hi!! i got into scanlation in 2021 for sukirofa : the chapters hadn't been translated for a few months so i decided to take matters in my own hands despite how little confidence i had into my ability to do it justice and did everything from cleaning and poor attempts at redrawing to translating and typesetting!! i was thankfully joined by the rest of tsubame club after those humbling 10 chapters that made me appreciate all the work that goes into scanlation even more (and that still humble me whenever i see those pages going around)
scanlation is definitely a time consuming process and some of the fandom culture surrounding it might make you feel like it's thankless work but i can't help but think of it as rewarding!! my favorite thing about it has to be that it is ultimately a labor of love, that wanting to connect people with stories is at the heart of it. i've always loved languages so all the brainstorming that goes into choosing the phrasing that gets the meaning across best is especially fun ; god, i've even come to think of the frustration of knowing that some nuances are bound to be lost in translation as something dear to me. tsubame club's translation and proofreading process involves a lot of those discussions (i can't think of a single sukirofa chapter where we didn't have at least one line to discuss at length) and it's definitely tough work but i always end up thinking about how wonderful it is to love a story this much, to dedicate your time to it and to be able to bring it to others
thank you so much for your kindness and for all the love you put in your scanlation too!!