Discussion That sly translator technique

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  1. SnowX

    SnowX Active Member

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    Just angered about a single thing.
    Sometimes translators try to gain TL time by posting a little bit later and piling that over the days and weeks.
    Meaning 7pm goes to 9pm, then 10pm30, then 11 and finally over 12 to post in the middle of early morning. At the end they just post in the middle of morning.
    Resulting in them gaining over the weeks more time to translate and me losing about a day of chapter's worth.
    Then my usual chill chaps at night transform into hurried day chaps when I have other things to do cause I can't restrain myself especially with a cliff waiting for me.

    I'm getting chapters free for most of the time so I don't have the right to complain but at least be STRAIGHT about it and announce the change of time clearly instead of letting me check every tens of minutes for chaps that wil never be there.
    Maybe I'm the only one who see things in that way, if so I'm sorry but if I'm not the only one then stop doing that.
    A technique that I seldom see but that infuriates me greatly.
     
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    otaku31 Well-Known Member

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    Ah, the pains of an F5 sect member and honorable leecher! :blobpeek:
     
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    DiabolicGod Well-known lazy Member

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    it really is an annoying thing when I'm reading an ongoing novel (apart from the usual annoyance of only getting 1 chap with little plot progress per day)

    one of the reasons I'm sticking to completed novels and novels with a lot of stacked up chapters
     
  4. Snowbun

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    LMAO that sly technique is called "procrastination". It's very common amongst people who have more important things to do.
    There's also another very useful technique called "defenestration", allow me to demonstrate it to you:

    defenestrates.gif

    *Throws OP out from the window*
     
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  5. kenar

    kenar ヽ(`・ω・´)ゝ

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    Eh, I delete my schedule to post because I know that I won't update it on time because real life. I tried implementing a schedule but real life didn't give a damn about my hobby. :blobReach:
     
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    raitei ⟪Procyon lotor paronomasiaabsentii⟫

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    1. Do you pay the translator personally as a commission?
    2. Does the translator really specify the time (as in the hour) when he/she will post the TL?

    If both the answer for the questions above are no, then personally I'd suck it up and let it go rather than grumbling it all the way.

    TLr are humans with RL issues and stuffs to do too, so I just go 'Ah well, I'm just gonna browse around some more until he/she post it'.
     
  7. Beer_Kitty

    Beer_Kitty Just a very very drunk kitty that likes beer

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    Lol. You have a reading list here in NU.
    Just check at night if your novel has updated.

    You still get the chapter plus no hassle.
     
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    Amaruna Myu ugly squid dokja (●´∀`●)

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    your own problem that you cant stockpile and wait to read at night.

    I for one, throw away whatever I'm doing(be it class), to read updates when i find out they are out!:blobuwu:

    it's like enduring not doing gacha and saving up to the point that you can gacha 100 times in a game you like:blob_pout:
     
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    ongoingwhy Meat Pie Lover

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    Go learn the native language of the novel and you can make a new topic about how authors are doing the same thing. :blobpeek:
     
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  10. Ai chan

    Ai chan Queen of Yuri, Devourer of Traps, Thrusted Witch

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    The only instances when this is a problem is if you're racing to either be the first to read it or if you're aiming for first comment. Don't see why else this can be a bother.
     
  11. Solus

    Solus 自分のことお嫌いです

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    Guilty, busy at work sometimes or personal stuff, can't help it :v
     
  12. AliceShiki

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

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    ... Why don't you just check your Reading List once/day instead? It's a lot more efficient...
     
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