Idle Nomad's Topics (5)

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Could you please keep the names as they are in the novel? Especially the names of the main characters. I believe changing them is, in a way, an infringement on the writer’s work. Of course, I don’t mean any offense, but I’m sure the author must have imagined this novel countless times in their mind, and chose the names deliberately and meaningfully. Changing them takes away some of the spirit of the original work, in my opinion. Anyway, that’s just my personal view. Thank you for reading my comment.

Thank you for your comment. But I have a special take on this topic though. Authors who wrote the story sometimes pay no mind to minor characters, thats why they put random names. Those who wrote many novels also care less and less what the names are. (That's why you get simple first name as character name but some have surname, the author isn't even consistent). Most of the time, they want it to sound nice in OG language (not in translated language) that's why some historical Rofan in Korean sounds butchered. Even in this story and others I've translated, if the Main Characters have foreign named, it's horrible is directly trandslated. Eg. Jane as second male lead name is so horrible. Sharon Michelle sounds nice but obviously also butchered because author is not native English speaker. If I were an author, I'd rather translator made "proper" adjustments so that native speaker wouldn't feel "out" when reading (think other languages as well Spanish, Russian etc.) Sometimes, the names when randomly picked sounds really off and pulls reader out of the immersion. That's my experience. There are people who comment that ML name is meaningful the Chinese word means ocean but.. it's an English name, so no it's not. If that world, they wouldn't think the English name means Ocean and it's irrelevant and doesn't match the character. What's worse, the common translation Hein/Heineken reminds me of ketchup Heinz.. it's awful. In OG they might sound good but not in English. Those that have meaning like Maya, i'll preserve. But those obviously only to sound good in Cn but bad in English, I'll stick to changing them because I just can't put "not well thought out names" in my translation.

Heine autocorrected to Heineken lol.

I understand your perspective, and I believe you make a valid point. I truly appreciate the effort you put into the translation, as well as the thoughtful notes you include at the end of each chapter. Given all the work you've done, I think it's fair that you choose to change the names if you feel it serves the text better. It’s clear that you see the translated version as a work of art in its own right, one that should be presented in a way that resonates with the target audience. That’s something to be respected indeed.

I trust your judgement! Every time you've changed something for this series, I completely agree with your reasoning.

For big/little, da/xiao, i'd like that to remain unchanged if it's an endearment or title. Like da-ge, or xiao-jie. Just because big brother or little lady sound awkward in English as the cultural connotations are different. Hope this made sense!

I personally prefer A or C depending on the genre and setting BUT I put my full trust in the translator, only thing is if the names are REALLY off or out of place I beg you to do some adjustments to the name nothing takes you out of a story like some really bad naming （￣へ￣）

I totally get it! Hi5
I too am a reader when I'm not translating.
It's bad enough that some names are common and lazy that you don't even remember them. it's worst if it's nonsensical name (some even in official) that I wish translators would stop with the nonsense of "staying true" to the original.
Sometimes the author doesn't even give a shit, that's why you get shit names.
What's the point of conserving shitty names. It helps no one.
Doesn't make the author "look good" nor the story "better", most definitely not help the readers "understand" the story.
Most of the time, it's because the author in their original language trying to make a foreign name sound better (unique) in their language.
They of course wouldn't think so far that when localized in English, it became off.
When dropped on the lap of TL, we're left scratching our head with what to do with this silly variant.

And thanks for putting your trust in translator.

OMG YESS YOU GET ITTT╰(*´︶`*)╯

A) for most of it however keep da/xiao because i think it can be awkward to hear it completely translated because it often doesn't culturally fit in english. like ive seen some manhwa/manhua where they'll say "big brother" or "senior" (to call to someone) and while it isn't the worst it definitely doesn't fit!

i also think option B could be good if it is in a sci-fi or futuristic setting. however if completely changed i feel that it should be changed to an english name that isn't commonly used similar to cezar! i feel that adds to the setting (and the rotation of names) more so than more "modern" or common names!

Thank you so much for this!!!

are you open to translating Ni Jiu or maybe 妻为上? those are pretty long tho

妻为上 is a no go because of existing official English.

溺酒 Ni Jiu/intoxicated. It's quite messy I can't wrap head around it yet.
I honestly don't get why people prefer everything mixed under one title. With good/bad/official/unofficial translation all in one. To have official title park under unofficial is even more bizarre. Lol.

Anyway, I'm still researching it. Some said official has cut scenes.. and then you have partial clean unofficial with watermark in speech bubbles...ugh..
Still, it's got a nice 9.4 rating?

If I do decide to redo it, I'll probably slap a new title or distinguish it somehow. I like everything neat. Reupload haters gonna hate again.

Can you do 'a pair of otakus' please?

gotcha. thank you for considering it.

This one dropped half way? I will have a look as well.
Thanks for recommending.

0 & 1 is also dropped midway

Thank you very much for the translations! I really appreciate your little notes in the end of each chapter!

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Thank you so much

Hi, where are you reading the novel? Is there an english translation for the novel? Thank you!

Also, I have finished reading this manhua but I reread it again because your work is amazing! All those little tidbits of extra info and your footnotes is really good! Love love love it!

You are a godsend blessing amidst all the translations I have ever read!!!! Thank you so much!!!! I admire and respect your work very deeply!!!!

I didn't look for any English translation.
Here's the Chinese novel. You can try use Google translate/MTL but they will translate "literally."
https://www.zhenhunxiaoshuo.com/zhongqing/

Thank you!

Thank you for the hard work! You are amazing