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translating comics : onomatopeia issues
Thread poster: Geraldine Oudin
Geraldine Oudin
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Japanese to French
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Feb 8, 2009

I was contacted by an publisher who wants me to translate comics from Japanese into French.
I am very exited about the idea, and I would like to find a list of French onomatopoeias to help me in this work. I have been reading many comics in my life, but some situations leave me clueless, and unfortunately I haven't found anything convincing so far on the internet.
There is a French dictionary of onomatopoeias, but it is a bit expensive and I'd rather wait to see if they keep me afte... See more
I was contacted by an publisher who wants me to translate comics from Japanese into French.
I am very exited about the idea, and I would like to find a list of French onomatopoeias to help me in this work. I have been reading many comics in my life, but some situations leave me clueless, and unfortunately I haven't found anything convincing so far on the internet.
There is a French dictionary of onomatopoeias, but it is a bit expensive and I'd rather wait to see if they keep me after the first book to buy it.
Thank you for your help... ▲ Collapse
 
Miroslav Jeftic
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Member (2009)
English to Serbian
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Hm. Feb 8, 2009

I don't think that any European language can reproduce a plethora of onomatopoeias that exist and are in regular use in Japanese. So I don't think a dictionary will be of that much help.
Maybe try to get some comics that are already translated into French or English and see whether you can get some idea about the translation from them.
 
Jared Tabor
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Locking thread, topic already posted at http://www.proz.com/topic/127058 Feb 8, 2009

Hello France-Japon,

I see you have already posted this at http://www.proz.com/topic/127058 . I will lock this thread to allow the discussion to take place in one thread. Thanks.

Best regards,

Jared
 


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