Alyssa Weldon

Witch Hat Atelier Manga Gets Novel on November 21 Jun Esaka pens novel containing 3 short stories

The Witch Hat Atelier manga is getting a novel on November 21 that will tell 3 short stories.

Oh hey I worked on one of these (I Died at Your Behest).

So excited for this

I’m not sure but I really hope it will be some day!

I had the honor of translating Mumu. Can’t wait until it comes out! (And yes I am now an expert on home appliances)

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How would YOU survive living with a curious alien cat?

#MangaOutOfContext #SundayComics

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I translated the second manga mentioned in this article (Don’t Mind Me, I’m Just a Black Widow x3). It was a lot of fun to work on and I’m excited to read through the finished work!

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We're JVTA (Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy), a Tokyo-based school that offers a fully online course for learning Japanese-to-English media translation!

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English is way harsher on repetition than Japanese, so part of a light novel translator's job is tweaking the wording so it says the same shit, but without sounding redundant.
I thought I'd do a rundown of a few tricks that help with this.

I also want to note that I only translated the book itself and not the marketing (“about this book” section, etc.)

I did the translation for The True Value of the Throwaway Bride! It’ll be available this Friday, so check it out when you have a chance! It is a very adorable fantasy/romance and I really enjoyed working on it.

僕はとんでもない誤解をしていたかもしれない。
I fear there has been a grave misunderstanding on my part.

#amtranslating

Thank you!

That’s basically what I’ve been doing, listening to the song over and over again haha

So I recently started translating song lyrics for a client and wow is it a challenge! Pretty much all of the lines have random (often nonsensical) English words/phrases thrown in. I feel like I should add Japanglish to my list of languages I translate from now 😅

私が今翻訳している漫画です(残念ながらタイトルをまだ発表できません😭)

かわいくて悶えてる
Cuteness overload!

#amtranslating

Amasawa Seiji carves a violin at a workbench in the animated film Whisper of the Heart.

Kiki takes a hot dish out of the oven in the animated film Kiki's Delivery Service.

An old man with bushy mustache and a robe eyes a precarious tower of building blocks in the animated film The Boy and the Heron.

Horikoshi Jiro, seated on a tatami floor in a traditional Japanese room, works at his drawing board by lamp light in the animated film The Wind Rises.

The entire Ghibli ethos is tied up in the idea of craftsmanship. It's a textual subject of the films (hand carving violins in Whisper of the Heart, for just one example) and the meta work that goes into the films themselves. Their films feature hard workers, and are animated with sweat and tears.

Want to learn how to elevate your localization using theory and creative writing techniques?

Join me for an online seminar on March 8th/9th! JAT is hosting me for a 90-minute talk about localizing character voices in anime and games.

Reg link, more info, and sample slides in the thread below 👇

while doing a QA, came across
"saying the quiet part out loud"
as a TL for
"本音が出た"

furious at how good that is; excited to appropriate it in the future :)

Twenty-first Annual JAT Contest Winners | Japan Association of Translators

I am excited to announce that I was selected as runner-up for the Twenty-first Annual JAT Translation Contest! The text was such a fun challenge and I am looking forward to reading the judges’ commentary next month.

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San Francisco Fine Arts Museum to Open 1st Major Manga Exhibit in U.S. in September Featuring Fujio Akatsuka, Hirohiko Araki, Tetsuya Chiba, Eiichiro Oda, Gengoroh Tagame, Rumiko Takahashi, Keiichi Tanaami, Jiro Taniguchi, Kazumi Yamashita, Mari Yamazaki, and Fumi Yoshinaga

San Francisco's de Young museum will open the first major U․S. manga exhibition in September. It will feature over 700 pieces from Fujio Akatsuka, Hirohiko Araki, Tetsuya Chiba, Eiichiro Oda, Gengoroh Tagame, Rumiko Takahashi, and more creators!

Why Harassment Comes with the Territory of Translating Popular Manga io9 talks to translators about the highlights and challenges of working on major shonen manga series such as One Piece, Spy x Family, and Undead Unluck.

Like lettering, manga translation comes with its fair share of compliments and complaints. I spoke with Stephen Paul, David Evelyn, and Casey Loe about the ins and outs of the job and what happens when spirited discourse turns to harassment.
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Koto Lessons and Old War Stories: Building Bridges Through Music Exchange — USJETAA Alyssa Cantrell (Akita, 2016-2019) International exchange centered around music has an important, and often overlooked, role to play in U.S.-Japan relations. In the space that music provides, storie...

I’ll share this here too in case anyone is interested in learning more about the koto and my very unique experience learning to play in Japan: www.usjetaa.org/news/jets-on...

We’re having a koto exhibition next month and we’re going to be performing “Merry-Go-Round of Life” from Howl’s Moving Castle. Love this song. Although the tuning is one I haven’t done before and it even involves retuning during the piece (moving a few of the bridges), so it is definitely tricky.

Right now I’m working on two different manga series. They have both been super fun to work on and I can’t wait to share more about them once they’re publicly announced!

Figured I would formally introduce myself on here! I’m Alyssa and I’m a Japanese-English manga translator. I made the switch from administration to translation Fall 2024 and haven’t looked back since. I have two adorable cats, play the koto and piano, and love gaming. よろしく！