Worst Translated Book in Existence

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  1. m7vpc

    m7vpc Well-Known Member

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    What is, in your opinion, the worst translated book on Novel Updates?

    Requirement: Must have at least than 10 updated chapters (CN/KN) or 1 volume (JN)
     
    m7vpc, Aug 4, 2017
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  2. Lovely

    Lovely 『Valentines Terror!』『Cherished Kitty』『Rika's Twin』

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    Invisible Dragon
    for real this don't even count as a novel nya
     
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    Kylarin Prinny

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    Invisible Dragon +1
     
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  4. OnigaImasuka

    OnigaImasuka A devil in disguise

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    The problem isn't the translation but the original content...

    EDIT: Are we talking about the worst translation of a book or the worst book that has been translated?
     
    OnigaImasuka, Aug 4, 2017
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  5. TeaNinja

    TeaNinja [Chuunikage of the Hidden Teapot Village]

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    Nah it's the overall grammar. Translation wise, the translator got it down perfectly.
     
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    Probably just about 80% of what you can find on this site.
     
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  7. m7vpc

    m7vpc Well-Known Member

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    Both, it doesn't matter.
     
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  8. tahzib1451

    tahzib1451 Title?is it food?

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    any novel worked by wuxia dream....horrible grammar sense...
     
    tahzib1451, Aug 4, 2017
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    BabaNovac FUYUKAI DESU Seraglio e youkoso SchrodingerPanties

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    Any novel done by Qidian ( bcuz irrational hate)
     
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  10. Dolfitos

    Dolfitos 『Kingsize』 『Jason of N.U.F』

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    Ah invisible dragon i remember the first time I've read this thing (shuders:notlikeblob:) i ended up with a hell of a headache.
     
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  11. UnGrave

    UnGrave ななひ～^^

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    That time I gave translating a shot.
     
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    Almighty athlete.

    Edit : Now, I'm checking it again it doesn't seem that bad. Maybe because I've learn to read mtl since then.
     
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  13. akki

    akki [Ani's C☕ffee-mate #3] [Shady Merchant]

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    Is this a thread just so people can post that one answer?
    Lolol~ I love that answer. What novel were you translating? And you gave up completely?
     
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    any novels here that link to lnmtl.com?
     
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  15. UnGrave

    UnGrave ななひ～^^

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    Quite frankly, I don't even know the name. I just know that the first chapter was 'akito sacrifice' or something.
     
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  16. Aicila

    Aicila Huh?

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    Pretty much everyone can't read the original language in the first place so how can they know if it's good or not :D:D:D
     
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    :eek: We should just start writing original stories and calling them translations then! Genius!
     
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    Aicila Huh?

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    Tell that to whoever wrote the empyrian overlord.
     
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    Blitz ⛈️ awakened from the reverie❄️

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    Wuxia dream
     
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    Ohh... if we're talking about translation quality rather than the book, then... man, I do remember a ton of stuff with lots of spelling errors and grammar mistakes, but I kind of buried them deep within my brain to forget them and stop losing brain cells over bad english.
    One in particular I remember reading and always shaking my head at all the mistakes, eventually reading the raw (since even tho my chinese is bad and it takes ages for me to read, the translation was just... uff) was Emperor of The Cosmos.
    Dunno if that's the worst tho... lnmtl stuff should probably hold that title.
    I think the TL of Emperor of Cosmos is kinda dead now, tho.
     
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