Question Are Flying Lines choices really bad?

Discussion in 'Novel Discussion' started by Dizaster, Mar 29, 2020.

  1. Dizaster

    Dizaster Well-Known Member

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    I read chinese novels with female protagonists only. As I was browsing for a new read, I landed on Flying Lines page on NU and looked into some of their novels with FMC. What surprised me was the 4-5 novels that I looked into that they translated, had really bad ratings. Having 1 or 2 bad projects for a site is normal. However, having so many of their works being disliked is rather confusing.
    I wonder why they are being so disliked
    1. Their story choices are bad.
    2. The translations are not up to the mark
    3. I am jumping to conclusions just by looking at some novels which might be a minority.
    I've read one of their short novels (30+ chapters) and found their translations pretty decent.
    What are your opiniond on this group? And what other translation groups do you follow? I used to love MistyCloudTranations but since 2016 till date they've never produced a fully translated novel. They have great novel choices but its really disappointing and heart breaking that they always drop them based on one or the other reasons.
     
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  2. elengee

    elengee Daoist Ninefaps

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    I don't know but it's on my 'skip anything by this translation site' list.
     
  3. Dizaster

    Dizaster Well-Known Member

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    Reason?
     
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    kiara8 Lurking

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    Wow. I still remember the time when I was unable to access MCT because of bad traffic.
     
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    Dizaster Well-Known Member

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    Yep me too. At that time I used to refresh their page multiple times a day to look for new updates on any of their novels. And being able to access them made me so anxious cause I thought the site might be blocked in my country or something.
     
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    Ilisle Lord of the Northern Guards

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    idk, but their translations were really bad
     
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    GDLiZy Wise Deepsea Mermaid

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    Don't know about the hate, but they have the Longest Day In Chang'an and it's so good.
     
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    Addison Well-Known Member

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    They have some good novels listed. But they have a pay to read sistem so I guess the bad rating is because they charge money? But some novels are good with a decent translate. Not all of them... You can find some with a very bad MTL translate.
     
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