Question What happens if I translate a Qidian novel?

Discussion in 'Translator's Corner' started by cerphis, Nov 18, 2017.

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Translate Qidian novel?

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  1. cerphis

    cerphis Member

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    I've recently been looking for a novel to translate. It took me a while but I found one that i liked, but when I looked it up, it seems that it was published by Qidian. What's your (or someone else's) experience with translating Qidian novels? Do you think that I should go for it?
     
  2. raltzero

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    Just do it. :blobhero:
     
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    Shance 『Trying to evade the wall in the front』『Failing』

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    You might get bullied... unless you are willing to sell yourself to QI, that is.
     
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    LiTTleDRAgo Well-Known Member

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    Maybe you can change the title so they won't be able to recognize it.
     
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    Indiboy Well Known boi

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    If u wanna do long term translation
    Make it as a small pocket money opportunity

    Then don't choose Qidian novel
    Else
    It is fine
    Coz with qi
    They prolly allow new translator to pick qi novels then when that translator has done quite a few chapters then ask them to join Qi......
     
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    i wish you the best of luck capt’n
    because in that storm of bulls$&@
    your life(work) will be stolen from you
     
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    They will wait to see if the novel will become popular among the community. Then after that they will wait til you translate at least 100-300 chapters and that is when they will email you to join them or they will sue you ( or maybe threaten you). You will then have two choices; sell your soul and join them or drop the novel
     
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    The worst that can happen is you get DMCAed
     
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    Fight on Brave Warrior :blobhero::blobsalute:
     
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    You die in seven days!​
    Worst comes to worst, Qidian may threaten you or ask you to go to their site. However, if the novel is not that popular, maybe they will not even care that much '-'
     
  13. cerphis

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    I feel like that's just inviting the lawsuits to come knock on my door

    thank

    Do they often do that? By that I mean do they often move people to their site?
     
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  14. raltzero

    raltzero Last Year Until BS in IT | Lazy Overlord TL

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    It's true that they won't care that much if your novel isn't popular. :blobsalute:
     
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    Chances are that they won't even bother about it. It might be a different case if your translations gain popularity. Then you know what might happen. If you are doing this for fun then go for it and if for earning some bucks then go for it by all means.
     
  16. cerphis

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    Kinda conflicted on that one. on one hand i dodn't want to be shit, on the other hand i don't want to stop working either
     
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    Don't. Your safety will be at risk. Can anyone send the link of what almost happened to Wei?
     
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    You do all the translation. They copied your work.
    How rude of you to assume op wants to translate novels just to solicit donations. Not everyone is like that.
     
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  19. Daike1234

    Daike1234 THE GUY WHO TRANSLATE WITH THE HELP OF MACHINES

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    You might contact qidian and translate it on their site, nothing comes good translating qidian novels this year.
     
  20. cerphis

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    Also, what is considered popular? I'm doing a female protag novel and those don't have that many english translations on their eng site. The most popular work I can think of in terms of fem protag is Genius Doctor or Descent of phoenix