Which Qidian Novel Should I Translate?

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  1. Wujigege

    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    A big shout is Kingdom's Bloodline and since I already got the go ahead from Qidian I just need to find a novel to translate and I want to keep my options open. Shorter chapters are preferred so I can release a lot.
    I know people will complain even if one chapter is equivalent to 10.
    It is just humans being humans.
    I recall a story about a fatty protagonist who is also a coward that was rated quite well.
    Help me please I am desperate
    Hit me!!
    Cheers!

    Thank you

    PS No trolls or hijackers please. If you hate Qidian, you are free to make your own thread.
    Peace!
     
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    moneng85 Well-Known Member

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    hahaha, gonna make a thread about you soon
    "Wujigege: Bad marketing is also good advertisement!!!"
     
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    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    Translating for Qidian is a marketing ploy by me to be honest.
    I want to have my legal arm advertised on a large platform
    I will start publishing licensed ebooks soon
     
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    moneng85 Well-Known Member

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    Applaud to your progressive goals! that goal is realistic and looks achievable.
    You might even snatch some titles officially from big names!
    But it looks like you need to tone down on fighting with wuxiaworld (RWX I am more of your fan) and webnovel though.

    Some tips I want to tell you is that I think it's better to focus on more popular title and give a more frequent updates rather than branching them all and succeeding in none.
    I bet lots of people have told you that.
    also
    Hire editor please
    Some chapters or series are not up to official translation standards yet.

    NOTE
    your topic this time is pretty unpopular though, 2 hours in and almost no comment
    muahahahah
     
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    GDLiZy Wise Deepsea Mermaid

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    Way of the Devil has been dropped for a while now.
     
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    Pursuing Immortality! PURSUING IMMORTALITY!
    Also, the Strange Life of a Cat.

    They're super good. Take them pls.
     
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  7. Wujigege

    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    WW are the ones replying to my threads not the other way around.
    The thread I made was asking them to stop. I have had RWX on my ignore list for about a year. I want nothing to do with him or his website. I try to not mention it either if I can help it. I just say "big website". Some people just like harassing others

    My target is one translator per novel.
    As you may see with novels like BOFURI: reaching 30 chapters a month on a novel is no big deal for me. The novel just needs to warrant the investment.
    I already caught up with the raws now. Only 4 chapters left.
    Most of my translators are native in both languages now. I have had to re translate older chapters. Everyone starts from somewhere. Even big sites had some really horrible translations during their formative years

    Cheers!
     
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    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    If I am being honest, I would prefer a novel with super short chapters so I can release 60 chapters a month.
    For cultivation stories, I will need to recruit a proofreader in order to maintain the previous style. Depending on the author's writing style some are very annoying to translate so that will impact the novel I pick after talking with my staff members.
     
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    Pliss translate kingdom's bloodline!!
    If not a sorcerer’s journey is a very interested novel too.
     
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    Daresan Well-Known CN Master

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    Holy roman empire or sword of downbreaker. Need some kingdom building novels.
     
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    Virtual World: Close Combat Mage (from the same author that king's avatar) a little more than 100 chapter left until the end.
    A sorcerer’s journey (completed in the original language) one of the best mage novels I have ever read.
     
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    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    Thanks for all the responses. A few of the novels I recognize.
    I will speak to my team and then Qidian and update this thread when it has been resolved.
    I will prioritize picking a novel that is easy to translate so chapters can be released on short notice.
    I am also recruiting proofreaders.
    Thanks in advance.
    Cheers!
     
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    Thank you very much!
     
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    The novel 'Gourmet Food Supplier' seems to be dropped, but I'm not completely sure. I'd love to see this start again.
    Also, this is a very recent thread on WN forums that may help you! (Link split for website reasons) https:// forum.webnovel.com/d/43504-dropped-translations According to the poster, titles are organized by whether the poster thinks it is most 'saveable' or not.

    Good luck with your new endeavors. While I'm not a fan of the little Webnovel monopoly-like thing that's going on, official translations that support the original author are always welcomed!
     
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    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    Thank you
     
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    Ideally I'd love to see Yue Guan novels like 回到明朝当王爷 or 步步生莲. However books like these require the most work to translate (easily 2-3x as much effort as a regular book), and you probably won't get the readership to justify the effort. They're amazing books though and English-language readers are missing out.

    What might work better is something like For a Prosperous World. This book is also pretty awesome, and it can feel extremely human at times. It's still mostly a historical novel though so for something with more in the ways of super powers, 从荒原而来的使者 from the same writer is a pretty good choice. It's the story of a woman who goes from world to world fulfilling the wishes of the person who summons her. She starts off very inhuman and grows attachments to the people she encounters and becomes more and more a person. I liked both of these books quite a lot and while I wouldn't benefit from a translation, I'd love to see more people reading them.
     
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    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    Thanks a lot. Chu Wang Fei was very difficult to translate so I would rather avoid similar novels
    https://www.novelupdates.com/series/chu-wang-fei/.

    Prosperous World is not a cultivation novel which is a plus.
    To be honest, I am very tempted to translate the urban female lead novels since my translators can translate them in their sleep
     
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    @Wujigege will you eventually announce/reveal what titles you are translating? I know it wouldn't be for a little while yet, but I'd love to be updated when you start!
     
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    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    I would start as soon as I hear back from Qidian. They told me to pick novels but I haven't heard back after I responded.

    I need to get approval from them first instead of making promises I cannot keep

    I hope you understand
     
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