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What is the best way to translate a dialect or accent of the original language that is not the norm (e.g., Kansai-ben)?
Different country's English accent (e.g., Irish or Australian)
Different American regional accent (e.g., Southern)
Have the character use different slang (e.g., 'pops' instead of 'dad')
Minor speech pattern differences (e.g., dropping the 'g' in '-ing' words)
No difference in translation but have a translation note
I don't care
 
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Post #574284
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7:11 pm, Oct 20 2012
Posts: 24


This is a suggestion mostly for the oneshots: Please read the FAQ.

I have found that many of the oneshot cover images are that of the scanlated version, not the original language version that the FAQ requires. I think it is the scanlator that is uploading the images but have no proof.

The FAQ can be found here: http://www.mangaupdates.com/faq.html?cid=7#item48

I'll repeat it here:
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Only original cover scans
Only upload cover images that come from volumes released in the series' original language or from the licensed USA volume releases. This means if the series was originally in Korean, the uploaded cover image needs to be from the Korean volume, not the Japanese one.


Post #574308
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11:15 pm, Oct 20 2012
Posts: 10658


Oneshots don't fall under than rule, as they're not part of a volume. If they are part of a volume, then the oneshot wouldn't have its own series entry anyways.

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Post #574356
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9:29 am, Oct 21 2012
Posts: 24


The way I see it is that a oneshot is a series that consists of only 1 chapter and therefore comes under the FAQ rule. If a oneshot is not part of that rule, then the FAQ should say so.

I believe this rule should be consistant for every image upload and should not pick and choose which uploads to ignore (such as oneshots).

Post #574367 - Reply to (#574356) by astromath
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11:25 am, Oct 21 2012
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hmmm.... i can see how very important this issue is.... says the person who don't remember reading the faq
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The way I see it is that a oneshot is a series that consists of only 1 chapter and therefore comes under the FAQ rule. If a oneshot is not part of that rule, then the FAQ should say so..

the way i see it oneshot is a story that is not a series. hence the "one-shot"... if they made a series out of it then that story becomes a series.

from wiki: A one-shot is a comic book that is a pilot or a stand-alone story created as a single issue, rather than the more typical series format.

Post #574500 - Reply to (#574308) by lambchopsil
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6:17 pm, Oct 22 2012
Posts: 437


Quote from lambchopsil
Oneshots don't fall under than rule, as they're not part of a volume. If they are part of a volume, then the oneshot wouldn't have its own series entry anyways.
Eh? Oh... well, okay. I just always thought that that rule applied to all cover images, and that scanlated covers were always bad, even for oneshots (except that images for oneshots are usually so hard to find that when I would find a scanlated one, often I could not find a better (not scanlated) picture to replace it with, and so I left it alone).

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11:58 pm, Oct 22 2012
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To be perfectly honest, I don't care, and I didn't make the rule in the first place.

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