The day is finally here. After months and months of hard work, we at Alka Translations are proud to bring you our completed English translation of Angel Beats! 1st Beat. A lot of fun, love, and definitely some frustration has gone into this project for us. And it’s a momentous occasion for all involved! For READ MORE
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Alka Translations Monthly Status Report: May 2020
Hello everyone! A very happy May to you, though I suppose it’s still April right now, isn’t it? So why, then, am I posting the May Status Report early? Well, I’m probably gonna be a bit busy during the final days of April, so typing this up closer to May just isn’t practical. Why not READ MORE
Angel Beats! 1st Beat Translation Complete
The words you’ve all been longing to hear since 2015 are at last in front of your eyes. With the wrapping up of the Matsushita route, our translation of Angel Beats is 100% completed. An enormous round of applause for Translator the Saitou and Log. I’ll save the sappy stuff for the release post. Now READ MORE
April Wafools! We’ve Picked Up Kud Wafter
You read that right! On April 1st, we posted a cheeky image of a Kud Wafter-ized Alka Translations logo to our Twitter account. Little did you wafools know, this was no prank. Kud Wafter is going to be our 4th project! After the translations of Angel Beats and Reflection Blue, there will only be one READ MORE
Alka Translations Monthly Status Report: April 2020
Hey all! Let me just get this out of the way right away: there will be absolutely no April Fools stuff in this blog. That’s actually why I’m posting this on March 31st instead of the first day of the month like usual. I don’t want you guys to go into this thinking there’s any READ MORE
Alka Translations Monthly Status Report: March 2020
Hello hello! It has been some time. We’ve had quite the month of February, haven’t we? As the title suggests, it’s time for another Monthly Status Report, so let’s get right to it, shall we? So, for the final time for at least a few months, let’s talk Summer Pockets. As most, if not all READ MORE
A Personal Note From Rinny
Right now, as I type this, the credits of Summer Pockets roll by. It’s 3:30 in the morning. And it feels to me like a chapter has officially ended, and is ready to turn the page to the next one. It all started with Clannad, one of Key’s earlier works. To keep it brief, I READ MORE
Alka Translations Monthly Status Report: February 2020
Hello everyone! Happy early Valentine’s Day and Happy February! It definitely doesn’t feel like it’s been nearly a month since the last update post. What’s changed in a month, you ask? What’s new? Well, I’m here to tell you! Regarding Angel Beats, we haven’t COMPLETELY put it on hiatus while we finish up Summer Pockets. READ MORE
Alka Translations Monthly Status Report: January 2020
Hi all! A Happy New Year to everyone. This is intended to be the first entry of a monthly staff blog post I’ll be writing up for everybody sometime each month. The purpose of these is that we want to be as transparent as we can be with everyone. We want to make sure you READ MORE
Announcing Our Next Project: Angel Beats! 1st Beat
Hey all! Awhile back, I mentioned that we wanted to be a pretty transparent group, as transparent as we could be. So I thought I’d give you all a bit of a progress update on the group, Summer Pockets and yes, the secret project which many of you guessed. First, Summer Pockets. The Kamome route READ MORE