. I'm an intermediate level linguist, so I can at least help piece together where phrases are starting and ending. I saw part of a Japanese translation effort, which is actually what pushed me to join.

I'm going to fall off of the planet for about 2 weeks, as I'm attending a convention next week. After that, I can start looking at the Japanese material. I expect it'll be slow going, but I would like to work on it.

2 WEEKS!! That's ok. It'll give me time copy and paste Japanese text into word documents and also double check that the kana got copied correctly. I wish I brought my files to work with me 'cause then I could send you what I have so far. Darnit. I'll post it when I get home tonight.

I've definitely noticed the problems you've pointed out. Subjects seem to be "understood" sort of, but machine translators insert "I"s or "you"s or other subjects in weird places. It feels almost like a Memory game to me. See a picture or set of pictures and try to remember those pictures if they come up later. Maybe that's all language is after all.

Sorry, I'm rambling. Anyway, I'm glad that you joined up. It'll be cool to get all these different quests and rules translated for the wider community.

[knightkrawler]

I saw part of a Japanese translation effort, which is actually what pushed me to join.

I suppose you mean majikayo's?
http://oldscratch.smackwell.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1311159814/40