Tutorials & Resources I made a google chrome extension that replaces the pinyin in World of Cultivation

I saw a bunch of people complaining about the untranslated pinyin in world of cultivation, so in my spare time I made this extension for fun that replaces all (most) of the pinyin with translated english. Of course, it's not perfect, so report any problems or bugs you have with it and I'll try to fix them

Btw, I didn't make it replace "ge" or "ye" to english, since that would have replaced a part in tons of other words as well.

Tell me what you think

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/world-of-cultivation-piny/bbnonihfnnpoafkaanninebcnecdnggl

Also, I heard that people were having even bigger problems with To Be a Virtuous Wife, so I was planning to add the pinyin in there to replace as well and update the extension, but I took a look at the enormous plethora of untranslated words and kind of got a headache so I'll probably do that tomorrow.

 

I'd say it's unnecessary since there are footnotes and the terms are properly explained. It takes out the cultural 'feels' the novel gives if you do that. I personally have no problem with referring to a glossary when I don't remember a term, and after reading a term a bunch of times, you'll usually remember it whether you want it or not.

 

True, but if using this inspires people to read this awesome story when they otherwise wouldn't have, I think that's good. Go with your preference.

 

And that is why I don't read translated CN. I dunno why but I can't remember pinyin even if my life depended on it. But LN is perfectly fine... I remember most of them, odd.

Anyways, thanks for it even if I won't use it.

 

nice work MRezman..keep it up.
your work is amazing..help lots of people that not good enough at remembering things ( its me ) or lazy..
for those who want original feeling..its no use to you

 

Remy-san, that is very true. But then, sometimes it's just outside of the translator's capability. But of course, at most of the times, it's just laziness.

Anyways, I'm totally part of the group that supports replacing all those original feelings with translated feelings because I also don't want the original grammar (broken English).

 

Wot, so many other translated CN stories have much less pinyin in their stories. You should go check them out!

 

thanks

Needed it

 

this is really awesome
thx dude

 

I read a lot of translated classical literature and yes, professional translators never have as many untranslated words as To Be a Virtuous Wife. It can't be helped since it's just a fan translation but I hope other amateur translators don't follow suit.