Many of you know that the International Shakuhachi Training Center (Yokoyama
Katsuya, etc.) publish the column "One Point Advice" each month on the
Center's home page.
Many of you probably cannot take advantage of this information because of
the Japanese language barrier. Kakizakai Kaoru, who usually writes the
column, has mentioned that he frequently has requests for an English
edition. During a recent phone conversation Yokoyama himself indicated that
there is no budget for having an English version accomplished. What this
means is that no volunteer translator has come forward and that paying a
professional translator perhaps as much as US$120 for translating one page
of Japanese text (450 little squares on a page with a character in each one
equals about 250 English words) is too expensive. With a bit of searching
and some luck it may be possible to employ a translator for less but the
translated text would probably have to be edited by a native English speaker
with extensive knowledge of shakuhachi, perhaps meaning additional costs.
So...is working out a sort of subscription plan to get the advice into
English worth pursuing? Any ideas or suggestions out there in shakuhachi
land?
Tom Deaver
Bei Shu Shakuhachi Workshop
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~shaku100/
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