My name has touched the following lips:

TWO FOR TWO, THAT'S TWO FOR TWO.

Tuti
Wasshi
Daiki
Eiji

*leadermode* Daiki, Eiji...you're NEXT. BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA~~!!

To arms, to arms!

sarahofcroydon mentioned this earlier, and since I hadn't formally announced I'm doing it, I figured I may as well let people on my flist know, at least, and then I can pimp myself elsewhere later.

Many of you know that I do translations for fun--whether it's doujinshi or manga for a scanlation group, or simple blog translations like I have on oh_tuti. Recently, I actually realized that there might be some demand for translation skills that people would be willing to pay for, so...I caved XD I'm gonna be really free this summer, doing odd jobs mostly, and it seems logical that I'd offer the skills I'm most confident in to those who might be seeking them:

Translation Prices

• $5 per 10 pages - This is simple translation of manga/doujinshi panels. No SFX, no mae/atogaki (aka, none of the author's notes that come at the beginning or end of the doujinshi or manga).
  
• $8 per 10 pages - I'll translate whatever's on the paper, save mae-/atogaki.
  
• $2 extra - The mae-/atogaki :) I really can't stand translating author's notes, just because it's a bunch of TEXT, and the joy I derive from doujinshi and manga is through the story told. I personally don't care all that much how the mangaka asked her bestest friend XX-san to help with the kansai-ben and she really hopes it came out right ♥ But you might XD And I'll be glad to do it at that point :D

Also, if you've got an uneven number of pages, you can just kind of compute that--like, say you had a 16 page doujin (16 pages of just comic) with mae- and/or atogaki extra, and you wanted it all done. That'd be $12.80 for the doujinshi with SFX, plus $2 for the mae/atogaki, so $14.80. I've been going with Paypal payments so far, and that's worked out really well, but of course I could work with the person buying the translation for whatever they need.

And I couldn't care less what you do with the translations once you've got them XD Scanlate them, lock them in a closet to lick when you're feeling down, burn them, whatever.

If there's enough interest, I can charge to scanlate as well--I've been messing around Photoshop long enough that I pretty well know my way around :) But that'd be something I probably decided later, since I don't anticipate there'd be that much demand for it, especially if you're just getting the translations for yourself.

Anyways, do people think that's too expensive? Or what? I'm working with yes_rhade right now just doing non-SFX translations of doujinshi, and so what she's giving me ($5/10 pages) is what I'm basing this on, really.

Also, this won't interfere with the work that I already do for free--scanlation group responsibilities, blog translation stuff. This is just to make a little extra moola on the side ♥

I'm very quick usually, and can get your doujinshi back to you in 2-3 days at most (unless I'm REALLY bored, and then you get it back in a few hours XD), though if you had a deadline or something you wanted to have one rushed by for whatever reason, I'm open to that as well.

Anyways, gimme some feedback guys! Good idea? Bad idea? Would people even want to pay for doujins they could just ask some group to do for free?

10 points for Nagayan

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