All images from Wikipedia “Futai Dam” Another day another dam. Wait, that’s not how the saying goes. In any case, it seems I like doing dams as well as pottery articles! We’ll see how the trend goes from here, but this time sees me doing a volunteer Wikipedia article about Futai Dam in Niigata Prefecture, […]
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Image from Kuribayashi While I never anticipated translating another article about pottery so soon, here I am. This article is about Akogi ware (阿漕焼 Akogi-yaki), a type of pottery near Mie, Japan. While not having as long of a history as my previous article on Akazu ware, the project was still very enjoyable to do.
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All images from the “SCP Foundation” Wikidot service A work of fiction, yet still using technical terms. What an interesting change of pace! This piece of work not only saw me using technical terminology, it also saw me playing around with Wikidot’s (a wiki service much like Wikipedia) formatting structure, similar but in many ways different
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All images from Wikipedia “Chiya Dam” Dams. Certainly not the most glamorous subject, but still quite the feat of engineering! This project saw me volunteer translate on Wikipedia an article about Chiya Dam in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Lakeside perspective of the dam Who Gives a Dam? Dams are a new area of translating for me, and this
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Image from Kogei Japan “Akazu ware (Akazu-Yaki“) Translation brings you down many interesting paths where you are encouraged, if not forced, to learn about a veritable cornucopia of different subject areas and disciplines. In this article, I discuss the process of volunteer translating a brief Wikipedia article on Japanese Akazu ware, a type of pottery located near
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