Does anyone have these Japanese books translated into English? 1)"San-en Kinsen Hiroku" aka "The fountain of Gold - The Three Monkey Record of Money" written in 1755 2)Sakata Senjyutsu Syokai, aka "A Full Commentary on the Sakata Strategy" 3)Homma Sokyu Soba Zanmai Den, Honma Sokyu aka " Tales of a Life Immersed in the Market" Anyone here who speaks Japanese could they look on Amazon Japan for them? thanks
You should reach out to Neiderhoffer. The guy collects old and rare books. You would have to use language translating software to translate it. I'm sure that first book ain't cheap if it's out there.
Hi, You seem to have a strong interest in Japanese books translated in English because you've asked similar like questions before. 1) You're a book collector ? 2) There any Japanese speaking people in the area you live that you can hire to do translations for you ? 3) You a member of a Japanese forum ? I ask because many folks speak English at most Japanese forums about the markets and you can find someone to hire from that particular forum to do translations for you.
I and 3 are still in print here, but I couldn't find an English translation. 2 is in the library.All I found in English was: http://tradesamurai.com/blogs/3-The-Sakata-Strategy
I collect old and rare books...some in foreign languages. Human translation is the best and preferably by someone "familiar" with the topic and/or familiar with terms/phrases. I've tried in the past several types of software on foreign books I've copied from libraries, rare book stores and my own private collection...translations were horrible even in a language I speak/write very well (e.g. french) that allowed me see if the translation were accurate...technical books are the worst for software translation but ok for today's general books. Luckily, when I was in college as a foreign student, I always had access to other students that could do translations for me especially financial books and market books. After college, I just continue using that type of resource as the most reliable (cheapest) although I tried software...that once included purchasing a special type of copying machine with a new type of OCR technology...not exactly accurate when there are columns and tables among the pages with text or the book is very old. The latter, I have many rare books that I wouldn't dare open wide enough to stretch the bindings for the purpose of copying from my own private collection. You just don't want one day to see pages fall out the next time you open the book. In fact, many rare books in libraries (two particular books the OP asked about)...the library allows viewing only and only at the library. Actually, most libraries that have rare books do not allow copying. I found that out when I was in college at my own university and while visiting friends at other universities. Thus, I had to find a fellow student to go to the library with me and then translate the books...I then wrote down what was translated and made that my own English or French version on paper. Today, most libraries don't even allow coping of rare books via hand held copying devices for those that are sneaky. Caught doing such can easily result in getting into a ton of trouble or even arrest. Lastly, you've asked about the same books or similar books many years ago. I think you should just contact someone that speaks Japanese and then have that person locate rare book stores, libraries or universities that have copies in Japan. Next, you reserve the book for specific dates and travel to the location of the book considering these books seem important to you due to the fact you're still asking about them after all these years here at ET. You can also wait more years and hope someone puts the translation on the internet or the book itself shows up for sale like amazon or ebay as someone has shown here for one of the books. Yet, after purchase, you'll still need someone to translate it for you (e.g. student from your local university...they'll work for cheap). P.S. Contact Steve Nison and Felipe Tudela...they may still have copy or know someone that has a copy that's translated. P.S.S. A few times in the recent past I've seen rare books up for sale on Japanese auction websites. Find someone to do regular searches for you if you don't understand the language.
Thanks for all the replies. I have tweeted Steve and Vic to see if there is an English translation already available. The guy at this blog has it in English but is unwilling to publish or sell it. http://hedgefund.blogspot.co.uk/2008/04/best-hedge-fund.html In the meantime is there anyone in Japan who can take delivery of the book and scan it? Once it is scanned we could do an open source translation. I can pay you for the book via paypal or bitcoin.
Things would be so much easier if you would have a basic understanding of Japanese. The link I provided to Amazon Japan is to a used book. The seller of the book goes by the name Rich Mark, which doesn't sound very Japanese to me. If you would be able to get in contact with him through the Amazon Japan website you would be able to find out if you would be able to get delivery of the book yourself. Also several book stores in Japan are selling this same book second-hand on Amazon Japan. They publish their addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.