Resolved How Translator react on NU review on Novel they recently did?

I started translating DBA because of this review .

I stopped translating DBA because I don't want to ruin the book I like. And since the book already have 14 five star reviews, I think I have already proved my point.

 

it's not like my review is note worthy, but
Cheats ,Depictions of Cruelty,Medieval ,Politics ,R-15, Reincarnated into Another World ,Slaves, Wars.
Basically those are the tags of the novel, Bad-Personality-Change from reincarnated stuff but with more interesting narration.
but after 15-ish Chapters, my opinion that it goes 90% to Depictions of Cruelty porn, in which i think the unreasonableness is beyond my logic.
until very last my review is just warning for people who dislike stuff like, example:
Enemy army A abandoned city Y to hold on X fortress -> MC think what to do ->
MC goes to city Y and force march people in city Y -> MC then execute the people in city Y one by one in front of X fortress
Soldier of Enemy army A abandoned their position to help the people ->
MC Armies start to shovel some people to Enemy army A and start volley on them -> Enemy army A lose ->
MC then enslave the rest of people in city Y

The modern tactics they promised still there, a recorded modern tactics in which "modern" people would never think of first, let
alone MC whose is a Japan person in our infamous JP Novel. At very last i still interested by it, IF there's a vision where MC being a proper human. Reading raw without motivation hurt, that's why i hope on the English. Unreasonable, yes, but i never think it being dropped despite others enthusiasm( on their web) is high.

 

Damn, that novel's half-n-half ratings and that review's impact are so great, I feel like I just witnessed the aftermath of a historical moment

 

haha, I know right. I don't like that one star review, he/she posted the review before the book was even translated by someone. you can tell that he/she probably MTL the raw, and misinterpreted everything.

 

sometimes it's due to RL stuff

 

It's easy as the group main works is "typical JP Novel" which is your usual JP novel, more cliche Protag with you know ... conflict feels more fluffy if compared to CN(Bitch-slapping) or even KR(Capitalist-dystopia-society).
and if i remember correctly it was clear that the novel i reviewed stop being typical on ch 15-ish with

Spoiler: Not your average JP MC choise

Translate from Google.
And a day has come to be commemorated for me.

"Ok, kill the little boys and girls"

　One day, Albert arranged four men and women who were tied up.
　Everyone is thin and shabby.

"No, who are they?"

　Alber scolded me when I asked a natural question.
　Sparks are scattered in front of my eyes and my nose bleeds.

"Don't say it!"

　Albert intimidates me, but it can not be taken here.
　The murder is flat.

"No, no, in some cases I will touch the law. I can't let Loro or Jean do that."

　I asked again, "Who are they?"

"Chic, sick slaves and sinners. Rudolph is also aware."

　Albert, who heard my words, spits out a mess.

"Remember the killing. First reduce the slave's mouth, slay one by one in turn with a sword. Next, slay the sinner with three men and kill with a stick."

　I was stunned to hear Albert's words.
　The four tied will scream a little and make a longing for life.
　My throat rang.
　Sinners still ask themselves whether innocent slaves are sick and killed or are they allowed?

　...... It is not good ......


　I had a female slave and eyes. A 30-year-old dark-haired woman.
　A woman desperately prays for life.
　There is no way I can kill it.
　When I was conscious of it, my body shivered.
　Albert made a delightful voice, "What happened? You are choosing?"
　I'm wondering if I'll try to stave Albert, but I don't think that's possible.

"Varian, from me ..."

　Rolo who can not see sees me.
　... I'm sorry, what I was thinking, earning martial arts is killing people ... Is it supposed to be a beautiful thing!
　I grabbed the dagger and pierced the woman in front of me.
　I learned from Jiro, "Swords are stabbed".

"Don't kill! Don't kill me!"

　A woman bursts into tears at a sudden event.

"Yet! Not dead!"

　Albert hated me.

"Wow!"

　I stabbed several times while shouting.
　When the woman stopped moving, she might have stabbed more than 10 degrees.
　The miserable woman died near blood loss.

"Good, not bad, think next place to aim"

　Albert beat Pon and my shoulder.

 

Want the Dummies version?
me pointing it's not fluffy novel -> they check it really not a fluffy novel -> they went U-turn and stop translating it

to be real, no announcements was made, they just reply on 1 reader comment weeks later " i'm dropped this"
while all i can see is people vote for him to keep on translating it.

 

Yes, that''s why i asked. While some think it's common sense, the idea to drop what pique my interest just because someone told it's not my cup of tea is alien to me, but it's not impossible, again that's why i'm asking.
While i already got my answer, to resolved a thread not even a day age while some may try to answer is not viable to me, because it's a forum and there's no definite answer for a question.

Edit: Sorry for the indirect ways of saying, blame that we are on novel forum. Really appreciate other opinion

 

Without trying to offend anyone here, NU ratings and reviews are worse than worthless.

 

If the review on NU is before I started translating, I just pass it off as bygones be bygones. Now if the review is while I was translating the project, then it does peek my interest a bit. It kind of just depends on how the review is set up. Like if its about my translation style or the story itself. If its about the story, its characters, the setting or the author, then i kind of take it with a grain of salt.

I'll rant a bit, I'm more sensitive to the review if it will call out a translator though. Like one recent review, mentioned that they couldn't understand the story and that the translator(s) are incompetent. That review hurt, even though I could assume what that reader experienced.

Spoiler: A 3 Star Review

There were already translations up to Volume 3 Chapter 17 when I first started. But at the time of the review I had already re-translated volumes 3 chapter 6 - chapter 17, and was already on chapter 29. I can already assume that the reader probably read through everyone else's work, and by the time they reached my translations (vol 3 ch 18), they were fed up with the inconsistent terms and names in the story.

I'm over the review now, and have come to terms with it. But when I first read that, it really upset me.

I still translate the story though, and I do plan on re-translating previous chapters (Vol 1 - Vol 3 chapter 5), to build that consistency. Because I'm sure there are readers out there that want to read this story, it's just that language barriers sort of hinder things.

 

If you're doing a good job of translating, then you should not be taking reviews to heart. You're the translator, not the Writer.
A good review is not supposed to lambaste you but point out the places you need to improve and why. I've had many of them for the fantasy story The Red Lands but thankfully they have been very helpful.
If you love the work you're translating and your readers are not complaining, why fret?