Discussion WN is the way go or is LN the way to go

Now DMCA notice is something that has become part of our community now . Following a novel for more than a year and then boom all gone. Now I know why this happens and accept reason. But seeing that most of the times WN is out of the factor for these type of notices. I have this question.


Should be a WN be translated instead of LN if there is one just to be safe?

 

Ehh, wouldn't that be a waste of time and resources?..

 

Don't most people already just translate the WN since its free compared to paying for the volumes and having ti shipped overseas? Personally i would like both versions translated since the LN could change quite a bit from its WN version (like in Death March). Even if you try to avoid LN because of DMCA, some WN raws get taken down when it gets published as a LN so basically similar problem there.

 

I think people prefer the LN because its the edited version and the translator does not want to worry about the author suddenly disappearing or typo`s and poor writing style that needs editing.

 

To be honest! As long as there's something to read. It won't matter to me.

 

What's WN stand for?

 

Web Novel

 

Web novels, especially the japanese ones arent safe either. It really depends on the author's mood.. some have suddenly stop updating, or even delete the raw site. The ones that are rewritten from the very beginning are especially dangerous. Completed ones are ussually the most safe. Popular ones, especially the ones that is getting an anime adaptation are good targets for yenpress and its kind.

 

DMCA is an evil empire they took away a lot novels I was reading and I got left hanging that's why I stay away from LN if there is a WN version.

 

while it is true, and without a doubt that chinese novels are good, japanese have its own flavour too that I find hard to give up. Excluding tons of the bad ones that is.. =X

 

Did anyone read To be a virtuous wife? That is some fine read. DMCA or anything can't touch a finish translated work. Hahaha.

 

LN is theoretically of a better quality but there is a part of me that prefers the WN version.

 

Well, I'm a believer of supporting what I truly like, which is very little. But I do purchase published versions. I like to collect things.

So, for those I like, it doesn't matter that much. I'll end up with my own copy. For those I only read to pass the time, it sucks and I don't like it but I get over it rather fast. Plus I can ask people for ePubs, hehehehehe.

 

What's DMCA? I'm new here

 

I wonder...
Even when we disregard quality, sometimes WN and LN differs greatly, like Overlord.
But IMO, even with DMCA, LN translation is still good. It's like reading some teaser chapters; we realized that it might not go on till the end and we might be left hanging, but read it anyway...

 

Huh? How is it a waste of time/resources? He's saying that instead of beginning to translate the LN, translate the WN if there is one instead so down the road there is less chance of it being stopped.

Type it into google, it's quicker than asking here.

Depends on the novel. If a LN is popular enough, it can get translated unofficially even once licensed, but this is rare, and you wont get donations. I generally prefer LNs because they are a more polished product but at the same time if you read WNs it's not like you ever really realise your missing something. At the end of the day, it comes down to the translators decision. They want to balance the likelihood of it being licensed against pitfalls of WNs like potentially harder to translate and risk of raws suddenly ceasing. Different translators feel comfortable with different things for different novels. People are going to read it weather it's the LN or the WN anyway.

 

of course WN. DMCA hardly can touch WN except the raw is pay per view one.

 

WN. LN's are more prone to sudden cancellations due to bad sales and changes to the storyline forced by the publisher/editor. i'd rather not have yet another story clearly leading to one place only to have the entire thing shift in order to accommodate the waste of money known as the publisher.