Discussion Release That Witch Translation Drama - Mega Merge

Discussion in 'Novel General' started by Ishmael, Jul 28, 2017.

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  1. AliceShiki

    AliceShiki 『Ms. Tree』『Magical Girl of Love and Justice』

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    @runsing already clarified it pretty well, but a general advice that I can read, is to check the NU Policy when in doubt.

    I'll quote it here and bold a relevant part.
    While things are handled on a case by case basis, these guidelines should be enough to tell you what to expect on this kind of scenario.
     
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    marine1corps Invisible to all Novel Updates Staff

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    waleuska Well-Known Member

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    WAR to get one of the more popular stories here.

    Lets see who will win this WAR.
     
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    marine1corps Invisible to all Novel Updates Staff

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    You were not wrong, it is quite rough in the beginning. Glad you gave it a chance. Id hate to see RTW left without a translator. Such a great series needs to be read.
     
  6. alamptr

    alamptr What should i put here

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    Lol, bcat00 editing chapter

    He use loophole from the novelupdates policy that states if novel translated from the beginning it can get to nu

    But, Lets look the quality when he actually translated it

    I hope it doesnt ended up like wuxiadream

    And seki is the active translator right now isnt it?
     
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    LaDyViL New Member Staff Member

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    In case you guys missed it:
     
  8. Alex Crimson

    Alex Crimson Well-Known Member

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    Why would QI matter? Seki already knew about QI before they started picked up this novel. Will NU remove the Seki translations once QI start theirs?
     
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    Parth37955 NU #3, [Dead Inside], Mid-Boss, Dark Dealer Staff Member

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    QI matters cause they can force seki to stop...well, they will sent a "gentle" email about it.
     
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    :hmm: yes, why would they matter. It's not like they can just stop translators from translating and win the tug war hands down.....or can't they:sweating_profusely::blobpeek:
     
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    I do not think Seki cares about QI or their emails. Im sure i remember him making a statement that he would not stop translating just for them.
     
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    alamptr What should i put here

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    Qi give me mixed feeling about this

    I want qi to take rtw because qi can give stable release before

    But now seki already give that and the quality is good too

    So
    :notlikeblob:
     
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    if qi takes over they have to start from chapter one since the original translator didnt sold em his/her work, unless they decide to be shameless and go and try something stupid like getting someone to copy paste the previous translation with some minor edit claiming it was better their way... oh wait they are shameless already they are qidian after all.
    main point is that you dont want to wait go read it on seki, unless you dont mind a couple weeks/months of waiting for the steak guy to finish copy pasting, your choice
     
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    Assuming Roxerer doesnt sell his translations to QI. Given the fact he was apparently having some IRL issues, i dont think anyone would mind if he did.
     
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    Am i just stupid or anybody else has problems reading this?

    Lol
    But i get your point bro... After reading it 5 times
     
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    alamptr What should i put here

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    No, qi can continue it, just like hidden marriage
     
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    Fooljastic Truly Foolish

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    Any prove for that? I do pray not as I don't want to lose this story to the morons at Qidian... Reverend Insanity is big enough a loss of a decent story....:sweating_profusely:
     
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    Someone brought it up in another thread. I'm inclined to believe it because they have been pressuring basically every TL working on a Qidian story, which I'm pretty sure includes Roxerer. It stands to reason that they would be prepared to take one of the most popular novels as soon as the old TL goes on hiatus.
     
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    Fooljastic Truly Foolish

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    That sounds terrible... giving Release that Witch to Qidian would ruin the story! Their translations are subpar and it's qidian.... :blobangery:

    I hope seki keeps translating it and doesn't give it to qidian..:aww:

    Time to search for the threat that mentioned this... :blobexpressionless::blobfearful:
     
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    Hi gais,

    I'd like to point out that Seki is not a 100% MTLer. Not since his first chapter drop no. Seki is learning chinese while translating. He also has a Chinese native pointing out mistakes/errors/lookovers. His editing crew is great, and he's getting lots of support from other translators in TLC.

    Course the "bullying" by qidian is present, but he'll continue with it.

    Besides, i think his current chapters are much better than what volare has put out rapidly.
     
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