User blog:Streetneko/Thoughts 2

I'm still quite nervous when I translate Japanese songs. I've learned my lesson, I don't tackle songs that have complex lyrics, and I double-check. Yet I am always scared. The thought that my time and effort, regardless of their actual value to other people, may be just erased is quite intimidating. I know I should just ask the people here to help me, but to be frank, I'm not sure how to do that. I'm not denying that it was fair at that point, but after being told not to translate anymore, it's just... well, traumatic. I don't know, this is a pretty complex issue(at least for me), and I'm not sure how to describe it without being rude or sounding like I'm whining over something I was in the wrong.

I know that every community is different, but in our(by that I mean Korean) communities, the translators usually leave a message like "Leave a comment below if you find a typo or a mistranslation, and I'll look it over!". And I think that's a nice way to get rid of mistranslations without hurting anyone's feelings. But I don't know, I haven't been on this wiki for long, so maybe I'm not really comparing the same things.

Rambling aside, I really want to try to translate n-buna's shirayuki, but his lyrics are tricky, and I have neither the courage nor the communicative skills to ask for help...