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Manga Translation

Media Translation Link Roundup [2025]

Media Translation Link Roundup [2025]

I regularly collect articles that interest me and then throw them together in a translation link roundup when I have enough. I wrote a link roundup last year, which have some great articles. Highly recommend checking that out. I feel

Jennifer O'Donnell March 8, 2025February 26, 2025 Kansai Kittens, Link Roundup, Literary Translation, Localization, Manga Translation No Comments Read more

Balancing Japanese-English Translation

Balancing Japanese-English Translation

I recently mused about the career path of an aspiring entertainment translator and the tendency to move from direct word-for-word translation to a creative translation before settling somewhere in the middle. Gauging this “somewhere in the middle” can be tricky

Jennifer O'Donnell September 27, 2024September 27, 2024 Further Education, Improve Translation Skills, Literary Translation, Localization, Manga Translation No Comments Read more

10 Japanese to English MANGA Professionals – Women in Translation Month

10 Japanese to English MANGA Professionals – Women in Translation Month

The other week I talked about Japanese to English female literary translators for Women in Translation Month, 2020. But as a counterpart to this, I wanted to shed light on some of the amazing female manga professionals. They aren’t just

Jennifer O'Donnell August 23, 2020April 2, 2021 Manga Translation 1 Comment Read more

My Manga Translation Process

My Manga Translation Process

I’ve been thinking a lot about how people go about translating lately. Everyone’s different, we all find our own ways to approach translation. Not just how we translate something but how we translate it; the process from being given a

Jennifer O'Donnell March 28, 2020September 24, 2022 Manga Translation 1 Comment Read more

Manga Translation Pitfalls

Manga Translation Pitfalls

A manga translation can vary drastically when handled by different people. Not just the translator, but editors, adapters, and of course companies, have their own approaches and preferences (hence why styles guides are a thing). I (Jennifer) teamed up with

Jennifer O'Donnell November 16, 2019August 20, 2022 Improve Translation Skills, Literary Translation, Localization, Manga Translation No Comments Read more

Kansai Cats Manga – Being the Straight Man – Chapter 5

Kansai Cats Manga – Being the Straight Man – Chapter 5

Kansai Cats Manga – Being the Straight Man – Chapter 5           Artist: MakiART @ccmakiart Translator: J-EN Translations Editor: WaterFlame Original 関西弁にゃんこ Manga

Jennifer O'Donnell September 9, 2018 Kansai Kittens, Manga Translation No Comments Read more

Kansai Cats Manga – Leave it to Chiro! – Chapter 4

Kansai Cats Manga – Leave it to Chiro! – Chapter 4

Kansai Cats Manga – Leave it to Chiro! – Chapter 4         Artist: MakiART @ccmakiart Translator: J-EN Translations Editor: WaterBlogs.net Original 関西弁にゃんこ Manga Chapter 3 Chapter 5  

Jennifer O'Donnell September 9, 2018September 9, 2018 Kansai Kittens, Manga Translation No Comments Read more

Kansai Cats Manga – Lazy Tora – Chapter 3

Kansai Cats Manga – Lazy Tora – Chapter 3

Kansai Cats Manga – Lazy Tora – Chapter 3   Artist: MakiART @ccmakiart Translator: J-EN Translations Editor: WaterFlame Original 関西弁にゃんこ Manga Chapter 2 Chapter 4  

Jennifer O'Donnell May 28, 2018September 9, 2018 Kansai Kittens No Comments Read more

Termbases for Manga Translation

Termbases for Manga Translation

Manga translation is an interesting job. It involves a lot of creativity as you create discourse which reflects the individual characters in the appropriate setting. One great example of this is YenPress’ publication of the popular manga Black Butler. Set

Jennifer O'Donnell January 12, 2018January 13, 2018 Manga Translation No Comments Read more

“Deaimon” – Manga Translation

“Deaimon” – Manga Translation

    In September 2017 entries opened for the 6th Manga Translation Battle, where anyone can enter at least one of three manga translations. The winners for each manga may get a chance to translate the final manga officially. So

Jennifer O'Donnell January 1, 2018January 3, 2018 Manga Translation, My Translations 2 Comments Read more

Kansai Cats Manga – The Great Tora – Chapter 2

Kansai Cats Manga – The Great Tora – Chapter 2

The Great Tora – Kansai Cats Chapter 2             Artist: MakiART @ccmakiart Translator: J-EN Translations Editor: WaterFlame Original 関西弁にゃんこ Manga   Chapter 1 Chapter 3

Jennifer O'Donnell October 11, 2017September 9, 2018 Kansai Kittens, Manga Translation No Comments Read more

Kansai Cats Manga – Hey’ya! – Chapter 1

Kansai Cats Manga – Hey’ya! – Chapter 1

  Hey’ya! – Kansai Cats Chapter 1 Welcome to the first chapter of Kansai Cats! This is the official release of the adorable manga written by ccMakiArt, a Kyoto artist and illustrator.           Artist: MakiART @ccmakiart

Jennifer O'Donnell September 21, 2017September 9, 2018 Kansai Kittens, Manga Translation No Comments Read more

Soft Power and Manga Translation

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The head of the Theory and Practice of Translation program for my MA was an elderly Chinese man who often made snide remarks about how translating manga wasn’t a “real” form of translation. A view I worry is often shared

Jennifer O'Donnell May 10, 2016May 23, 2016 Literary Translation, Manga Translation No Comments Read more
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