Question for those who can read Japanese

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know when the Japanese versions of the books were published?  We're trying to figure out what, if any, lag time there is between the US and the Japanese versions.

I hope I photo'd the date, and in a legible fashion ...

Thief

   

QoA
 

KoA
   

Comments

[tiegirl.livejournal.com]

Per my sister-in-law, there are no dates on these pages?? (She is half Japanese and reads some)

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

well, rats

lol! no wonder we couldn't interpret them!

[mdbl.livejournal.com]

According to Amazon.co.jp:
V.1 2003/03
V.2 2003/07
V.3 2003/09
V.4 2006/06
V.5 2006/06

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

nice.

thank you!

[rosalui.livejournal.com]

There aren't any dates on these pages. ^^' *is studying Japanese*

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

oops

*is not studying Japanese*

>.<

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Hey, Pegi.

Japanese copyright dates are usually written like this...

2010年3月23日


年 means year.

月 means month.

日 means day.

That is March 23, 2010 if you have not guessed.

If the year is written in the imperial style (using the reign of the emperor to number the years), this site has a converter.

http://www.i18nguy.com/l10n/emperor-date.html

Hope you find them!

Your resident Japanese translator,
Lady Jane

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

Lady Jane,

you are teh bomb. Thank you.

*goes to look again*

Publication Dates

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

I found it! On the LAST page, not the first.

Thief (I): 2003年3月25日
QoA (II): 2003年7月10日
QoA (III): 2003年9月20日
KoA (IV): 2006年6月20日
KoA (V): 2006年6月20日

:D

thank you!

Re: Publication Dates

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Happy to help.

I'm the bomb? Cool...

Yeah, the copyright dates tend to be towards the back in Japanese books. On manga, the dates are usually printed on the back cover.

I'm glad the year wasn't in the imperial style. That would have been confusing.

It seems "The King of Attolia" and both volumes of "Atarshiki O" were published in the same year. I wonder if the Japanese edition of "A Conspricy of Kings" will be published in 2010, as well...?

I'd love to see the Japanese cover art. You will probably post pictures, and I will have to translate the main title and volume titles.

[dark_fishie]

Looks like [info]ninedaysaqueen got there before me. I blame my parents and their it-is-12-am-and-you-must-be-asleep curfew on a 20-yr-old >__>

For what it's worth, I'll post my reply anyway. Hope it is still useful.

"The photos are standard covers. The first line under the 4 squares is the title. The longer, smaller fonted line is MWT's name. The line below that/the line above the centre picture list the translators. The line below the centre pic is the publisher's name. That's why all three are the same =P

For publishing info, my guess would be at the back of the book rather than the page after the cover, like English books. It should contain a bunch of numbers in arabic form, such as the year of publication and address of publisher. If it is not written in arabic numerals, then it gets a little tricker. Wherever it is, the publishing info should not take up the entire page and it should have a format different from the rest of the book."

Wherever it is, the publishing info should not take up the entire page and it should have a format different from the rest of the book. <--------- This should be applicable to all modern publications of books. Haven't found one that's different. Also, covers don't count because they are the first pages people usually find, and thus are a part of the overall presentation of a book. Publishers don't want strings of numbers to distract people from their reading pleasure, ne? Maybe that's why publishing info is printed on a separate page, placed at a negligible part of the book...

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

thank you! I think this is fascinating.

[dark_fishie]

wee~ science!!!

http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/xkcd-t--stand-back-science

[pigrescuer.livejournal.com]

^_^ I clicked on the cut to say that dates are usually written in Western numbers and so are immediately recognisable.. but I was beaten to it, as usual. :D