User blog comment:JustSomeDude.../JSD's "Secret" Agenda/@comment-3203286-20150204213933/@comment-3203286-20150205235226

Stubborn or not, we need people actually able to translate. We're unlikely to get people fluent in Japanese turn up here as newbs. I admit it's a possibility, but a slim one.

Well, that's a discussion for another day.

I'm prepared to try and post on talk pages of new editors with potential, or talk to them in chat if they're prepared to join. Possibly set up a link in the first edit autopost that directs them to me if they have questions about editing - maybe that's too much trouble, but I'm up for it.