It's true. Recreating documentation that makes sense (dates, personnel, 
recording locations, etc.) from only label scans and inexperienced 
translators (those who do not know idiomatic English... or Japanese!) 
can be a true pain. For Hawaiian record runs, recorded and pressed in 
Japan, I had to extrapolate possible recording dates by making up a list 
of issue numbers in each series for each label and the making an 
educated guess. Some documentation actually did survive for some labels, 
but mostly for issue dates, not recording dates.
Title translation can also be trouble. The written language in 1920 may 
not be, and probably is not in many cases, accurate. Ways of 
interpreting ideograms change over time making translation a nightmare.
Malcolm

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On 4/1/2015 8:50 AM, Paul Stamler wrote:
> On 4/1/2015 11:35 AM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>> How about Japan?
>
> Japan too, though my understanding is that the bombing of Tokyo was so 
> devastating that documentation of what might have been lost is 
> impossible.
>
> Peace,
> Paul
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