Comments on: Haruhi Suzumiya English version novels review

By: Kyoizumi

Kyoizumi — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:07:22 +0000

I agree with this review so much! But the next one’s not coming ’till July 1st!!!!!!! D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D:

By: arb01

arb01 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:59:05 +0000

英語版の「憂鬱」と「溜息」を読んでいますが、誤植があるというのは意外でした。
持っているのはハードカバーですが、ペーパーバックもカバーページが凝ってていいね^_^

By: Yumeka

Yumeka — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:41:00 +0000

@ 2DT

I heard about the Spice and Wolf novels and how Yen Press again radically changed the cover design (though I think they’ll have the original cover version available). I’m not sure but I think bookstores are the ones at fault for putting light novels in the manga section only instead of in the regular literature sections too. Hopefully they’ll get it right with Spice and Wolf =)

By: 2DT

2DT — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:53:45 +0000

It’s odd that they removed honorifics. Perfectly respectable English books have included them without special mention (“Life of Pi” comes to mind). But judging by the recent news about the upcoming Spice and Wolf novels, Yen Press REALLY wants those books to be on the hip literature shelves.

By: Yumeka

Yumeka — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:56:37 +0000

@ RP

I agree that Baka-Tsuki did an excellent job, but some of their translations (maybe not volume 1 in particular) sound a bit “engrishy” sometimes. And for one of the volumes (I think it was 4), they suddenly switched to present tense instead of past, which I don’t think happened in the novel. But other than a few minor things, for free fan translations they did amazing work.

By: RP

RP — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:59:01 +0000

Oh nice! The 2nd volume of the light novel has been released? I have the 1st novel, which I agree, is a great read. (Although I have to say the fan translation on Baka-tsuki is quite good too.)