Re: A Question:
Ming Yau So (mingso@netcom.netcom.com)
Mon, 02 Jun 1997 11:51:12 -0700
At 10:10 AM 6/2/97 -0400, Chi Ming Hung wrote:
>Just a bit of info for those who read Chinese. Vol.1-7 of the Chinese
>edition of the LoGH manga are available in Chinese Online:
>
> http://www.chineseonline.com/
>
>They sell for $5.40 each, which is very reasonable. They also carry
>Chinese editions of the 20 vols. of the Tanaka LoGH novels, plus 4 vols.
>of the side story novels. Donno why it's 20 vols. while the original
>is 10.
Well, simple. The Taiwan Chinese version breaks each original volume into
2. Thus, for content-wise, you are getting the same thing as the original
10 volumes, but you just get 20 books instead.
>The novels aren't listed on their webpage but they're listed in
>their printed catalog. Each vol. sells for 130 Taiwan dollars (donno
>what the conversion rate is) (160 for the side story vols.)
>
>The Taiwanese manga and novel editions are authorized editions and are
>usually of the same quality as the originals, and usually a bit cheaper
>than the originals. So if you read neither Japanese nor Chinese, it
>may not be a bad idea to get the Chinese editions =)
Well, yes and no. Taiwan had 2 versions of the novel published. The old
version (black cover) was unlicensed, but I think it's extincted now. The
new version (silver cover), which published by Sharp Point, is licensed and
currently in print. I've heard that the translation of the old version is
better, but the name translation is more consistent in the new version. As
I've nerver read the old version and only buy licensed version, I can't
comment on the comparision (but the translation of the new version, while
not the best, still toleratable). Now, come to the price, I don't know how
much is the original Japanese books sell for, but consider 2 Chinese volume
= 1 original volume, it probably won't be any cheaper (NT$260 ~= US$10 when
using the official exchange rate, but judging from the price of the other
books, COL probably charges it at around US$8 per book).
Ming
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