I plan and I indeed have a very strategized plan on moving to Japan. Can I sell English books there and alsoUS?
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I am great at writing Fantasy books and am pretty confident in my writing skills. I know that I can sell Books in America from within America and gets books translated into the language desired to sell in sell in but would I be able to write my books in English and sell it there (I'll be living there) or would I need to get it translated into Japanese. If so, I have no problem with this but wouldn't the content change a bit since words and expressions do exactly mean the same thing in other languages. And if so, would the book be owned by a small minority since it is in English? I guess in the end, I basically asking can a foreigner (in this case an American) be a famous write in Japan of does Japan doesn't grant such fame to foreigners? I know that my ideas could most likely lead to an Anime series or ideas for ones. I've noticed that the ideas behind my stories are very much like their animations (There movies are ok but their Anime take fame here) with the sad plot, emotion connection and something that could make you very sad and depressed from how the character is portrayed. The truth to how I'm able to successfully do this is do to my long lasting depression. Who knew that such an unfortunate processions can lead to something great. Maybe it has something to do with loving someone for a year and then thinking that she hates me which all started from me loving but then grew shy and fded away because I then saw this female as beautiful. Now living every day in pain, not be able to express how I feel due to my shiness (if a word). Anyway, can you please answer esp if you have experienced this or know something that beneficial for my to know.Thanks with much appreciation. Christian Harding
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I have to agree with Ed on this one. Your English skills need a lot of work. Before you can even think of selling your work in Japan, you will have to become an established writer here first. You can't work in Japan without a work visa. This takes a four year degree & a job offer before you get there. Sorry, but I see this as little more than a pipe dream.
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I'm looking at the grammar and sentence structure in your question, and the question itself, and it's raising red flags here. Step One: find a publisher who's willing to accept your material. Scratch that: Step One is getting a good proofreader to clean up your material before submitting it to a publisher. Marketing your stuff in Japan is somewhere around Step 45.
Ed
I never saw a start up English written novel make it in Japan. The majority of western novels there are best sellers in English, and then get translated. Not to mention you would have so much competition in Japan for sales. Their publishing industry is huge. It would be better for you to write your work with getting published in English as your goal. Become famous enough and then eventually you'll be published in Japan. Unless your Japanese is good enough to write a novel in Japanese, then go for it. Doesn't mean you can't live in Japan while you are writing, but don't expect your writing to support you.
the guardian
Some authors wrote a book in English and became bestseller. And it's translated into Japanese and sold in Japan. You can do that if you like. But few Japanese would want to read a book written in English. And no publisher would want to publish an English book. English books sold in Japan are imported ones. Not published here. Japanese people basically can't read English. So there is no reason to have an English book in Japan. BTW, how do you move to Japan? It's not easy to get a visa for Japan.
thecheapest902
Levy Hideo is the only American I can think of who "made it" as a novelist in Japan, but he writes in Japanese.
michinoku2001
Anything is possible, but not everything is plausible. Firstly, translation is very different from simple substitution of words and even expressions. When you translate, you are not converting words but ideas from one language to another. In some cases, that is not even possible because the idea does not exists in the target language and you can only approximate what you originally intended. The mistake most people make is that they transliterate instead of translate. Transliteration is simply replacing words and even idioms from one language to another. To translate properly, you have to also take into considerating the cultural differences and perceptions. What is acceptable or popular in one culture is not necessarily acceptable or popular in another. This is why many bestsellers in the english speaking world do poorly in other languages such as Japanese even after translation. Unless you have an indepth understanding of the thought processes of the Japanese, their tastes, their likes and dislikes, their idea of opposites, your chances of writing stories initially in english that will appeal to them after it is translated is near zero. If you love writing and you want to do it in Japan, then you need to learn Japanese and study the Japanese. It's not that the Japanese do not acknowledge good foreign writers, it's that their taste and idea of a good book is going to be different and it changes from one generation to the next. Take for example an english book that was incredibly popular a couple of generations ago - Anna of the Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. I liked it, but I didn't think it was a literary masterpiece - but it seemed every elderly Japanese I had ever met thinks it was.
Quinn
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