Question TL Changing the content

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  1. Mau

    Mau S m i l e

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    I was having my time finding novels in Qidian App(I'm in neutral zone. As long as i read novels).
    I stumbled Epoch of Twilight and i read the reviews.

    It says something like. The translator changed some contents/words because he found it childish or it has mature scences.

    I mean what?.

    What if they changed the others too without announcing it. Hmmm..

    Edit [1]: Now someone mentioned about being neutral zone seems not capable of thinking and understanding the situation. To be honest you're right. I don't really understand it. <3~!

    So I guess I'll support the majority!

    Edit [2]: Read this ;>
     
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  2. BabaNovac

    BabaNovac FUYUKAI DESU Seraglio e youkoso SchrodingerPanties

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    See kids... That's what you get in the neutral zone. Bad quality translations... You don't want to go there!
    #WWGrassPoridge
     
  3. Westeller

    Westeller Smokin' Sexy Style!! Staff Member

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    Oh? Tell @Qidian. I feel like that guy doesn't have enough to worry about right now.
     
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  4. Loriel

    Loriel [Aspiring Editor][Lover of BL][Pinata Smasher]

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    Pfffft
     
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  5. tiduse

    tiduse Active Member

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    yeah sure , bet Qidian will care about the quality of the translations and not be contempt as long people are reading it
     
  6. Indiboy

    Indiboy Well Known boi

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    Darkness blacker than black and darker than dark,
    I beseech thee, combine with my deep crimson.
    The time of awakening cometh.
    Justice, fallen upon the infallible boundary,
    appear now as an intangible distortions!
    I desire for my torrent of power a destructive force:
    a destructive force without equal!
    Return all creation to cinders,
    and come frome the abyss!
    Explosion!

    *Points @ Qidian*
     
  7. TokenZero

    TokenZero Mystic Sanctuary: Divine Fairy

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    Yeah and then you find out that every story you have every read is fake and start to question everything that's ever happen to you and sooner or later find yourself deciding whether to take a blue pill or a red one but we all know you have no choice :p
     
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  8. Ibzahmed

    Ibzahmed Well-Known Member

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    This reminds me of when Tu Dahei one shot heartless
     
  9. kursys

    kursys animeweedlord420

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    lol i wonder if king james did that with the bible
     
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  10. ronishamay

    ronishamay Well-Known Member

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    The quality of the translations of otherworldly evil monarch and TTNH have also degraded the novels, thats why it wasn't a big deal for me to stop reading on QI , not a big loss.
     
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  11. Riqu

    Riqu ~Legendary Lurker~

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    true and that's why i hate about qidian. I post similar protest too before in the other thread and it not just for epoch of twilight but also the others such as i have a mansion in the post apocalyptic world. Just yesterday i confirmed it myself with epoch of twilight using google translate from other source. I tried to see it myself ch 18 when there is a mature content, they change it from about several paragraphs to only 2 or 3. well, that's all because qidian censorship rules.
     
  12. Scandalf

    Scandalf ~Blood Raven~

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    I don't even know if I should cry or laugh because of how ignorant people can be. There are still people claiming they are at neutral zone and don't care which side comes out on top as long as they can read novels. Since people like this don't seem to be capable of thinking and understanding what could possibly happen if Qidian takes every novel for themselves then I suggest you to at least read what others wrote about the possibilities. They are trying to monopolize all of their novels translation so they can create a system that will force us to pay money if we want to read those novels. Don't know if some of these people are filthy rich and don't care about that "small" amount of money they will have to pay to read novels in the future or if they know what is gonna happen but they are doing this for some other reason I can't think of.
     
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  13. AurionLute

    AurionLute Actively Inactive Nonmember

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    Oh boy... I like feng lin tian xia works.
    But with how qidian do things it gives me a bad aftertaste.
     
  14. kursys

    kursys animeweedlord420

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    ok, we all struggle, we've all had to eat ramen for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but in no universe do you have to be "filthy rich" to get an ebook subscription. obviously it cuts off a huge percentage of readers at the very beginning, but they're definitely gonna make way more money from people willing to shill $5 a month to read unfinished books.
     
  15. mudslap

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    I believe there are some people that didn't look too deeply into which group is in which or whatsoever. The mindset of "Qidian? WuxiaWorld? I'll go for either if I can read." I think it's more on the part that they didn't go in-depth to check the state the current situation is in for them to say something like that. I believe I would have done that had I not bothered to check on anything and just read. (I do that for manga but no novels, it seems)
     
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    Guan Zhong Well-Known Member

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    Link to where it says this?
     
  17. Mau

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    It's from chapter 18. If you want the review thing, you can see it on their site. I saw it on Qidian app so I can't give you the link.
     
  18. Guan Zhong

    Guan Zhong Well-Known Member

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    I guess it's this
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    I just want to say there is no proof just in that review that it is true. Could be also, that it was QI who edited those parts out and not the translator. I don't know.
     
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    mudslap Well-Known Member

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    Such a high rating for a very disappointed reader. Must be one generous dude. :D
     
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  20. etvolare

    etvolare Celestial Fluff

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    Regardless of site, changing content on a whim or because the translator disagrees or finds it too hard is a HUGE nono. Immense disrespect and is honestly, creating a work of fiction. Translators really should be seeking to capture all of the meaning that the authors put out there.

    As a reader, who likes reading wondering if they're getting the full story all the time? Yeesh.
     
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