The Comic Translation Project

[Rob]

The Project is currently on hold. More info here (http://forums.explosm.net/showthread.php?t=10446). Please do not send any applications. Check back here or the front page for updates.

We're trying to undertake a huge project behind the scenes at Explosm: translating every single comic into several languages. The first idea was to hire professionals, but since we really don't have money for that and since C&H has always been a personal project, we've decided to instead include translators on our team.

We need translators. And by translators, I mean anyone who can fluently speak two languages (one of them being English) and has a sense of humor. We don't care what your age is or if you have any past experience.

Anyone who helps out will get a free t-shirt, as well as another piece of merchandise which I'm not allowed to announce yet. Also your name will be on each comic that you translate.

[Assassin]

Can I ask why? I don't really see the point.

Anyway, I could translate some into gay if you want.

[Mirrorman]

Now wheres Tyler with his French translations?
I could probably translate them, but into a language noone cares about.

[Con-Con]

I could try and translate to Irish,but I don't think any one would care.

[Rob]

Can I ask why? I don't really see the point.


So that people who don't speak English can enjoy our comics. I thought the reason was pretty obvious.

[Mr Anorexia]

I can use an online translator pretty well. I double check to see if it means what I really want to mean :frown:

[CnGy]

Don't use online translators unless you want other countries to think you're 12.

I wish I could help but I don't remember any spanish.

[Mirrorman]

I think that there aren't enough Estonian people here for me to translate it :frown: . I would've liked the shirt tho.

[ponto]

I can translate to portuguese from portugal : >

[Rob]

I can translate to portuguese from portugal : >
Send us an email. We won't be checking this thread for applicants.

I think that there aren't enough Estonian people here for me to translate it :frown: . I would've liked the shirt tho.

Actually we already have several Estonian translators emailing us.

[TeTris]

I could translate to german. But the problem is, that english jokes are not that funny anymore if you translate them.

Sure i'd be glad if i could help you with the translations, but there are some comics (like the one with the lethal injection) which can't be translated.

[mali]

I'm from Germany and I'd do pretty much anything for a free t-shirt :dance:

[0rg4sm]

I speak Dutch and Russian, I could try to translate to Dutch and Russian.

[FrankthetankXY]

I could translate to german. But the problem is, that english jokes are not that funny anymore if you translate them.

Right.
But if you really want a translation into german i´d be glad to help ;)

[Margarita Sunshine]

I could probably translate things into spanish, german or french.

[Rob]

People, use the email. If you just post here we won't be able to contact you as a group.

[Mirrorman]

And E-mail sent.
Edit- Wow, the forum is gonna be packed with new people. There are like 5 people with 1 post in this thread alone.

[Blindspot]

Well, I'd be extremely happy to help out. And the t-shirt would be severly awesome. :]
And I'm from Estonia aswell.
I'm going to go e-mail you now. So all the non-english speaking people in Estonia can enjoy some damn good comics.

[WnuczU]

It would be great, to read C&H in Polish.

Did someone from Poland contact you in this case?

I could help.

[ponto]

Send us an email. We won't be checking this thread for applicants.



Actually we already have several Estonian translators emailing us.

i've already done that.

[Tapedeck]

And another german guy in this thread. You got Mail :)

[El Mojado]

I can translate to Mexican Spanish (I'm not racist, its that Mexican Spanish has more diffrent words). And I'll ready sent my email, and if I need help with spanish I could contact my mom.

[Blindspot]

Well, I sent my e-mail.
It's really cool to see so many people have taken intrest in this.

[El Mojado]

Not to mention, I could start spreading it in Monterry Mexico. I have cousins, who are very social, and will speard it for $10 (the cost of two bootleg xbox games).

[Dalarna]

Sent you guys an email about it, will probably be able to help if I get a quick How-to and if it won't take all my time. ;)

Forgot to mention, I am swedish so that is what I plan on translating to. ;)

[BlackHawK]

i saw the notice today and already sent an email.. :)

but some jokes arent funny when translated :S so i think some translators we'll need to "change the joke" or it will have no sense :/

[ponto]

i saw the notice today and already sent an email.. :)

but some jokes arent funny when translated :S so i think some translators we'll need to "change the joke" or it will have no sense :/

that's a problem with all translations, but if the translation continues to have the original's line, that's ok..

another problem with translations is that the same language changes from country to country, and that affect a lot the humour's side.

[El Mojado]

Exactly, Mexican Spanish and Spain Spainsh are same with the basic, but the slang is alot diffrent. Meaning that we are gonna have to have some body that knows slang from mexico, and slang from spain. We are gonna need alot of diffrent translators.

[ponto]

Exactly, Mexican Spanish and Spain Spainsh are same with the basic, but the slang is alot diffrent.

the same happens with portuguese and all the countries that use it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language)

[Rob]

but some jokes arent funny when translated :S so i think some translators we'll need to "change the joke" or it will have no sense :/

I agree. That's why we need funny people, not just good translators.

[BlackHawK]

Brazilian portuguese is too much different than Potugal..

some gramatic is different, the meaning of something is different, etc... but the africans countries that speak portuguese i think arent a problem.. a project is running to try to join all the portuguese speakers countries by changing some gramatic, etc (but portugal didnt accepted, and the majority of the brazilians didnt like the idea, i for example, took 15 years to learn the right way to write, and it will be changed ¬¬ so i dont know if it will be succesfull)

[Mirrorman]

They usually have the same puns in different languages, you say them different, but everyone will know what you meant.
Also I'm not sure if I entered the right E-mail address :indiff: .

[Dalarna]

You just need to read through the comic several times before you start translating it and really focusing on the funny thing about it and then making it all fit together without changing the lines to much.

It will be a lot of work, but I bet that it will pay off at the end.

[ponto]

You just need to read through the comic several times before you start translating it and really focusing on the funny thing about it and then making it all fit together without changing the lines to much.

It will be a lot of work, but I bet that it will pay off at the end.

beer helps too |:

[StrikeTwelve]

I applied too, but to be honest I'd rather get sexual favours from the crew than a T-shirt.:heya:

[mikekern]

I can speak fluent German if thats any help.

[Muumio-omena]

A finnish volunteer coming by!

[thelinx]

Uuuh, hello.
Everyone else is leaving a note, so...now I will too.
I will translate to Swedish. There we go.


PS: The cake is a lie

[Pareidolia]

I applied for Dutch, just wish my French was as reliable after ... 8 years.

[BlackHawK]

How many translators will be selectioned for wich language? :~

[Rob]

How many translators will be selectioned for wich language? :~
Probably 3-5.

[Meatcake]

I could translate them into German...but it would ruin them :X

[AidanC]

I can speak a some spanish, but I don't get why you don't just use an internet translator.

[tehduckers04]

i can translate some into Spanish.

[Lag]

Probably 3-5.

Can any of the writers speak a second language?
And if they can, what would that mean for the applicants of that language?

[Gditz]

Sent away an email, one more Swed in the pot :P

[Rob]

Can any of the writers speak a second language?
And if they can, what would that mean for the applicants of that language?

You mean the four of us? No, none of us do.

[ArKaiN]

I could do it for Brazilian Portuguese, but it's really pretty similar to the one from Portugal. A bunch of the jokes either don't work or plain suck in Portuguese, though.

[Wyatt]

I'd offer to translate into Lithuanian, but I don't think you get too much traffic from there, and I'm not sure how well it'd go, anyhow.

[Far]

I can speak a some spanish, but I don't get why you don't just use an internet translator.

Because they don't translate grammar and tenses properly.

[NVM]

I can finally use my Pig-Latin skills for somethings useful.

[AIDS_NOT_HIV]

Yeah, the problem is that there are some comics that play on English words, such as the "hurray-whoreray" comic. If there are no other options for French, which is highly unlikely, I SUPPOSE I could help.

[Soul]

E-mail sent. :salute:

Strange that i've only seen like 2-3 people in this thread posting about translating in spanish. Hopefully its the same for the applicants.

[Sarge51]

Can I ask why? I don't really see the point.

Getting out to other Languages is one step in taking over the world.

Wouldn't you sleep better knowing that people in China understand the comics and think they are funny? This would attract more fans thus, possibly increase merch sales.

[Alucard]

I'm french and I've sent an e-mail.

Take me.

[BlackHawK]

and the selectioned ones will have to translate all the 1000+ comics? O_O

[guifig]

I've sent you guys an Email, I could translate to Brazilian Portuguese too (I forgot to mention I was Brazilian, I just said I spoke Portuguese :P)

Pick me! (yn)

[Sarge51]

and the selectioned ones will have to translate all the 1000+ comics? O_O

I assume that's why they would like to have more than one person for that language, so one person wouldn't have to do all the comics in that language themselves. But is there really 1000+ Comics? I don't think so...

[leleo]

I emailed 2 times, one to Rob and one to general inquiries. Has anyone gotten an email back and if they have, who did they email?

[Locker]

Sounds interesting! I could to for PT-BR too =)

[BlackHawK]

I assume that's why they would like to have more than one person for that language, so one person wouldn't have to do all the comics in that language themselves. But is there really 1000+ Comics? I don't think so...

yes, there are ;)

I already have 746 in my PC and copying :p
(but it has some repetd ones..)

[guiruchaud]

Hey, there! :D
I could translate into brazilian portuguese too! I've already sent a mail. Twice a week I can translate a comic, no problems! :D

[kewlito]

Another new spanish speaking guy here, but I'm from Uruguay, a small country between Brazil and Argentina. I'll be glad to help with the translation.

[El Mojado]

I can translate them, I have a copy (Bootlegged) of Photoshop. I'll translate 20-30 comics a week.


EDIT: Noticed how man new people start join after Rob posted this.

[BlackHawK]

ya ;p
i saw the spam in the comics page and i went check :~

hmm so we have at least 4 people here who can translate to PT-BR? :)

[Locker]

ya ;p
i saw the spam in the comics page and i went check :~

hmm so we have at least 4 people here who can translate to PT-BR? :)

Yes! A good number, filled in just a few hours :)

---

By the way: Counting now, I just have 2 posts, but I've joined 2 months ago =) My posts were burned because of the stories page :(

[Ness]

i speak fluent german, i grew up in Austria.. my grammar may be a bit off though, but i can get it really close

[Wolverchenus]

I can translate it to Hebrew though I assume some graphics might be ruined because of the flipping from left to right to right to left and some humor will be utterly untranslatable.

[BlackHawK]

now i wont need to explain whats is the joke in the comic to my friends anymore :D

[Locker]

True! But I think that, in some particular cases, the team will need to change some sentences, or even jokes, to make it look funny!

[leleo]

I've been going through already and trying to see the amount of comics that would have to have the joke changed and have been changing them in my head for a while. (In french)

[Burrito]

Christ, how many people other than me speak German?!? This is unfair.

=\

It'll be awesome and hilarious seeing like, a Polish comic up some random monday...and it'd be a knock-knock joke that NO ONE besides Pollots can read...

[xGustavox]

I'm brazilian... I can translate to portuguese...
Some translated comics... not made by me.
http://www.fotolog.com/explosmcomics

[BlackHawK]

i saw some bad translations in a friend's album :| but i dont know where he got that

[MrbossPT]

I could do it for Brazilian Portuguese, but it's really pretty similar to the one from Portugal. A bunch of the jokes either don't work or plain suck in Portuguese, though.

Hi there!

If we try to adapt to the country in question, it could work, but some jokes (some as in 45* or 76* lol) will not work


*Kidding

[bobothemunkie]

yo hablo español y soy fluente, pero no he hablado con españoles nativos por casi un año. asi, mi español no es perfecto. pero yo sé como hablar español con mucho formalidad. yo no hablo el español coloqial, y asi mis traducciónes parezcan extrañas, pero españoles puedan comprenderlos. para traducir el humor estará un poco mas dificil, pero puedo tratar de traducírlo.

je parle français aussi, mais je ne sais pas assez de les mots français pour traduire.

я говорю по русский тóже, но не знаю мнóго слов.

[translation: i could be useful.]

the problem with translating humor is that in a lot of cultures even if you know how to translate ideas colloquially, the humor just doesn't translate. a lot of your stuff seems like it would cross the barriers pretty well, but a lot of it could also be hit-or-miss.

[BlackHawK]

My english isnt perfect too, im still learning it, but i think i could be usefull too :/

[backao]

Another Brazilian Portuguese translator here! o/

PS.: already sent the e-mail :)

[Ztripp]

Definatly can hlp with french.

http://i11.tinypic.com/64538e8.gif

[dcalvario]

I can translate the jokes from English to Spanish. I'm Mexican and I'm sure that I can translate it with the same humor.

[duckgalrox]

yo hablo español y soy fluente, pero no he hablado con españoles nativos por casi un año. asi, mi español no es perfecto. pero yo sé como hablar español con mucho formalidad. yo no hablo el español coloqial, y asi mis traducciónes parezcan extrañas, pero españoles puedan comprenderlos. para traducir el humor estará un poco mas dificil, pero puedo tratar de traducírlo.

A better translation for you would be that you can translate for Spain, but not any of the Spanish-speaking American countries. Artists, you need to choose people from a variety of places. There is a different kind of Spanish spoken from country to country, with the most perfect example being "fuck": joder, chingao, demonios, maldición, jodido, rayos, mal rayo me parta, etc.

[Daniel_]

oh holy crap....
many br translators.... i've lost my place...

well...nway, if u need another one (which already sent the email), pick me ^^
my english is veeeeeery dirty and full of slangs...and so my potuguese is :P


i can do it (everything for a t-shirt^^)

[BlackHawK]

[QUOTE=Daniel_;195463i can do it (everything for a t-shirt^^)[/QUOTE]

I laughed loud :x

[ID28]

already sent contact form

I can do the photoshop typing too

[ArTH]

No free t-shirt and no credits make Arth... :evillaugh


Damn... I didn't know there was so many brazilian members ;/

[backao]

Most of the brazilian joined in just for this project, just like me ! ;D

haha
Brasil detona x)))

[BadAnkle]

I can translate them into American Sign Language. The C&H can break into the hearing-impaired market.

[1zabest]

I can translate them into American Sign Language. The C&H can break into the hearing-impaired market.

Yes, because you totally LISTEN to these comics.

Maybe recording the comics for the vision impared would be a smarter plan, no?

[koerich.lara]

I'm from Brazil, and I can translate the comics to Brazilian Portuguese.

[132945]

I can translate them into American Sign Language. The C&H can break into the hearing-impaired market.

You can do that for the flash vids. :P

I can translate into Aussie. But I'll basically add more swearing to it.

[razorblade79]

Hay guys!

Yeah, I registeres for this answer alone. I'm bored at work so whatever.


Just wanted to note that this guy on page 1 is absolutely correct, if you translate these to german, you will kill most of it. There is no f*cking way you can do this AND keep the funny alive.

It will work with some but most won't be funny anymore, some will feel like done by a 12 year old (some already do but in a good way.)

I'm from germany and thought about doing this, because I have read like well all of these comics lol Also, free tshirt. But checking some random comics made me realize this won't work.



tl;dr
So if you don't happen to find a total comedy genius maybe consider to translate not all of them...

[Cmonky]

Yes, because you totally LISTEN to these comics.

Maybe recording the comics for the vision impared would be a smarter plan, no?

But what's a comic-with-audio without being able to see the pictures?
Describing the pictures would kill the funny.

Oh yes, "In this comic, you see a monkey looking at a dead cat in shock. The monkey is saying 'Aw crap.' and at the bottom it says -Curiosity killed the cat.-"

Ha. Ha. Funny.


... I like it.

[adreah]

Hi there!

According to duckgalrox, there's a lot of different ways to speak spanish.
The most common is the use of the "tu" voice, however, there's another one which is a lot funnier: the "vos" voice, or castilian of Río de la Plata.
This "language" is used by Argentina and Uruguay only and it's similar to the formal way of the old spanish.

Example: "You will now be put to death by lethal injection"
1 - (Spanish) Ahora tú serás ultimado por medio de injección letal.
2 - (Castilian) Ahora vos vas a ser ultimado por medio de injección letal.
3 - (Old formal spanish) Ahora vos seréis ultimado por medio de la injección letal.



That's all.
Bye

[murrayb]

We need translators. And by translators, I mean anyone who can fluently speak two languages (one of them being English) and has a sense of humor. We don't care what your age is or if you have any past experience..

I'm happy to translate the comics to Arabic.

سأقوم تحويل الصور لبالعربيه

[NickBomb]

Here's another one that can translate into swedish :)

[Mueti]

I sent an email already. I guess there's already an abundance of people willing to translate into German but I still applied for that as well. I'd also be able to help with the translation into Japanese.

[MoraleSS]

I can translate it to Spanish... 'cause im from spain, but I know english (american and british) perfect, i've been reading this comics for a lot of time... and one of my friend 2, and could help me traducing ... well, i'll email u now

[HijoDeMami]

Hey guys

I've been a fan from a while but I just signed up to the forum today.

I can do the translations to spanish, I'm from Mexico. I already sent the e-mail to Rob.

[mistermurfi]

i could try irish if u like :D

[Mirrorman]

Damnit, my application pretty much sucked, but its not smart to send a new one, is it now?

[oddurbergthor]

well im from iceland, i would be glad to translate from english to icelandic but since its LAW that people in iceland learn how to speak english it wont be mutch diffrence :S

/emo

[Wienerschnitzel]

Figured I'd throw down my hat; I'm fluent in Dutch (and English, durrr). I also have some working knowledge of French and German so I might be of assistance in that area.

Who knows if you still need me, but just send me a mail if you're interested.

[Leaf]

I'm Swedish and totally gay, maybe not homosexual but my friends call me gay. So seeing I'm not American or straight (in their sense) you should pick me because yeah, you should totally expand your ethnic multitude. I mean, as a representative organization for America, it is needed and valued. So yeah, pick me and I'll suck but It'll look good on paper, hiring a foreign homosexual!
Plus I freaking rock in both languages. One time I entered in a Spelling Bee contest with my 5 year old sister and won, both in Swedish and English. I think that defines my greatness and capacity. And yes, chicken have large talons.

[Houston]

I just finished emailing you guys for the Spanish part, I've been living in Monterrey for about a year and half (I'm Mexican and figured it'd be fun to learn slang and go to school for a bit) and I'm also an amateur comedian, so humor and Spanish is almost as much as me as being your stereotypical American who got kicked out of a restaurant for being too rowdy...in MEXICO!!

[dr_mid]

Hello. I'm russian. Saw a lot of our strips in russian net. some of them with translation.
Not very good, to be true. So, i want to help you to translate them.)))))

Send you e-mail.

[edsbelly]

I can translate to mandarin (simplified chinese).

But I think regardless of who translates it, the cultural differences will make it less funny. But I can do it.

Will email momentarily.

[Fallen Adam]

Finnish translations available here.

[Dr.Kazama]

I can translate to norwegian

[Qpido]

I'm fluent in English and Dutch, I often translate manuals at work.
I would like to try and translate the comics, I've read all of them and I normally imagine the comics to be in Dutch.

The language is so graved inside of me, the languages don't even seem different to me. I understand the humor that needs to be translated and I think I could do a good job making the conversion.

So give it a thought!

Q~

[1-x]

i can translate it to formal malay or malay brunei.

let me translate the above sentence.
Formal Malay : Saya dapat menukar bahasa tersebut kepada bahasa melayu atau melayu Brunei.
Brunei Malay : Aku dapat tukar bahasanya ke bahasa melayu atau Brunei.

Well Brunei Darussalam is a country and I'm a Bruneian.

[MisterP]

I've just sent an email to the staff, I can translate the comics to italian

[freakazoidas]

I'm from Lithuania (the central europe oh yea ;D) so i can translate comics to... lithuanian !

[Spatula666]

I've sent an email.
Well, I'm spanish from Spain, not from south-america or mexico.
I can translate the comic to a more general way, without including "chingados", "boludos" or words that are only used in a certain country.
I can also translate it into catalan.

No creo que haya problema para traducir ninguna parte del comic ya que se entiende perfectamente.
Por ejemplo, el comic 1051 (http://www.explosm.net/comics/1051/)

1a Viñeta: Hey! Tu bello facial te tiene mosqueado?
2a Viñeta: Ni si quiera tengo bello fa-
3a Viñeta: Esto no te va a preocupar más si consigues nuestra nueva linea de maquinillas electricas
4a Viñeta: Tiene 3 nuevas configuraciones: Suave, Más Suave y Suaventastico!
5a Viñeta: Te dara un afeitado tan apurado que te dejara tu piel como el culito de un bebé. ¡Y el doble de atractivo!
6a Viñeta: Digame oficial! Parece que usted necesita una nueva cuchilla. Tengo un trato para usted.

I think it's quite good.
You choose.

[Kenneh]

Do you by any chance at all need a Thai translator? :shobon:

[Goyo]

I've sent an email.
Well, I'm spanish from Spain, not from south-america or mexico.
I can translate the comic to a more general way, without including "chingados", "boludos" or words that are only used in a certain country.
I can also translate it into catalan.

No creo que haya problema para traducir ninguna parte del comic ya que se entiende perfectamente.
Por ejemplo, el comic 1051 (http://www.explosm.net/comics/1051/)

1a Viñeta: Hey! Tu bello facial te tiene mosqueado?
2a Viñeta: Ni si quiera tengo bello fa-
3a Viñeta: Esto no te va a preocupar más si consigues nuestra nueva linea de maquinillas electricas4a Viñeta: Tiene 3 nuevas configuraciones: Suave, Más Suave y Suaventastico!
5a Viñeta: Te dara un afeitado tan apurado que te dejara tu piel como el culito de un bebé. ¡Y el doble de atractivo!
6a Viñeta: Digame oficial! Parece que usted necesita una nueva cuchilla. Tengo un trato para usted.

I think it's quite good.
You choose.
You're omitting words like "chingados", "boludos" to make it more "general", but then you include words like "mosqueado" that are only used in your country.

Spain — Population: 40,448,191

Mexico — Population: 108,700,891
+
latin america — Population: a fucking lot.

[Tyler_Legrand]

Now wheres Tyler with his French translations?
I could probably translate them, but into a language noone cares about.

My translations suck because I'm not actually 100% fluent

Dang now I can't have fun in spame anymore

[ponto]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers#Top _20)

you can check teh numbers here.

[Scat-Elf]

I can speak Welsh fluently, but everyone in Wales speaks English, so it's a bit pointless.

[Cindy_Cummings]

I can translate some comics into hebrew.

[kewlito]

Hi there!

According to duckgalrox, there's a lot of different ways to speak spanish.
The most common is the use of the "tu" voice, however, there's another one which is a lot funnier: the "vos" voice, or castilian of Río de la Plata.
This "language" is used by Argentina and Uruguay only and it's similar to the formal way of the old spanish.

Example: "You will now be put to death by lethal injection"
1 - (Spanish) Ahora tú serás ultimado por medio de injección letal.
2 - (Castilian) Ahora vos vas a ser ultimado por medio de injección letal.
3 - (Old formal spanish) Ahora vos seréis ultimado por medio de la injección letal.



That's all.
Bye

But there's an invention called "español neutral" that's used with movie subtitles, that tries to blend all the differences between latin american countries, not using any specific words, so the text looks comfortable for any latin american country.

[pesky]

Already sent you my email :rolleyes:

[Muumio-omena]

Anyone got an reply from the crew? This comic needs to get Finnished, as you could say

[spawner]

hey im jas

i can translate from english to french

just give me some news and i'll be able to help you guys:hf:

[dirtpiggy]

Just for interest's sake, have you gotten many offers for Afrikaans translators?

[Locker]

I wonder how's the BR selection gonna work :P Too many joining!

[Amir]

Also sended an application, Though when will we know who gets the "job" and who dosent?

[Bluesummers]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before (I'm too lazy to read the whole thread), but online manga (Japanese comic) scanlators are professionals at what they do...even if they're amateurs who work for nothing. Try mangahelpers.com, that usually the source for everything...they've got a whole team of translators turning japanese comics into english, german, spanish, french, etc...they've got all the biggest languages covered.

[Comodo]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before (I'm too lazy to read the whole thread), but online manga (Japanese comic) scanlators are professionals at what they do...even if they're amateurs who work for nothing. Try mangahelpers.com, that usually the source for everything...they've got a whole team of translators turning japanese comics into english, german, spanish, french, etc...they've got all the biggest languages covered.

However, the question is, how many of the people there have read all of the comics?
The reason Rob asked it on here is because...Well, everyone here reads them.

At least, I think so.:O

[brnbr]

Protuguese from Brazil... it's easy!!

I'll do it easy!!

[Chrispy]

We're trying to undertake a huge project behind the scenes at Explosm: translating every single comic into several languages. The first idea was to hire professionals, but since we really don't have money for that and since C&H has always been a personal project, we've decided to instead include translators on our team.

We need translators. And by translators, I mean anyone who can fluently speak two languages (one of them being English) and has a sense of humor. We don't care what your age is or if you have any past experience.

If you meet those two requirements and you want to be part of the C&H crew, send us an email about yourself using the contact form (http://www.explosm.net/contact/).

Anyone who helps out will get a free t-shirt, as well as another piece of merchandise which I'm not allowed to announce yet. Also your name will be on each comic that you translate.

Oi mate!

I probably could help with some danish translation since im from Denmark. but then again, I would have the same problem as the user called Tetris - it will not be just as funny after I've translated it, well, maybe sometimes,but still..

[The Fetus]

My mother owns a language school. I can speak Turkish fairly well, writing is a different story. It could be easy for me to get someone put things in another language.

[dzounar]

I can help in Brazilian Portuguese translation.

'nough said.

[BlackHawK]

omg..

you already have a city of people to translate PT-BR

[Spatula666]

You're omitting words like "chingados", "boludos" to make it more "general", but then you include words like "mosqueado" that are only used in your country.

Spain — Population: 40,448,191

Mexico — Population: 108,700,891
+
latin america — Population: a fucking lot.
Ok, but I'm talking about doing a "standard" tranlsation, without adding any word that is used only on certain countries.
I didn't know that "mosqueado" isn't used out of spain.
But I've seen many films subtitled in mexican and that is not "standard" spanish.
If they pick me I will try to do the translation as standard as possible.

[Jose]

I may have a thing or two to say... in spanish, that is.

*takes off pants*

let's do this.

[Daniyal]

i sent the email

i live in italy, speak fluent italian and can translate the comics into italian.

wow, only one other italian translator before me, lol, while there are 100s for french, swedish, PT-BR o.o wow

[Mirrorman]

My translations suck because I'm not actually 100% fluent

Dang now I can't have fun in spame anymore

Maybe they got the idea from your thread :aaa:. Nah, just joking.

[Jose]

I have the one up on yous guys. I sent them a scantilly clad picture of myself on the 4th of July. No way you can get in.

[Zhai]

Ready to translate this shit to polish, sir :)

[CrumPoker]

I've sent in a application :)

[OniMizu]

I suggest you that for spanish, you should make a team of not only one member. Im spanish speaker and i tell you, you need 1 from Spain, 1 from Mexico and 1 from Argentina or a country near Argentina. That way the three of them can translate to a standar spanish the three of them can understand and see if the three of them can catch the jokes.

Also you need native speakers, not only for spanish, for all languages, if you hire americans (for example) that just when to live to another countries and learned the language of that country, that wont do AT ALL. You need the original thing, think cuz you have to take into consideration that you will also need the certain humor from the certain countries. If you are just bringin americans with american humor then people from another countries may not get the jokes.

[Tapedeck]

The most jokes working in german too ;)

[Wuzzgoof]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before (I'm too lazy to read the whole thread), but online manga (Japanese comic) scanlators are professionals at what they do...even if they're amateurs who work for nothing. Try mangahelpers.com, that usually the source for everything...they've got a whole team of translators turning japanese comics into english, german, spanish, french, etc...they've got all the biggest languages covered.


Now you're just ruining our fun.

How many dutch people sent an e-mail already? ^^

[Knight-Templar]

Ive sent my email.. Denmark will be proud of me..

[guifig]

Damn, that way I'll never be picked :(

But hey, it's worth a shot.. I believe my English is pretty good for the job, since I've lived with an Australian for a while, and been to the USA several times.. plus I got a 8.5 in the IELTS.. Soo.. yeah, pick me! \o/

[BartS]

I've sent in my application.
Quite fun to see some people saying stuff like:
I is very god in english, so I can translate very easy from englis to protugeese!

[MarkArandjus]

Mailed you!

[!mpact]

NO!!! Please dont't translate your comics! I'm from Germany and love to read and understand all of your jokes! And its impossible to translate all of the comics especially those that contain puns or adages. I think every sentence in the comics has its special style depending on the author who created it! In a translation nothing of this "flavour" will remain! Don't give anybody a chance to criticise bad translations. Its perfect as it is, therse no need for translations!

[EminentBassist]

I can translate it in Armenian, I know a lot of people who would read it in Armenian

[NEsveikuolis]

I submited for translating Lithuanian 8-) Im teh second one :D

[cisco]

i could translate your comics into arabic although they might not be as funny.

[sqbi]

heh i would translate it into polish but im kinda too fukin lazy haha :P BTW i think that no1 will care about polish translation.

[Manager]

<-- Portuguese [BR] too.

A lot of brazillians here, huh? =p

[shether]

damn, as I can see there are some Estonian translators so I probably wont volunteer, well I hope to read some funny comics in Estonian someday :)

[Masterwork]

I already sent an application yesterday and I can translate the comics to PT-PT (Portuguese from Portugal) without a problem.
So much portuguese speakers around here hehe hello brazilian friends _o/ *squeeze*

[Jose]

I suggest you that for spanish, you should make a team of not only one member. Im spanish speaker and i tell you, you need 1 from Spain, 1 from Mexico and 1 from Argentina or a country near Argentina. That way the three of them can translate to a standar spanish the three of them can understand and see if the three of them can catch the jokes.

Also you need native speakers, not only for spanish, for all languages, if you hire americans (for example) that just when to live to another countries and learned the language of that country, that wont do AT ALL. You need the original thing, think cuz you have to take into consideration that you will also need the certain humor from the certain countries. If you are just bringin americans with american humor then people from another countries may not get the jokes.
Natives? I'm Mexican-American. I can speak both languages just fine. I think the benefit of having an American who's also fluent in other languages is that it improves the chances of something NOT gettting lost in translation.

[Kurrus]

Just applied for spanish translation. Yes, I too registered just to post this.

Oh, and by the way:

I suggest you that for spanish, you should make a team of not only one member. Im spanish speaker and i tell you, you need 1 from Spain, 1 from Mexico and 1 from Argentina or a country near Argentina. That way the three of them can translate to a standar spanish the three of them can understand and see if the three of them can catch the jokes.

I totally agree.

[Manager]

hello brazillian friends! o/
where are you guys from?

[Tofu]

Just find someone to translate it to Latin, so that all latin-americans can read it.
I'm a fucking god.

[backao]

Just applied for spanish translation. Yes, I too registered just to post this.

Oh, and by the way:



I totally agree.


How many translators will be selectioned for wich language? :~
Probably 3-5.



;D

[arkiden]

I can help with Mexican-Spanish translations

My suggestion is to make a team for each language. I live in Mexico by the way... (Sonora)

[Queenbutt]

Yeah, the problem is that there are some comics that play on English words, such as the "hurray-whoreray" comic. If there are no other options for French, which is highly unlikely, I SUPPOSE I could help.

or "nar-whals." But every comic ain't supposed to work in different languages. Most probably will.

[Jose]

Looks like we have plenty of Mexican translators. At least their won't be any problems translating into Spanish.

[Masterwork]

Just find someone to translate it to Latin, so that all latin-americans can read it.
I'm a fucking god.

That's the most retarted idea ever. Ever.

[Queenbutt]

That's the most retarted idea ever. Ever.
No, you. :indiff:

[Jose]

That's the most retarted idea ever. Ever.

There have been worse. But that was way ignorant. And at C&H, they don't tolerate ignorance. They just enforce it and abuse it.

[Snapdaz]

I'm trying to send a mail to rob, but it seems that his mailbox is full >.<

[DeadMen]

I know Greek,
So I could Translate :)
Heres one I translated :p
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z132/DeadMenDoCry/osama1.png

[Bigodes91]

i can help the translation to Portuguese

Bigodes91@gmail.com

[The Bombermaster]

Hi!
I'm another italian that wants to help to translate the comic (in italian, duh.)!
I've already sent the mail before... (still waiting for an answer or something)

EDIT: Ah, Right.
I forgot to say that I am an italian that lives in Italy, and I speak/write fluently in italian (duh).

[yogis]

Hi . i want to help you by translating all your comics into Lithuanian language. I know it`s not very common, but making those funny stories available in my native language may attract some people from here. so if you have chosen me, please write . thanks.

[Pandão]

Damn! If I only had clicked on the link before...
Is there any chance to add one more Brazilian portuguese translator? I already did some so some friends of mine could understand it.
I'll post three here:

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u319/Pandathewise/quad9.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u319/Pandathewise/Quad1.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u319/Pandathewise/lol3.jpg

My email is: panda.the.wise@gmail.com

[Pegasus15]

I could try and translate to Irish,but I don't think any one would care.

You'd be surprised, you know.

[GoM]

"Hai gaiz! im ttlly not gunna reed teh furst poast n keep post'n my applikashun heer! hur hur hur!"
:indiff:

[Locker]

I have to agree with you.