I don’t have much free time at the moment, as it’s the middle of the week and I’m quite exhausted after a long hard day’s work while another one is already lurking in the back, ready to pounce on me as soon as the day springs up tomorrow. Hence, I need to retire to bed soon, or else I won’t be able to wake up on time.
But I would like to share the good news with you.
First, I’ve finished translating all the letters between Albert and Candy from the novel. Yay! I can’t believe it myself, but I was able to sail through the rest of the letters without any problem, other than the usual struggles with particles and modifiers, which can change the tone of the phrase drastically. I’m currently reviewing and editing the translated letters to ensure they’re accurate and make perfect sense in English, as there were some parts that were translated literally but sounded really awkward in English. With respect to the content, as I found with the other letters I previously translated, these ones also contain more interesting tidbits that are not mentioned in CCFS. I’m contemplating to do a head-to-head comparison of the letters of the novel vs. CCFS. I thought that may be a topic of interest for some of you avid CC fans. Yes? 😀
I plan to publish all the letters eventually, which will conclude my first translation project—the correspondence between Albert and Candy from Candy Candy Original Novel. I thought I wouldn’t be able to complete them by end of the year. So I’m patting myself on the back for that feat. At this rate, I’m considering to extend the project longer, translating the other letters as well. One that I think will be interesting to dig further is the letter Candy addressed to Anthony, which, along with the ones designated for Terry and Susanna, can be found in chapter 6, prior to Albert and Candy’s Correspondence in volume 3, the last volume of the novel. The title of the chapter is “Unsent Letters”.
Second, chapter 12 of Awakening is almost ready for release. Once it’s beta-ed and polished, it will be published. Since I’ve made you wait long enough, I’ll give you a sneak peek a day prior, but for the full version you have to read either in FF or Reverie 😀
Third, chapter 12 of All I Want is stewing. My target is to post this by end of next week, but we’ll see whether I’ll be able to achieve that. This week has been extremely busy for me that I haven’t had any time nor the energy to do anything that requires deep concentration, such as writing.
Last, yes, I know you must all have been wondering what happens with Forever and a Day. Sorry. I decided to postpone the update until all the chapters have been published in FF. Rest assured, chapter 5 is ready to be released.
Phew! That’s quite a bit of updates…
Surely, those will keep me tied up for a while. Hopefully, they’ll do the same for you as well.
Till next time,
forever
Beautiful Illusion 
Sometimes busy is good, as it means you are important ;).
Thank you, Elsa. I guess you’re right I can consider my busyness as such 😀
That’s wonderful news. What was really lacking for CC fans was Albert and Candy’s complete correspondence from the old novel. And what’s more, translated to English directly from Japanese. I congratulate you and applaud your efforts to accomplish that. I look forward to your publishing them on your blog. It will be a rewarding experience for all of us CC fans. I would also like very much to read a comparison between the letters in the old novel and CCFS. It will be interesting, to say the least. I can’t wait…
Moreover, there are other very interesting letters, as you mentioned, e.g. the letter to Anthony, which I believe many of us would love to read it in its original form. Plus the letter to Terry which I think is much longer than its equivalent in CCFS and contains many interesting things (maybe some of them too interesting especially for Terry fans? Who knows…) This chapter with Candy’s unsent letters sounds very intriguing.
However, Albert and Candy’s correspondence seems to be the best part of the old novel. I’m just wondering, if Terry fans should read it, would they have any doubts as to Anohito’s identity? It seems CCFS hasn’t fully convinced them yet…