It’s been nearly a year since I updated. My skills have grown since then, but I haven’t finished any more translations, or even studied anywhere near as much as I should have. I’ve started a couple of projects, but not gotten very far with any of them.<\/p>\n
Last week I began reading and translating Vuk<\/em>, a famous children’s book about a fox by Istv\u00e1n Fekete, and I’ve decided to post weekly progress reports until I finish. Yesterday I timed how long it took me to translate a page: 30 minutes, for about 170 words. Vuk<\/em> is only ninety-four pages long, and I’m setting a quota of at least one page per day, so I’m setting a target date of the end of June to have a finished translation. I’m hoping to have a semi-polished translation done, but I’ll count it as a win even if I only have a handwritten rough draft. (I bought a blank book last week just to contain my rough draft. I may or may not revisit this procedure when I start the next book, depending on how well it goes.)<\/p>\n Progress report, week 1:<\/p>\n Pages read: 5 It’s been nearly a year since I updated. My skills have grown since then, but I haven’t finished any more translations, or even studied anywhere near as much as I should have. I’ve started a couple of projects, but not … Continue reading
\nPages read since last week: 5
\nPages translated: 5
\nPages translated since last week: 5
\nPages revised: 0
\nPages revised since last week: 0
\nTotal pages in book: 94<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"