Last week was a busy one. I've completely reorganized all of the titles from Kenji Miyazawa and Nankichi Niimi into a series: Tales From a Japanese Dreamland. Since I started translating these stories I've been wondering about the best way to present them in a way that people interested in them would be able to find them. Of course, people who already know the authors will just search by author name, but I really would like to introduce these guys to a new audience, so I feel the title of the series is really quite important.
After trialling all sorts of different series titles, I decided to go with this one because it best conveys a sense of the fantasy world that these authors created, without restricting their audience to just children. I also thought about using fairytales or folk tales but the word fairytale tends to bring to mind Hansel & Gretel or Little Red Riding Hood, which are great stories, but mostly for children, while folk tales brings to mind stories like Robin Hood that have been handed down for generations, so it is not really suitable to these stories.
Paul
After trialling all sorts of different series titles, I decided to go with this one because it best conveys a sense of the fantasy world that these authors created, without restricting their audience to just children. I also thought about using fairytales or folk tales but the word fairytale tends to bring to mind Hansel & Gretel or Little Red Riding Hood, which are great stories, but mostly for children, while folk tales brings to mind stories like Robin Hood that have been handed down for generations, so it is not really suitable to these stories.
Paul
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