Guardian of the Spirit
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The PDF is locked for download. IDK if that was your intention, just an FYI.
ReplyDeleteThank you again for taking on this project. And you finished Void before Christmas, just as you hoped! Well done!
The PDF link should work now. I managed to download it while signed out just from the link; let me know if you still have trouble.
DeleteI'm really glad to get it done, though of course the work of editing and checking the translation has just begun. :) And I'm plugging away at "Guardian of the God," which is even gorier than I remembered (brace yourself...)
I'm glad you made it through your holiday gauntlet and are able to get caught up. I hope you enjoyed the novel. :)
Yep, all good now! And it's got pictures and everything! Now I can look at the pictures while I read the illustrator's note. :)
DeleteI hope you had a good holiday. Mine was utter, utter madness, but that seems to just be the nature of the year. >_< Thanks again!
Until a few years ago, my own holidays were also utter madness...I'm sorry you have to go through that. :( My family was split by divorce three times, so I would have 3 Thanksgivings, 3 Christmases, etc., usually all on the same day. But two of these factions were openly abusive, so I said goodbye to them forever, and this year my holidays were pleasant and reasonably quiet.
DeleteI hope you enjoy the pictures! I'm glad the PDF works. I'm translating and editing and all that fun stuff, so while the next few days may be a bit quiet around here new posts-wise, there is much going on behind the scenes. *steeples fingers*
That is A-OK, you take as much time as you need. (And I'm so happy to see that another reader found this; I was worried maybe no one would?)
DeleteWell, free blogs being free blogs (which means no advertising--which I like!) means this may be a little off the well-trodden internet path. But if Moribito fans use the Wiki and check out the translation pages, they might find it eventually. (I've also only been posting for, what, a month? XD)
DeleteI will be sure to update my masterpost as you complete each book. :)
DeleteI noticed that already! :) You're quick!
DeleteThe format I've chosen going forward should be the same for all the books, so they'll each have their own master post as well as being linked here. The tags at the right side of the blog should help sort posts by book. I hope I've made it easy to find stuff... *shrugs* If anyone has other suggestions to make the layout more user-friendly, I'm all ears.
Thanks for this! I have wanted to read more of the Moribito series for many years, and I finally can. Thanks for making this more easily available
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome! :) I hope you enjoy it. I'm busily translating the next book, so I'll start posting chapters for that one soon.
DeleteAwesome! I'll be looking forward to it
DeleteMoribito is comfort food for my soul and a go-to when I'm feeling particularly depressed. I figured I'd never get to experience Balsa's story beyond the second novel. Words can't express just how happy it made me to stumble across this fan translation project via a random Reddit search. Thank you so, so much for doing this, you made my year!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I'm so happy you found these translations, and I hope they give you joy and comfort. :)
DeleteAnother fan translated the third book, if you haven't read that one already. You can find that one here: https://tansoutsukai.wordpress.com/
I'll be translating the rest, including the gaiden (short story collections).
Thank you again for your kind comment, and I hope you enjoy reading the rest of the series!
Yes, I saw the third book translation mentioned here on your page and was able to track it down with a Google search. I now have all the translations currently available loaded onto my Kindle, and I'll absolutely be checking back regularly for updates.
DeleteThanks again, Christmas came early this year! :)
Awesome! :) I just finished translating "Guardian of the God" yesterday, so I'll be starting translation work on "Traveler of the Blue Road" today. I almost always make my deadlines, so you can rely on the dates I've posted for when new PDFs/Kindle books will be available.
DeleteHi! You're doing fantastic work, ty so so much for doing this! I especially love your estimated completion dates and i will mark my calendar so that i check back to see if they've been completed- obviously take your time though haha i feel super lucky that you're out there doing this, so i am happy to wait patiently:) godspeed with the work and again tysm <3
ReplyDeletePS i saw on uehashi.com that the book "All About Moribito: The Complete Guide to the Moribito Series" has 2 short stories that were written specifically for that publication. Are those 2 stories still unique to that publication or have they been reprinted as "Those Who Walk the Flame Road" and "Where the Wind Takes Us"? Thank you :)
Thank you! It's nice to be appreciated! :) I've hit all my deadlines so far; I'll do my best as I keep going.
ReplyDeleteThe Complete Guide to Guardian of the Spirit is the only book I don't have--I've ordered it, but it's taking ages to get here. The two stories in it are very short, but they are separate from "Those Who Walk the Flame Road" and "The Wanderer." I wish it had an eBook version, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere. Still, I plan to translate those whenever I get the book. :)
Great! Thank you for the quick response and for clearing up that they are indeed unique to that book :) keep up the excellent work ^^ <3
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ReplyDeleteAfter finishing translating Moribito, do you have any plans to translate:
1. Seirei no ki
2. Tsuki no mori ni kami yo nemure
3. Koteki no kanata - (a fun look at prologue translations for it: https://ihatov.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/one-passage-six-translations-nahoko-uehashi/ )
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4. The Deer King series?
Obviously no pressure haha I'm just curious and would love the chance to read all that Uehashi has done :)
That would be ambitious indeed! I do have the Deer King series, but that one may be officially translated soon, and then I'd have to pull mine. I've ordered the other books, so I'll take them under consideration.
DeleteI wouldn't be able to start work on any of them until next year, though. Is there one you really want to see translated? Or should I just try to go in order?
There's an ongoing translation of Deer King, too, if you're curious. (Good thing, too, as that would be quite a bit of work for me--and their packaging is less child-reading friendly than the Moribito series): https://infinitenoveltranslations.net/shika-no-ou/
DeleteI may decide to translate it if it piques my interest, but my first impression of it is that it's a bit too dense and focused on political shenanigans to be a favorite. I'm planning on reading some of that translation I've linked to above in order to see if it pulls me in. :)
Tysm for linking that translation! I'll def check it out! As for the first three I listed, I'd be thrilled if you would do them in order just bc I prefer to experience a creator's work in order bc it tells a kind of story about what they focus on over time, but, of course, feel free to do none of it or all of it or in any order haha as I said, I'm just so thankful you're doing this at all ^^ <3
DeleteLike I said, I'll consider it. :) I may not be the best translator for all of Uehashi's work because, from what I can tell, each series focuses on different things. (I would have translated "Beast Player" quite a bit differently than the official version, which makes me think that I'm just a bad fit for it, for example.)
DeleteDeer King looks great on paper but its pacing is all over the place and it's conceptually (allegorically) driven instead of character-driven which is a bit annoying. It's possible that I'm not ready for it yet. Hopefully the other translator will keep going so that I don't have to do it. :P
As for the other three, I'm not sure. I've never read 'em. We'll see. Koteki no kanata is the one I have the most inherent interest in (since it seems most closely connected to Moribito).
Reference librarian powers at work. ^_^ Translation? Found.
DeleteThere must be something in the water this year...fan translations of Uehashi works popping up all over the place :)
Deletehi! i watched the anime so long ago, and have read the first two official novels twice now. that was a while back, but my love for the series remained. i recently rewatched the anime and it made me realize why i loved it again. then as always, i got bummed once i remembered there were no (official) translations beyond the first two. until i found your translations! thanks you so much, i can not wait to dig into these books once again! you are a blessing. such a hidden gem.
ReplyDeleteAw! :) You're very welcome! The third book is done by Tansou Tsukai, so between us, we've translated almost the whole series. I hope you enjoy the other books, and happy Thanksgiving (in the States)!
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