Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki.
First published in 1908, this is a book of "beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan" that were collected, translated and retold by the author, Yei Theodora Ozaki, who states: "...in telling them I have also found that they were still unknown to the vast majority, and this has encouraged me to write them for the children of the West." In part, the project was the result of a suggestion made by her friend Andrew Lang, another collector of fairy stories, who printed his stories in the many Colored Fairy Books. (Summary by not.a.moose)
- How to claim a part, and 'how it all works' here
To find a section to record, simply look at point 5. below at the sections. All the ones without names beside them are “up for grabs.” Click "Post reply" at the top left of the screen and tell us which section you’d like to read (include the section number from the left-most column in the reader list, please). Read points 6. to 8. below for what to do before, during and after your recording. - New to recording?
Please read our Newbie Guide to Recording! - Is there a deadline?
Target completion date of this project: January 31, 2008 – but try to send your recordings as soon as you can. If you cannot do your section, for whatever reason, just let me know and it’ll go back to the pool. There’s no shame in this; we’re all volunteers and things happen. - Where do I find the text?
Source text (please only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4018 - Please claim sections (the numbers in the first column below)!
A word count for each chapter has been included for your benefit.
Forum discussions have shown that people read on average 130-190 words per minute.
Per 5000 words, this comes to about 25 to 40 minutes of reading time.
Japanese pronunciation: The author name Yei is pronounced like the English 'yay.' Japanese pronunciation is completely phonetic and not too difficult. The vowels only have one sound, and are pronounced very similar to Italian vowels. Here are a couple of good Japanese pronunciation guides (a search for "japanese pronunciation" will yield lots more):
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~bestor/easy_pronunciation.htm
http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/japanese_language/japanese_pronunciation.htm
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~bestor/easy_pronunciation.htm
(Admin link) - BEFORE recording:
Please check the Recording Notes:
http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430
Set your recording software to:
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz - DURING recording:
Make sure you add this to the beginning and end of your recording:
Start of recording (Intro)- "Chapter [number] of Japanese Fairy Tales. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
- If you wish, say: "Recording by [your name]"
- Say: "Japanese Fairy Tales, by Yei Theodora Ozaki. [Chapter ##, Chapter Name]"
End of recording- At the end of the section, say: “End of [Chapter ##, Chapter Name]"
If you wish, say: "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of Japanese Fairy Tales, by Yei Theodora Ozaki. "
Please leave 5 seconds silence at the end of your recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes!
Also, please remember to check this thread frequently for updates! - AFTER recording:
Need noise-cleaning?
Listen to your file through headphones. If you can hear some background noise, you may want to clean it up a bit. The new (free) version 1.3.3. of Audacity (Mac/Win) has much improved noise-cleaning. See this thread for more information.
Save files as
128 kbps MP3
japanesefairytales_##_ozaki.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is your section number. (e.g. japanesefairytales_01_ozaki.mp3)
ID3 V2 tags
(To find out more about ID3 tags, go to our wiki: http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/WhatIsID3)
Add the following tags to your .mp3 file (how you do this depends on which software you use – if you are unsure about ID3 tags, send me a message). Please mind upper and lower case!
Title: ## - [Section title] (e.g. "01 - My Lord Bag of Rice")
Artist: Yei Theodora Ozaki
Album: Japanese Fairy Tales
Please ignore tags for Genre and Track Number - these will be filled in automatically at the cataloguing stage.
Transfer of files (completed recordings)
Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file.
Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.- Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader (when your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread):
http://upload.librivox.org
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin)
You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: ge - Gesine - If this doesn't work, or you have questions, please check our How To Send Your Recording wiki page.
- your name/pseudonym as you want to appear in the LibriVox catalog, and your website URL if you like. These are only necessary if this is your first LibriVox recording.
- the file size of your .mp3 file/duration of the recording.
- Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader (when your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread):
Any questions?
Please post below or PM me.
