Daily updates would be amazing. But yeah realistically once/twice a week. If they are short chapters then an chapter dump is better.
Depend on the length, but at the same time, depend on the contents, as in whether that novel is good/interesting enough for readers to want more or just want to see if it's good enough to keep reading. Typically, reasonably, Readers can be satisfy with 1-2 chapters per day, even if the novel is bad, but people will keep on reading it because it might have hook them, interest them, some random policy like "not dropping a novel unless it's Really trash", etc... Readers can handle with 1 chapter per week, if the novel is good, or good enough. Readers can tolerate with 1 chapter per month, if the novel is Really Good and the Length is Worth the wait. What about 1 chapter per year? Yeah, you already lose your credibility as a "Translator" by that point in the Translation Community. Even the maximum point of waiting to determine if the project is drop or not is 3 months. Then about the novel, If the novel is short or common length chapter, readers can handle with daily to weekly releases. If the novel is good, then daily to weekly releases. If the novel is bad, then only daily releases if you still want to catch people attentions and not dropping it. If the novel is long chapter, readers can handle with weekly to monthly releases. If the novel is good, then monthly releases are fine. If the novel is bad, then daily to weekly releases, depending on your skill, to keep catching people attentions.
Just dump every chapter at once and called it a day. No need to wait for in-between upload, just dump them all in. A day is too much waiting for me.
Reasonable: 0.75 per day. Not part, chapter. Expectation: 3 per day. Even if 3 half chapters. Reality: Because there aren't enough chapters of the novels I want to read available, I go looking at the raws of languages I understand whereever I can copy-paste it into a latin converter and look up 5-30 chapters a day.
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Daily releases at the same time each day is the best for addicting me to a story. Every 2-3 days is good enough. Once a week is torture. I might try to keep up with a once a week story for a while, but the long wait and often having to go back to find details I'd forgotten will eventually kill my love of the story. If you can't do better than every 3 days I'd recommend taking a few weeks hiatus (warn your readers first and give them an estimate for when you'll be back) to build up chapters.
From the practical and realistic point it all depends on the novels Taking a standard chap as 2000 words If the novel is bad ( it can be anything , it's not spicy enough or have a good plot or a lot of filler ) and is completed - then a daily chap is MINIMUM , it's not about interest in this one but about filling the time between their main books If the novel is OK - Again daily would be great but anywhere between 3-5 chaps a week is enough to keep a reader base going If the novel is Good - Anywhere between once a week to a month is fine , these r the ones reader wait to read for If the novel is Great - These can be tld monthly to bimonthly but u still run the risk of reader decline just not much Now the above criteria don't hold for special occasions such as Cliffhangers. If it is a cliffhanger it is suggested to clear that up in a time frame of 3 days MAX , if it is postponed more than that the chap and the whole story loses its spice
This is an interesting thought. It really depends on how much free time and how many novels is an individual following concurrently. Personally I'm keen on at minimum 10 CN chapters a day, which is why I spread my attention across 8 different daily updated novels, followed by a dozen monthly updated novels. Of course I throw this out the window when it's crunch time or when I take up a new novel with dozens or hundreds of chapters to read! In other words, there's no need to worry too much about how many individual chapters a translator posts. Readers will always find a way to be busy. Just don't stop at a bullshit cliffhanger and it is a-okay!
A reasonable translation pace depends on the amount of time you invest to translate X average character count. Then, taking into consideration that you might have a real life. Perhaps, Once every three days? Alternatively three chapters per weekend. I rather take a slower Translation pace with good English than a quick translation pace with Shitty English. Like using slang words. Don't EVER use slang words when translating to English, unless it is a character's speech. It looks Utterly unprofessional.
A reasonable number for me is one. One MILLION chapters, that is. Jk. A reasonable amount is one chapter per 2,000 words. If a chapter contains less, I may read it, but it is unlikely for me to stay invested. I've only seen a few chapters that were interesting and less than 2,000 words.
Hm, weekly updates with about 10-15 chapters of buffer it is then. That'll be in about a month or two lol