I Picked Up A No-Good Useless Prince - Vol. 1 Ch. 5.5 - Volume 1 Extras

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Chapter 6 is also pretty much done and will be uploaded extremely soon.

We could really use a proofreader on this series, which will make releases go much faster. Proficiency in English required.

The mangaka seems to have ramped up releases to be every 2 weeks (with shorter chapters), so we are doing our best to catch up! But we really could use the extra help.
 
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Chapter 6 is also pretty much done and will be uploaded extremely soon.

We could really use a proofreader on this series, which will make releases go much faster. Proficiency in English required.

The mangaka seems to have ramped up releases to be every 2 weeks (with shorter chapters), so we are doing our best to catch up! But we really could use the extra help.
Uh, so youre saying you just want someone to read your translations and make sure they're good?
 
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Uh, so youre saying you just want someone to read your translations and make sure they're good?
Yes, but it's a bit more involved than that. A proofreader takes the rough translation document provided by our translator, and corrects all grammar, spelling, etc. At the same time, they transform the dialogue into natural-sounding English with use of some minor localizing and enough re-phrasing and use of better synonyms that it is slightly elevated. Basically enhancing the script into something that sounds quite nice.

It's even better if they can read kana so they can plug words into dictionaries to find more accurate synonyms or work with a range of definitions, but I wouldn't require our proofreader to know kana. I would just prefer it.
 
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We could really use a proofreader on this series, which will make releases go much faster. Proficiency in English required.
I'd be willing to give it a try - I've never been a proofreader for a manga but I've been a copy-editor for prose before. Is there somewhere I should apply and not just express interest here? I like this series a lot so I'd be happy to be able to help.
 
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I'd be willing to give it a try - I've never been a proofreader for a manga but I've been a copy-editor for prose before. Is there somewhere I should apply and not just express interest here? I like this series a lot so I'd be happy to be able to help.
Hang on standby if you don't mind. I had someone else reach out regarding this, but I haven't reviewed anything yet. Due to time constraints working on my group's other manga, it'll be just a bit before I circle back round to this!
 

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