14-sai no Koi - Vol. 10 Ch. 42.1
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welp the dialogue flows like pitch, better find a qc
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@jesuscristo
I definitely should've waited a day to reread. I can see the mistakes I made now, but in all fairness the chinese text was difficult to get a good translation out of.
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@cecillerec @Adryan475 @garfnk
I was told by some folks on the MangaDex discord that it's not a good idea to be uploading MTL translations here; especially because it's JP > CN > MTL EN. The reason is because it's low quality and another group might come along with a better translation, but they aren't likely to redo a chapter. I can agree with that sentiment because a bad translation could undermine how great the series really is.
However, I know that people like myself would rather have something instead of nothing. But I don't really know any other places I could post these scanlations (however bad of a translation they may be). So if anyone has any suggestions let me know.
I'll at least be finishing chapter 39 (but not posting it here).
I was told by some folks on the MangaDex discord that it's not a good idea to be uploading MTL translations here; especially because it's JP > CN > MTL EN. The reason is because it's low quality and another group might come along with a better translation, but they aren't likely to redo a chapter. I can agree with that sentiment because a bad translation could undermine how great the series really is.
However, I know that people like myself would rather have something instead of nothing. But I don't really know any other places I could post these scanlations (however bad of a translation they may be). So if anyone has any suggestions let me know.
I'll at least be finishing chapter 39 (but not posting it here).
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@SnO3
That's really unfortunate... I'm one of those people who would prefer having something instead of nothing and I really love this series. I think your translation was fine. Great to see that you picked it up tho. I don't mind reading your translation of chapter 39. Will you let us know where you'll post it?
That's really unfortunate... I'm one of those people who would prefer having something instead of nothing and I really love this series. I think your translation was fine. Great to see that you picked it up tho. I don't mind reading your translation of chapter 39. Will you let us know where you'll post it?
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@Machrischt
The only place I can think of is imgur right now. So if I don't have another solution by the time I'm done then I'll post a link to the album here. I'll make sure to "at" anyone interested.
The only place I can think of is imgur right now. So if I don't have another solution by the time I'm done then I'll post a link to the album here. I'll make sure to "at" anyone interested.
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@SnO3 im a month late sorry. aww that's unfortunate to hear that you're not actually allowed to do translations here. tho, yes, i do get the point that a simple mistranslation could get a series ruined. but i want you to know that your efforts are highly appreciated. it just seems that this great of manga has been dropped by other groups (if there are any that translated it before. i dont remember it anymore, as well) i hope you let us know if you get to finish your work on imgur. good luck! and thank you again for your translation!
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@SnO3 I have rarely come across a series in which both a machine translation and an actual translation occur for the same chapter and here are some possible scenarios when it comes to translations.
1) The series is less popular and so no actually knowledgable translator chooses to work on it. Thus we only get mtl.
2) The series is very popular and already has a translator/group working on it. Some groups even just forgo a true translator, and use mtl as a helpful tool with a translator with limited knowledge. Thus we get only a translator.
3) Series of varying popularities have the original group with a translator stop uploading for a while. This can cause a couple things to happen:
3a) A mtl comes in, and either prompts a public announcement from the original group (if there was not one already) or the original group retranslates the mtl chapter if they feel it has lacking quality or misses some key points. Thus we get both mtl and translator.
3b) Another translator steps in (either from within the group or from outside the group) and takes over. This can either lead to childish drama, multiple translations at once, or collaboration. Thus we have a translator.
4) A translator decides that the mtl was of a sufficient quality and hit the correct key points. They then decide to not retranslate the same chapter, and move onto the next chapter.
Never have i seen a series get a shitty mtl and then a decent translation that decides to not redo the shitty chapters. The people from the MD discord have nearly unfounded concerns, and do not have any power over you or your translations unless they have a role in the discord of: Admin, Developer, Moderator, Public Relations, or Designer.
TL;DR: if their role on the discord server is none of the actual staff roles, their opinion meets jack shit when it comes to what you decide to do. This is not to say you cannot take it into consideration, but put their opinion far far below your own opinion of the matter. That includes me since I am not a site staff.
1) The series is less popular and so no actually knowledgable translator chooses to work on it. Thus we only get mtl.
2) The series is very popular and already has a translator/group working on it. Some groups even just forgo a true translator, and use mtl as a helpful tool with a translator with limited knowledge. Thus we get only a translator.
3) Series of varying popularities have the original group with a translator stop uploading for a while. This can cause a couple things to happen:
3a) A mtl comes in, and either prompts a public announcement from the original group (if there was not one already) or the original group retranslates the mtl chapter if they feel it has lacking quality or misses some key points. Thus we get both mtl and translator.
3b) Another translator steps in (either from within the group or from outside the group) and takes over. This can either lead to childish drama, multiple translations at once, or collaboration. Thus we have a translator.
4) A translator decides that the mtl was of a sufficient quality and hit the correct key points. They then decide to not retranslate the same chapter, and move onto the next chapter.
Never have i seen a series get a shitty mtl and then a decent translation that decides to not redo the shitty chapters. The people from the MD discord have nearly unfounded concerns, and do not have any power over you or your translations unless they have a role in the discord of: Admin, Developer, Moderator, Public Relations, or Designer.
TL;DR: if their role on the discord server is none of the actual staff roles, their opinion meets jack shit when it comes to what you decide to do. This is not to say you cannot take it into consideration, but put their opinion far far below your own opinion of the matter. That includes me since I am not a site staff.
