Synopsis:
When I noticed it, I was in a different world… As a Sword.
Wait, what? Why?! The place I woke up was a great plain crowded with monsters, so I set off, flying in search of a wielder (women only).
Hm? A magic stone? I can gain Skills if I absorb them? This has become interesting! Hyahha, give me magic stones!
— Ah, that was a joke. I’ll take the magic stone, though.
This is the story of a mob-nerd sent into another world as a Sword. Publication has also been decided.
Note that this is a translation of the Web Novel version of ‘I was a Sword when I Reincarnated’. If someone picks up the Light Novel adaptation, I’ll link them here.
Ensig:
Hey all, due to my impatience regarding the next release (Chapter 6 at the time) possibly not coming out until the Summer of 2016 one thing led to another and I translated a chapter. The process wasn’t as bad as expected.
Note that this is the first work I’ve ever translated, and I’m using Machines to do it, so hopefully your hopes aren’t shattered if the Quality of the translation isn’t up to par/the translation differs a bit from the raws (the raws themselves are linked above all the chapters below for ease of access… If you want to use them, that is).
Also, note that I’m translating this on a whim. I’ll only translate when I’m bored, have time, and feel compelled to do so. In other words: don’t depend on regular releases — in fact, depend on incredibly sporadic ones.
As for the Chapters released by Kisato and Moonlightsways (1-5), I’ll put links here to act as a hub. I won’t be re-translating them, because there’s no real reason to do so.
Chapters 34 to 46 were translated by mllhild with me as the editor. All of the chapters we did together are also found here as if nothing happened.
As of Chapter 58, I have passed on translatorship (is that a word?) to Pengu; all chapters after that mark can be found on their site, NovelUpdates, or whatever Light/WebNovel following site you choose.
thanks for the chapter. i hope you get more bored so you’d want to translate more 😀
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I’m currently translating another chapter.
I get bored quite easily, it seems. :T
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Good luck man. This stuff will suck your soul if you don’t take breaks. I literally burnt out my intrest in it Doesn’t mean that I’m not doing just that I’m not going to be doing anything till summer.
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Mhm. I’ll try my best (when I’m bored)!
If/when you’d like to work on it, just contact me here and I’ll distribute the work evenly, too. That way, it’ll be less draining… Probably.
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Thx for chapter
Will he found a wielder in the next chap?
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Raw link?
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“Raw” is the slang for “untranslated”. In other words, that’s the link to “I was a Sword when I reincarnated!” in its native language — Japanese.
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Ok i shall use untranslated from now on
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I went in Raw 😉
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Thanks for the chapters bro
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hey, i wanted to thanks you for your efforts in translating this, i hope you keep doing so in the future even if it means decreasin the translation rate 😀
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Mhm~
I’ll keep going until I’m either:
1. No longer Bored
2. Bored of the series
Seeing as neither of those seem to be happening any time soon, you’re welcome~
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Sorry to bother you but could you tell me the frequency of chapter updates?
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Well, because I’m only translating to kill time, I have no set update times.
If someone picked this up instead, I’d be able to leisurely read it, so my motivation is solely to make the chapters readable for myself, in other words~
Sword-shisho chapters are quite easy to translate, so I’ve been letting out one a day recently… But I never have, and never will, guarantee that’ll always be the case.
Any chapters are better than none, so my sporadic releases are better than none, right?
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I guess, but thank you for translating. This novel is quickly rising in my ranks, and I would be devastated if you dropped it. I hope this was some motovation to keep releasing chapters at your on pace and keep going with the story. (Please let your pace not be my pace, which is procrastination at its finest)
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i have been waiting for this *cries IRL* Thank you ,O.O
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If you get your hopes too high you’ll end up crying again, y’know~?
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Thank god someone picked this up! I can now rest easily and can now fap peacefully. Thank you!
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Fap peacefully, huh.
That’s the weirdest form of compliment I’ve ever received, so thanks, and you’re welcome!
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Haha! You will see more eccentric/weird compliments in the net, my friend.
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Thank you for taking the time to translate this novel!
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Please do more! This is amazing! Is there a donation page?!
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You’re the second person to ask, so I’ll give you a straight answer: there isn’t.
I’m not really doing this for money, it’s just to curb boredom. There’s also the fact that I don’t have a Paypal or anything like that, and my card’s being a douche, so… Yeah.
It’d be OK to get Steam Money, but that’s impossible unless someone wants to donate in fixed amounts via cards, and simply wants to Email me the codes.
So yep. That’s the answer. There’s no donation page or anything, but enjoy your read!
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I hope you get bored again it really is a good one. Thanks for the work so far.
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Thank you for translating this wonderful novel
I found some ILLUSTRATIONS of this novel :
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Can you please find as i can’t find more than 2
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1.I searched for images of the novel using the title in Japanese.
2.the images which I used the google function to search for more sizes of them.
3.I selected the most I found and decided to visit her page.
4.Why lucky and found a hidden gallery on the page when I clicked it opened revealing images.
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Send the link to me…
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http://www.cg-con.com/novel/publish/4_tenken.html
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The link java gallery this purple
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Sadly i can’t understand a single thing since i am using my ipad and it wont auto translate….
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Nor I understand, as I said I was lucky.
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Found more.
NSFW http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CoQkxg4UIAEHKSp.jpg:small
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Thanks
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Thanks this has quickly become a top 5 favorite unfinished read has everything I like in the main characters and keeps me entertained I hope you continue and know my day is made whenever you update especially after work
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I made an EPUB/Dark PDF of Chapter 1-43
https://lnwnepubs.wordpress.com/i-was-a-sword-when-i-reincarnated/
The Translator had properly credited in the post and page of the site. they were also properly credited inside and outside the epub and links to their respective sites has been added.. Kudos to the translator..
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Thanks for that!
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Hi.
Looking forward to the next chapter~
Thanks.
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Yeah same here
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I keep checking hoping for a new chapter
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Hi Bro, I were looking for your email, but, well i cant get it, so i’ll say it here.
I’m starting to translate novels what are on english to spanish(my native language), and I’m here to ask your permission for translate this novel based of your work.( I’ll link this web and all that)
Sorry if i have a failure on something, it’s a lot more easy read than write -.-“
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Hmhm. Go ahead, then.
However, just to be clear, my translations are done via machines so they aren’t 100% accurate (i.e. if you translate Sword-shisho through my work, even if you do your translations manually, there will still be minute differences between it and the Raws).
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Thanks you.
Well, i think, there’s times when the translator need to do some changes for get some logic in his language.
P.D: I did double-link… i thought this comment was lost :S
P.D.D: That mega-fail on the first phrase of the comment, so much time without writing something on english…. T-T”
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Pringles… this novel is like Pringles… You gotta eat the whole tube…but in this case, the chips dough is ready and you have to wait for someone to hand bake every chip.
BAKE FASTER! T.T
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Hi everyone,
I was just wondering if chapter 58 was posted somewhere else ? If so, where can I find it ?
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The Translation is on hiatus until December-ish, as I (Ensig) have irl stuff to attend to, and Pengu does as well until then.
Unless someone started translating without notifying me, 58 isn’t translated.
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Alright, thanks a lot for the TL can’t wait to keep reading.
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more please
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Still waiting and hoping for your return Sir Ensig, and the return of new chapters of Sword Shisho upon your arrival. Do take your time with whatever it is you are doing irl, but remember that we are here to cheer and support you with these works. Also still waiting for the rewrite of Undead Life. I love your work.
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Just a quick notice, Ensig said that he has stopped translating and it looks like pengu has continued the translations from after chapter 57. Thanks for all the great work so far Ensig and can’t wait to read any other works that you decide to translate.
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Why is this girl so kawaii as fuck
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Thank u always for ur great work…
^^…
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First and second chapter cannot be read because blog was removed.
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… Seriously?
Haa… I guess I’ll translate ’em for old time’s sake. I’ll make a copy of 3, 4, and 5 as well in case this happens again.
Thanks for telling me, m8.
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I read the manga, couldn’t get enough of it and looking for the LN right away.
Thank you so much for translating this!
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umm plz translate more
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I’ve long since stopped TL’ing. CardboardTL is currently handling the series – Novel Updates has the current chapter at 301, in fact.
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it’s so annoying how everything is disjointed. while the previous comment also says it, check novelupdates (https://www.novelupdates.com/series/i-was-a-sword-when-i-reincarnated/) to get all the locations
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