WHEW! Co-editing the Focus on Japan posts that appeared throughout September, #WorldKidLit Month, reminded us of the abundance of translations from Japan for young people. We can confirm with surety that if you hope to globalize the youth literature collection in your library, home, classroom, or bookshop, translations from Japan are available to you in … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Month Focus on Japan: Keep Reading!
Today’s post comes to you from Zack Davisson: Every kid in Japan grows up on Shigeru Mizuki. He is the Yokai Hakase—the Yokai Professor—who educates the children of Japan on the folklore that is so elemental to their culture. Nearly every piece of popular Japanese entertainment, from Pokémon to One Piece to Godzilla to whatever … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Month Focus on Japan: Shigeru Mizuki—The Yokai Professor
May GLLI Blog Series: Japan in Translation, No. 21 Two of Japan’s all-time best-selling writers, the late Shigeru Mizuki of Gegege no Kitaro fame and contemporary writer Haruki Murakami, have translators who live about seven miles apart from each other in the Seattle area. My company, Chin Music Press, decided to get those translators together … Continue reading Translator Showdown: Where Manga Meets the Novel — by publisher Bruce Rutledge
May GLLI Blog Series: Japan in Translation, No. 20 The greatest challenge you will face as a manga translator is the sound of silence. I mean that literally. When it comes to silence, Japanese has a specific sound effect for it. English doesn’t. When a Japanese character walks into a room and is encountered with … Continue reading Translating Sound Effects in Comics — Zack Davisson
