hangul OCR

hello thar

i would like to translate some korean comics I like:
(these are already translated)
http://elmuchachocetrino.blogspot.com/2008/08/tiras-cmicas-japo.html

my guess is that I should read the dialogs with some OCR software, than just copy and paste it e.g. to google translate

an other suggestion was to learn hangul, but I really want to stick to the first solution here :]

what would YOU suggest that could help me translate them?

learn korean

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>>2
fuuuuuuuuck

I'm studying Korean.

Though grammar wise I don't know much outside ～(이)에요 (Japanese: です), 아니에요 (じゃない), 은～는 (は), 이～가 (が), 도 (も) and 의 (の).

OP here
I've started to learn Hangul as it's pretty interesting and is fun to understand.

>>4
How much does knowing Japanese help? I want to learn Korean but I've heard a lot to put me off - at least for the present, as I'm not sure I could concentrate on it as much as I'd like. It would be nice to know if Japanese ability could help at all.

>>6
Knowing Japanese is definitely an advantage if you want to study Korean. The logic of both languages is very similar. For example, the verb always comes last and the least important information comes first; there's a copula; there are speech levels; there are particles that correspond in their usage pretty much to their Japanese counterparts; and both languages also share a lot of similar-sounding vocabulary (mostly via Chinese loanwords), e.g.

doctor - 의사 (uisa) - 医者 (isha)

magazine - 잡지 (japji) - 雑誌 (zasshi)

man - 남자 (namja) - the on reading of 男 is nan

housewife - 주부 (jubu) - 主婦 (shufu)

everything, whole thing - 전부 (jonbu) - 全部 (zenbu)

subject particle - 이 (i after consonants) ～ 가 (ga after vowels) - が (ga in all cases)

Of course, Korean grammar has a lot of quirks, and most of the vocabulary is totally new and unique, and its pronunciation is a bitch (I'm looking at you ㅡ and ㅓ), but it's nevertheless an interesting language.

>>7
Ah, that's good to know, especially about the logic of them being similar. I hadn't realised that. Thanks for the answer, I feel a little less pessimistic about Korean now.

Korean script is so awesome. It's like legos for languages! Pity that it sounds like a warbling monkey on fire.