Discussion How Do You MTL?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by weirdnshort, Jul 4, 2020.

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  1. deepon

    deepon One who inevitably awakens

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    When you read MTL for long enough, your real time mental editing skills become something else. Sometimes what I read in the MTL is completely different to what is actually written. It's like the necessary grammar and substitution are automatically happening as I read. It's almost like a superpower.
    I also mostly use Google's page translator, makes reading in browser easier.
     
    deepon, Jul 4, 2020
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  2. Creativity53

    Creativity53 Well-Known Member

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    No, it’s not cleaned MTL nor is it like novelupdates. It’s just MTL and I’m pretty sure it’s done with Google Translate
     
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  3. c.decora

    c.decora Holy Cardinal, Ascended Mouse

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    My main tool for MTL personally and for editing is Google Translate. Some of the other translators use DeepL and PasteBin(?), which I haven't studied yet.
    Depending on the quality from directly pasting into Google Translate, I might choose to directly read/skim through the translated version (which I've only done for one novel) or read from the pinyin that displays (what I primarily do for my edits).
     
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  4. Bachingchung

    Bachingchung Well-Known Member

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    Don't do mtl. It will break you. I've tried those "mtl friendly" novels as stated from reviews, and it's still crap.
     
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  5. Needyneedle

    Needyneedle Crimson's Melissa and the Blackjack of Chaos.

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    Same here and even that screwed up my grammar for a while. :facepalm:
     
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  6. arput

    arput Active Member

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    You should try DeepL
    It's better that Google translate
    At least when i try it
     
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  7. Achievemint

    Achievemint Well-Known Member

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    I was ready to fight because I am against MTL-ing if you really want to learn proper English grammar structure. I have to chill and relax because this thread is very informative. I am still not MTL-ing. :whistle::whistle:
     
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  8. RizYun

    RizYun #Kaffee4Laifu

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    with GUTS!!
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    RizYun, Jul 4, 2020
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  9. nyamachi

    nyamachi [Chaos Twin :3] [Melo fanclub member]

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    Thanks for recommending Zhuyin! I'll have to check it out~ I learned traditional Chinese and zhuyin in Chinese school (Taiwanese school) but had to forcibly switch to simplified and pinyin when I took a course in uni.

    For Pleco, you can download an android emulator like Bluestacks and use it on your computer! I downloaded it and it's saved me quite a bit. I like Pleco more than MDBG but both are useful.
     
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