[Locked] Commissioning FAQ & List of Commissionable Translators

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Q: What's a Comission?
A: Paying a scanlator to get something translated.

Most translation teams will also release the commissioned stuff on their own site. Requesting exclusive (not released to anyone else) commissions may cost extra. Some translation teams frown on commissions later released for profit, others accept such use.

Q: Beyond money what do I need?
A: A RAW (scan) of sufficient quality.

Only a handful of translation teams have scanners of their own, who're usually busy scanning stuff the team wants to translate anyway. So if you want something translated you'll usually have to provide a RAW of your own.

Most teams are willing to do the cleanup on their own, but if the raws are really atrocious they won't deal with you.

Since nowadays most "translation" sites are compromised either of a team of translator/editor or people who can do both, from this point on I'll just refer to the team as a whole, unless the team/person only specializes in either.

Q: What's a scanlation?
A: A drawn work translated from a foreign language.

Scanlations typically preserve reading direction, so manga/doujinshi will retain right-to-left layout. Whether sound effects are translated vary by scanlator, though typically they're left untranslated as they're hard to replace since they're outside speech bubbles.

Detailed scanlation description:

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Editing difficulty

Most manga/doujinshi is straighforward, since it's black & white with text in separate speech bubbles.

If the text is not in speech bubbles, or the speech bubbles are transparent the work is a lot harder, since the editor has to preserve the content behind the text.

If the text has specific effects, the editor may need to use different fonts to retain the meaning and if these effects mingle with the graphics his job is harder.

Color pages are harder to work on, since now the editor has to preserve colors.

Color pages with text not in speech bubbles or colored text are the hardest to edit.

The harder something is to edit, the more it may cost!
The more text there is, the more it may cost!

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Listed prices are based on stuff the translator usually works on!
More difficult scanlations will cost more to commission!

(Read the above section on editing difficulty for details).

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Bouyatachi Translations

URL: http://ac124.wordpress.com/
Request Method: E-mail to bouyatachi@gmail.com. Provide RAW link in mail.
Cost: ~$1.00/page.
Payment: Full payment upfront after comission has been confirmed. Gift through Paypal at bouyatachi@gmail.com.

Restrictions: No scat, vore, gore, birthing, unbirthing, >10% furry, yaoi/male homoerotic, bestiality, lolicon, toddlercon, or shitting. Licensed work such as Linda Projects. Doesn't like preggo, yuri/lesbian, shotacon, extreme femdom such as reverse anal, nipple fucking, non-sexual physical abuse like hitting the face or stomach, or subjectively ugly art.
Preferences: netorare, cheating, 2 or more males and 1 female, gangbang, mind control, mind break, sexual training, female masochism, sex change, chicks. Favorite artists include Taira Hajime, Takeda Hiromitsu, Otono Natsu, Bai Asuka, Drill Murata, Nagare Ippon, Redrop, and Erect Sawaru.

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Brolen's Scanlation Hideout

URL: http://brolen9104.wordpress.com/
Request Method: E-mail brolen2339104@gmail.com. Provide RAW link in mail.
Cost: ~$0.65/page text translation (~50 words/page). ~$0.65/page editing. ~$1.30/page translation+editing. (Editing is contracted out).
Payment: By Paypal.

Restrictions: None
Preferences: None

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Biribiri Translation

URL: http://biribiri.eu
Request Method: Contact through e-mail biribiri.bh@gmail.com or IRC #biritrans@irc.rizon.net
Cost: ~$1.0-$1.5/page. +$0.5/page for private release.
Payment: Not listed.

Restrictions: Not listed.
Preferences: Lolicon.

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Chocolate Scans

URL: http://chocolatescans.blogspot.com

Chocolate Scans doesn't accept any more commissions for the time being. Emails regarding commissions and donor projects will be ignored until further notice. Thanks for understanding, and we hope to get back to doing regular releases soon.

Request Method: E-mail either anonymouscf@hotmail.com or blumeino@yahoo.com Put "Commission Request" in subject field, include all appropriate links, e.g. link to the raws, include any special instructions (otherwise will translate by own taste).
Cost: ~$1.20/page. Extra editing: +$0.15/page. E.g excessive dialogue (>10 bubbles per page), TL/replacement of original SFX. Decensoring: +$0.50/page.
Payment: By Paypal. Full payment up front. First time customers may deposit 30% in advance the rest on delivery.

Restrictions: None
Preferences: None

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DesuDesu's Weblog

URL: http://desudesu0.com/
Request Method: E-mail desudesu2[at]gmail.com. Provide RAW link in mail.
Cost: ~$1.50/page.
Payment: By Paypal. Commissioner receives samples once translation is done. Full work transferred once full payment arrives.

Restrictions: Heavy guro, mutant freakshow (e.g: that sewer-mutant-insect-girl manga series).
Preferences: Anything that's acceptable on 4chan /h/ and /d/. May even do scat.

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Epic Works Zone

URL: http://epicworks.wordpress.com
Request Method: E-mail epicworkss@gmail.com or contact through webpage. Provide RAW link.
Cost: ~$1.25/page, extreme content(e.g. guro, scat) +$0.10/page, super-extreme content (heavy guro, bestiality) +$0.45/page, excessive text/editing +$0.15/page.
Payment: By Paypal. Usually full payment up front.

Restrictions: No restrictions. Everything is acceptable. Even heavy guro and extreme bestiality.
Preferences: Nothing in particular.

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Fated Circle Translations

URL: http://fatedcircle.wordpress.com/
Request Method: E-mail fatedcirclev3@gmail.com. Provide RAW link.
Cost: ~$1.00/page.
Payment: By Paypal.

Restrictions: Heavy guro and yaoi.
Preferances: MILFs, matures, OLs, teachers, girls/women in uniform.

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Fuwafuwaru! (formerly Hei x Yin Translations)

URL: http://fuwafuwaru.fakku.net/
Request Method: E-mail fuwafuwaru.translations@gmail.com. Provide RAW link in mail.
Cost: Normal ~1.25$/page, guro/scat ~$1.5/page.
Payment: By Paypal. Must pay full price before release.

Restrictions: Not listed, probably none.
Preferences: Not listed, probably not guro/scat.

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Kizlan's Hentai Translations

URL: http://kizlan.fakku.net/
Request Method: E-mail kizlan@wildblue.net. Provide RAW link in mail.
Cost: ~$1.30/page.
Payment: By Paypal. At least 25% in advance.

Restrictions: Obvious loli, yaoi, bestiality, guro, scat.
Preferences: Tentacle, rape, mind break, gender swap.

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Kusanyagi's Translation Corner

URL: http://kusanyagi.blogspot.com
Request Method: E-mail kusanyagi8@gmail.com. Provide RAW link in mail.
Cost: ~$1.00/page translation only. ~$1.50/page with editing. ~$2.00/page for private translation.
Payment: By PayPal and AlertPay. Full payment in advance.

Restrictions: Not listed.
Preferences: Not listed.

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One of a King Productions (AKA CGRascal)

URL: http://cgrascal.fakku.net/
Request Method: E-mail oneofakind_055@yahoo.com .
Cost: ~$0.75/page translation only. ~$1.25/page with editing.
Payment: By Paypal.

Restrictions: Scat, tentacles, furry or loli. Handwritten text. Waterworks is iffy. Yaoi is Hideyoshi-gendered only. No tankoubons. Abundance of text over the images instead speech/thought bubbles.
Preferences: Not listed.

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Pineapples 'R Us

URL: http://pineapplesrus.fakku.net/
Request Method: E-mail ackeejag@gmail.com. Proide RAW link.
Cost: ~$0.80-$1.50/page
Payment: By Paypal, must have a Paypal account of your own.

Restrictions: Scat, guro, furry, yaoi, or obvious loli.
Preferences: Not listed.

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QB Translations

URL: http://QB-TL.com
Request Method: Email QBtranslations@gmail.com. Provide RAW link.
Cost: ~$1.3-$1.7/page.
Payment: By PayPal. 50% upfront for first time commissioners.

Restrictions: None as of now.
Preferences: Lolicon.

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SaHa's Weblog

URL: http://www.sahadou.com
Request Method: E-mail sahadou@gmail.com. Provide RAW link in mail.
Cost: ~$1.80/page.
Payment: 50% up front for first time commissioners. Method not listed.

Restrictions: No guro. There must be at least some level of continuity in the commission (i.e.: Don’t ask for page 2, 6, 9 and 15 in a 16 page chapter).
Preferences: Not listed. Straight Sex, Gangbang, Rape, Yuri, Yaoi, Futanari, Furry, Cross-Dressing, Golden Shower, Tentacles, Beast(dogs, horses, frogs, whatever else), Loli, Shota, Preg, Birthing/Egg-laying, X-ray and probably various other fetishes he can't think to name are all acceptable.

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sirC's Commissions

URL: http://sirccommissions.blogspot.com
Request Method: E-mail sirC82@gmail.com. Provide RAW link in mail.
Cost: ~$1.00/page. +$0.15/page for Hardcore "alternative" (/d/) genres, e.g. guro, scat.
Payment: By Paypal.

Restrictions: Not listed, probably none.
Preferences: Not listed, but probably shota (e.g. Juan Gotoh).

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The Club Cowslip (Hentai Section of Rabbit Revelry)

URL: http://rabbitrevelry.com/clubcowslip/
Request Method: E-mail ribaldrabbit[at]gmail[dot]com. Provide RAW link in mail. (No e-mail attachments).
Cost: Tit-for-tat. You send them a 30 page doujinshi to do, you’ll have to pay enough to get another 30 page doujinshi.
Payment: 50% up front for first time commissioners. Method not listed.

Restrictions: Won't work on full volumes.
Preferences: Oneshots and doujinshi.

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TONIGOBE

URL: http://www.tonigobe.net/
Request Method: E-mail tonigobe@gmail.com. Provide RAW link in mail.
Cost: ~$0.75/page translation only. ~$1.25/page with editing. Coloring (characters only, sans background) ~$1.0/page. SFX translation ~$1.25/page
Payment: By Paypal. Schedule up to commissioner. Payment up front means priority.

Restrictions: Futanari, yaoi, tentacle, guro, beastiality, insect-iality, and any weird stories of mutated women with multiple vaginal orafices.
Preferences: Not listed.

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UMAD Scans

URL: http://umadscans.ryuutama.com/
Request Method: E-mail zeniththeone@yahoo.com. Provide RAW link in mail.
Cost: ~$1.50/page.
Payment: Not listed.

Restrictions: Not listed.
Preferences: Not listed, probably Touhou doujinshi.

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This post is still WIP.
If you have some relevant data or you're translator yourself willing to do commissions feel free to post and I'll it to the list.

Someone sticky this post, please. We have so many people coming in here, thinking they can just ask us to translate something. Why don't they understand that it doesn't work that way? :/

Hey, Flaser, doesn't Fakku itself translate anymore, or do they just not accept commissions?

Good idea for a thread, should be useful someday for me perhaps.

Commissioning also tends to consists of paying for the editing (cleaning, typesetting, redrawing, etc) as well, unless you plan to do it yourself. There's only a few people out there who are script-only translators without helping editors (like AfroThunda). An important point when choosing which translator to go with is what their rates are and what kind of content different people accept. Most are fine with vanilla content, but will pass on yaoi or extreme fetishes like guro or scat. Some are completely fine with anything.

The idea concept of commissioning in general is to be able to see something you want translated done in a time frame that's acceptable, instead of hoping and praying that a doujinshi or an h-manga will get picked up by a group. With thousands of works to choose form, unless you have very popular tastes for artists that are always worked on, the chances are that most things will be overlooked. And commissioners must realize that they're paying for the work done, not for the raw doujinshi or raw h-manga.

In order to obtain the raws you need, Fakku isn't going be very helpful. So either scan your own purchases like Anonymous Scanner does, or simply browse E-Hentai (where most our raws come from). Wasn't Fakku going to start a scanlator group open for hire, but the thread was lost during one of the server rollbacks?

Pant.su also has a ton of raws.

Epic Scans contacted me, their info has been added.

Hmm, what if I just want someone in Japan to pickup an artbook and scan it? Would any of these apply to that?

I've done that through someone I got in contact with in Japan through imouto.org, wonder if I have other alternatives though.

Updated the information, some minor tweaks to layout.

Hey, Jejuni from QB-TL.com here.
Our small group is around half a year old and we have recently started taking commissions. As such, we'd be really happy if you could get us a spot on your list.

URL: QB-TL.com
Request Method: Send an email to translator@QB-TL.com. Please also include a link to the RAW.
Cost: ~$1.3-$1.7 per page. Full translation and editing included. Final price depends on the difficulty of editing and the amount/difficulty of the text in question. 50% upfront for first time commissioners.
Payment: via PayPal.

Restrictions: None as of now.
Preferences: Lolicon.

Added you guys to the list, reworded some stuff to fit the rest of the list and omitted the usual yadda on lack of fixed pricing (added a reminder to the list's beginning for extra measure).

Hey,

thanks a lot for that!

Due to a small change in our member makeup, our website and email address has changed.
The new website is located at: http://qbtranslations.wordpress.com/
and the new email address is: QBtranslations@gmail.com

Would be really awesome if you could update the list with the new information.

Thanks a lot!
Jejuni

Done and good luck with your projects!
Thanks for all your releases so far.

Hmm the ones I always use aren't up there
I spent over 200 bucks on traslatons

You could give their contact info and commissioning details perhaps?

Rinruririn and maipantsu

Necrobump for the Necro-god!

You do realize that you haven't provided any information I asked for?

I happen to know that they are active on e-hetai, but know little else.

How to contact them what are their rates, any likes, dislikes and no-nos when it comes to commissions.

Hey, I've been doing paid translations for the past year (you even have some of them on here) and it'd be awesome if you could add me to your list of translators.

Forbidden-Translations

URL: http://forbidden-translations.com/
Request Method: Email me at -- Forbiddenfetish77@gmail.com --
Cost: $1 per page for just a text translation. Editing depends on how much work it will be but varies from 75cents to a dollar.
Payment: Paypal only. I ask for at least a 50% down payment to add the doujin/manga to my current list of translations and the other 50% is paid on completion. For bigger doujins we can break up the payments if you'd like.

Restrictions: None, as long as I can read it.
Preferences: I'm not going to lie, I like futanari.

I'm interested in offering my translation services,

URL: http://fatedwolf.blogspot.com/
Request Method: Send me readable scans, fatedwolftranslation.gmail.com
Cost: ~$0.75/Page¹, SFX +$0.1/Page², Out-of-Bubble Text +$0.2/Page ~Example~
Payment: Paypal, after completion.

Restrictions: No scat, vore, gore, birthing, unbirthing, furry, toddlercon
Preferences: Ears, tails, no fur.