Name: HardGuy's Bizarre Adventure Raw Link: http://book.sfacg.com/Novel/43495/ NU Link: http://www.novelupdates.com/series/hardguys-bizarre-adventure/ anyone interested in working on it (count me in if you want XD) ? Why It Should Get Picked Up: The story is really, really funny, with a unique casual-yet-compact telling style. It's a japanese-style light novel, stuffed with some old-fashioned netas with new perspective. Even it's raw translated chinese I could see the funny part in it. As the reading goes on, I do really discover a world that has never been seen elsewhere before. Description: Sorry, I have difficulties in understanding what's in the description section now... but I can make a brief summary If you are fed up with protagonist who reincarnated by accident, and coincidently become the savior or conqueror of another world, here comes another choice - A passionate adventurer who struggled to live for nothing more than a sole wish: to explore and enjoy the view that no one has seen before. -------------------------------------------- I can do a little translation by myself. However, as chinese is not my native language (neither english.. that's the sad part) and machine translation feed me no more than fragments of words... so I'm really eager to see a proper translated version. Frankly I have to say that the name of the story shocked me, that's definitely Chinglish but that's what catch my eye at the first glance. I bet the author wants to write " Tough guy "... but ok, it's not worse than raw MTL novels' translation right? The main story is based on the experience of an ordinary high-school guy, who hit by a car and accidently reincarnates into an alternate world. Decided to be an adventurer, he adapts himself and explore this unique world as well as its profound history. All seems déjà-vu, but as I read, new experiences emerge (as for now about 60 chapters I've read). The alternate world is similar to any MMORPG we've seen, but not equal. Yes, there are people who was born in that world, but no, they are not NPC, protagonist is just like one of them. Beside these local people, there are other reincarnated adventurer who arrived after their own death. It's a fantasy world for people who want to live a second chance. I often surfing on Chinese light novel sites and I've seen a lot of stories crammed with 'Gender bender''Sister' 'Pretty girls' 'Invincible' contents, but this one is totally different. On the recommendation section of SFACG (so-called 'the biggest Chinese light novel site' if you know), the top 3 tags are 'Alternate world adventure' 'Full of commonsense' 'So many adventurers' (Corresponding to 异世界冒险/充满常识/勇者很多 in chinese, respectively) . Instead of focus on killing foes and saving the world (and in some 'cases', make pretty girls become protagonist's epouses XD ), the author is try to describe how to live, explore, and fight, which gives me a fresh impression on this novel.
Oho? One more for me to read~ I'll properly tl my stuff later... Lol, the beginning of this: 大家好，我是一个普通的男子高中生，正在决定自己的名字。 Hello everyone, I am a regular highschool boy that is deciding his own name right now. 我想你一定很想吐槽‘从你决定自己的名字开始就已经不普通了啦！’。 I think that you would sure want to ridicule me by saying 'Just by deciding your own name, you aren't a regular person!'. 您说得是，但是过去有一位勇猛的船长‘船长’说：真正的男子汉有资格决定自己的名字。 What you said is correct, but once upon a time in the past, a famous captain 'Captain' said: The real men have the qualifications to decide their own name. 正如他决定自己的名字叫做船长一样，我也这么做了。虽然可以的话我想把‘宇宙无敌上天入地第一帅气温柔财力过人精力充沛一夜七次美男子’当做自己的名字。不过我的面前的输入框下方出现了 Just as he had determined his own name as Captain, I would also do so. Although I would like to make 'Invincible In The Universe Searching Heaven and Earth Number One Handsome Gentle Wealthy Outstanding Energetic One Night Seven Times Beautiful Man' as my name. But what appeared under the input box: 【字数过长】 [Too many characters] ‘温柔帅气一夜七次美男子’ 'Gentle Handsome One Night Seven Times Beautiful Man' 【字数过长】 [Too many characters] ‘一夜七次美男子！’ 'One Night Seven Times Beautiful Man!' 【包含规范外字符】 [Contains a character outside the norm] (The !) ……‘美男子’ ......'Beautiful Man' 【就凭你这熊样？】 [With your looks?] Hahahahahahaha!!! Oh, it already got TLed a bit
Wait. Are you looking for someone to pickup this novel or are you looking for translators to translate together with you? Btw since you already translated two chapters, you can create an NU page about this novel.
Hmm... how ? In fact I am trying to find someone better than me ( to work with me or pick it up ( being a reader's more easier than translating you know XD
Yeah i know, i also translated 2 chapters of another novel from sfacg and it's really hard lol. To create an NU page for this novel go here: http://www.novelupdates.com/profile/ And click on add series
The style is relatively easy to translate though compared to some... o-o (I got a whole stash of novels from sfacg I'm trying to translate... orz)
I'm far away from that, my stash is at least a twenty year hole. Novels from there is a very small percentage overall...
I see... for those novels which get a new chapter nearly everyday, translation seems like a endless process. Anyway, this one is really getting me laugh, I'm digging into it XD