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As we all know, here at SRF we have a huge variety of different people, who all contribute to the forums in their own way. Each person comes from a different place in the world, is of a different age and contributes strongly in different areas. This is partly what makes SRF what it is.

So now I’m asking for your help SRF members. As we all know SRF is home to one of the most popular SRO related threads to date. The Mother Of All Future Updates thread. However unfortunately it is not yet perfect, as most of the updates are in Korean, and many people, including me cannot read Korean and can only look at the images. However this is where you come in, I’m looking for a Korean to English translator. So as to give us, the people who don’t understand Korean the ability to take full advantage of this thread.

The requirements are as follow:
Must be very strong, if not fluent in both Korean and English.
Willing to spend time translating large sums of text.
Willing to meet deadlines for submitting translations.
Willing to work with another translator.

Please let me know below if you are interested in the position. I will select 1-3 translators depending on replies so that the work load is reduced for each person.

I know some of you may be asking, “why go through all the trouble, Just use an Internet translator”. Well the fact is that free internet translators for Korean are extremely poor in translating text and some of the text is in image forum, thus it cannot be translated.

Remember this is not just for me, but for every SRF member and also every SRO member who knows this thread. Each person will be given full credit for their hard work and dedication, and will become part of the to be created “Update Team”. I hope that I will strike the willingness to help within some of our members here at SRF.

Thnx to snowmunkey91 for helping out and becoming the first translator.

Sincerely,
Key-J

GL on the search, I'd love to see the info that's been right in front of us finally translated.

I hope u find someone soon. There tons of info that i just really really wanna read!

Yes, Hopefully someone or people will come forward, However its not looking good at the moment....

Key-J wrote:Yes, Hopefully someone or people will come forward, However its not looking good at the moment....

Now if only they wouldn't freak out on us, I'd make an exact copy
of ksro's site and just put the translations there.

Well i think that may be a bit to much, however still possible. But i think this is a good start.

Edit:
Is there no one?

im fluent in both eng and krn.. but i dont think i have much time to translate a lotta stuff lol >.> i just look at some and translate the general idea sometimes but thats really it <.< too much time goes to sro and school and stuff alrdy >.<

Dude, its not like im asking you to translate the entire KSRO website, its just some text like a page at a time, i dont want to dissrupt your work or anything at all, and of course you would be given ample time to complete the translations.

What do you say reconsider? Im sure SRF would really want you to, Right SRF?

All you would need to do is the translation, all the editing will be taken care of by me

And what would I get out of all this?

Oh yeah, and I am fluent in Korean, Japanese and English.

If only Joymax could find a decent translat0r themself.

c0kane wrote:And what would I get out of all this?

um.. a good feeling inside yourself that you help others out without asking for anything in return

A heartless fiend like me would feel nothing, entice me with an offer.

What would he have to give? lol

I hope you aren't being serious.

Well, What would i have to give you? an e-cookie? ?

Honestly it would be the feeling of helping out thousands of players around the world. If i had something to give you i would, are you on babel?

Honestly what you would get is the thnx of thousands of users, and would be well renowned in SRF if not also SRO. Mainly this is something of good will, help yourself by helping others. That kind of thing.

However if you really want something out of it, let me know what it is and ill work on it. Do it through MSG if you want to keep it private. Just remember no RLmoney/cars or assortet computer parts

I find it really sad if this person actually wants something in exchange for helping the sro community. Imo go to hell.

if the guy who translates is on xian i can give 5 mil gold per month

I appreciate the generocity

Well let me know if this entises you to help translate

Ill give heartfelt ~muahs~....

lol

Lolz i think everyone even those who cant speak Korean are going to want to help out. Especially if you make more of those sultry sigs

i used to have this great translator my HS had and they paid for it but my pass and id dont works no more

Noone here has performed me any noteworthy services and I don't see why I should be 'giving back' to the community that has yet to give something to me.

And I'd like to point out that the topic is 'Key-J is hiring' which is rather misleading.

then dont apply

this forum is run by volenteers so why should you be any different

Guess my impression was right.

If you are so fluent as you say, how long would translating take? 10-20min out of your day? O GOD NO! We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause you. >___________________________________>

Master_wong wrote:then dont apply

this forum is run by volenteers so why should you be any different

As a said, the topic title was misleading.

And I will stress the potential value of my service; I visit Korea on an annaul basis and with enough personal reputation of my own, I may be able to secure an interview or Q&A sessions with representatives from JoyMax on SRF's behalf. Not many translators can offer that I think.

c0kane wrote:

Master_wong wrote:then dont apply

this forum is run by volenteers so why should you be any different

As a said, the topic title was misleading.

And I will stress the potential value of my service; I visit Korea on an annaul basis and with enough personal reputation of my own, I may be able to secure an interview or Q&A sessions with representatives from JoyMax on SRF's behalf. Not many translators can offer that I think.

Definition of Hiring:
In American English, it refers to the act of recruitment, usually of personnel.
In British English, it can also refer to the act of renting (borrowing for a fee).

In this case it is in the context of American English since no staff on the forum are paid for the service of working here, you would however be made part of an exclusive group of members and have the knowledge of knowing you have helped the thousands of members that visit the forum on a daily basis. (This for me is enough to secure my services here )

Key-J wrote:
Remember this is not just for me, but for every SRF member and also every SRO member who knows this thread. Each person will be given full credit for their hard work and dedication, and will become part of the to be created “Update Team”. I hope that I will strike the willingness to help within some of our members here at SRF.

Hope this clears things up
FFGIRL

c0kane wrote:

Master_wong wrote:then dont apply

this forum is run by volenteers so why should you be any different

As a said, the topic title was misleading.

And I will stress the potential value of my service; I visit Korea on an annaul basis and with enough personal reputation of my own, I may be able to secure an interview or Q&A sessions with representatives from JoyMax on SRF's behalf. Not many translators can offer that I think.

<<edit: flame removed. -SG>>

Swifty wrote:

c0kane wrote:

Master_wong wrote:then dont apply

this forum is run by volenteers so why should you be any different

As a said, the topic title was misleading.

And I will stress the potential value of my service; I visit Korea on an annaul basis and with enough personal reputation of my own, I may be able to secure an interview or Q&A sessions with representatives from JoyMax on SRF's behalf. Not many translators can offer that I think.

Leave the planet.

...he/she does have a service we need thoug but we cannot pay him/her

Master_wong wrote:

Swifty wrote:

c0kane wrote:

Master_wong wrote:then dont apply

this forum is run by volenteers so why should you be any different

As a said, the topic title was misleading.

And I will stress the potential value of my service; I visit Korea on an annaul basis and with enough personal reputation of my own, I may be able to secure an interview or Q&A sessions with representatives from JoyMax on SRF's behalf. Not many translators can offer that I think.

Leave the planet.

...he/she does have a service we need thoug but we should not pay him/her

Fixed

Its true.. We dont have a way to pay you, but if you would let me know what you desire maybe we can work around it. Demanding the unknown is worse than saying nothing.

Also yes when i said hiring, i mean as voulunteer. I mean look at Ryoko he is hosting this site with his own money. Hes not asking us to pay or anything, yet he does it out of his own willingness. Us mods as FFG said, we do all the MODing out of our willingness. We arent paid for out services but its our willingness to help. When Ryoko asks you to become a MOD you can easily refuse but no its our priveledge to help SRF as we know its viewed by thousands of players and it is renowned as the best SRO forums around, thus we know that we helped towards that name.

So before getting so judgemental, tell us what it is that you desire? and honestly translating a page of text... 10-20 mins i dont think that would be so bad? I mean if it was in spanish i would gladly Translate all.

Remember all you would have to do is translate, send me the translation via email or MSG, i will do all the editing and posting. Remember also i will try to get more than just one translator, so that the workload is reduced, but really like a page a WEEK, i think that seems really reasonable, if to reasonable i can make it like a page every 2-3 days. Its not like im asking you for a page per hour or 2.

So think about it honestly, think of the people you would be helping

Key-J