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Now I'm curious on how bad it could be.
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Look pal luffy has his nakama, goku has his kamehameha, Naruto has his rasengan, Ichigo has his zanpakuto, and Zuo mo has his ling jingshi jindan yao mo xuizhe
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May 30, 2016 16:26
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I just ordered the 5th volume of Kono Koi to, Sono Mirai the other day, and yesterday the author tweeted that the series has been cancelled, so the final 6th volume won't be published. Apparently he's giving up on light novels now. Woo. 
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May 30, 2016 16:32
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dipple posted:Look pal luffy has his nakama, goku has his kamehameha, Naruto has his rasengan, Ichigo has his zanpakuto, and Zuo mo has his ling jingshi jindan yao mo xuizhe Oh god that's just plain terrible. What is that? Golden Spiritual Lion Steel Bullet Medicine? I think for translations of proper nouns, it comes down to rule of cool. Does it sound really stupid when you read it out loud in the language you're translating it into? Does it sound more stupid if you keep it in the original language? Choose the lesser evil, because either way it wouldn't translate well, but Turtle Fist sounds hella more stupid than Kamehameha. Just be prepared for a native language speaker to cringe at the chuuni name.
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May 30, 2016 16:58
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ISSTH: The answer, as anyone could figure out, was Xianxia Bob Ross. Obviously.
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May 30, 2016 17:23
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It's a bunch of terms squashed together. Ling-adjective, meaning magical/spiritual. I think the literal meaning is "treasure". Jingshi-sprit stones(currency). Jindan-core formation cultivator. Yao-demon. Mo-devil. Xiuzhe-cultivator. I'm okay with ling, it's an aspect of the setting that there's magical everything, and it gets used like 6 times a chapter. Honestly a cloud-to-butt style browser plugin could do a pretty good job fixing the translation issues.
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May 30, 2016 17:31
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dipple posted:Look pal luffy has his nakama, goku has his kamehameha, Naruto has his rasengan, Ichigo has his zanpakuto, and Zuo mo has his ling jingshi jindan yao mo xuizhe That's.... an actual thing?
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May 30, 2016 17:35
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That is also the solution the translator suggested. WoC is not good enough to warrant going through that much trouble.
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May 30, 2016 17:35
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Some of these adjectives are what I'd expect from a poorly thought-out menu. Triple Decker Five-Cheese Heaven Defying Cheeseburger
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May 30, 2016 17:42
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*spits out three and a half mouth fulls of blood* drat I want that burger.
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May 30, 2016 17:49
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It'd certainly be a helluva last dinner. Spitting blood up is a sign of mortal wounds, you know, what with the churned up organs and all that. I'd love to see someone translate all of the medicines as some crazy fast-food kind of thing, like Divine Ultimate Supreme Pizza of Golden Buckwheat or Heaven Shattering Crystal Doughnut. But then it'd turn into a cooking story in a fantasy setting, not a xianxia story. Which would still be better in every sense.
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May 30, 2016 17:55
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i tried reading magic chef of fire and ice but then the protagonist murdered someone over a petty slight. it hasn't even hit 20 chapters yet and the supposed chef is already a huge rear end in a top hat.
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May 30, 2016 18:18
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That isn't a cooking story in fantasy setting (like Cook of the Mercenary Band). That's a xianxia story masquerading as a cooking story.
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May 30, 2016 18:39
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Someone on reddit did make a extension to make it more readable but it looks like it hasn't been updated in a while. https://www.reddit.com/r/noveltranslations/comments/402u23/i_made_a_google_chrome_extension_that_replaces/
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May 30, 2016 18:42
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jwang posted:That isn't a cooking story in fantasy setting (like Cook of the Mercenary Band). That's a xianxia story masquerading as a cooking story. Yeah, I was just surprised at how quickly it dropped the pretense.
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May 30, 2016 18:47
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jon joe posted:Some of these adjectives are what I'd expect from a poorly thought-out menu. lol
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May 30, 2016 18:48
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Serious Frolicking posted:Yeah, I was just surprised at how quickly it dropped the pretense. It's like LMC: the MC's supposed to be a sculptor, but he's really a dickwad swordsperson murderhobo that sculpts to get power.
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May 30, 2016 18:50
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jwang posted:It's like LMC: the MC's supposed to be a sculptor, but he's really a dickwad swordsperson murderhobo that sculpts to get power. He lives in a house. Online game dickwads are different from wuxia super power dickwads.
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May 30, 2016 18:53
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I'm sorry. He's not a murderhobo, he's a murderhomeowner. But only online.
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May 30, 2016 19:28
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jwang posted:I'm sorry. He's not a murderhobo, he's a murderhomeowner. But only online. Killing someone in a MMORPG isn't the same as annihilating their souls in real life.
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May 30, 2016 19:40
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Weed is a jerk, not a psychopath.
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May 30, 2016 19:43
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Yeah, there's a difference between PKing some dude for calling you a fag and roasting someone's soul in eternal hellfire while eating their family because they refused you for 1/1000000th of a second. There IS a similarity there though. Ultima Online was the first Xianxia, discuss.
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May 30, 2016 19:51
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Yinlock posted:There IS a similarity there though. Ultima Online was the first Xianxia, discuss. Although I was a thief with crossbows murdering everyone so I'm not sure where I fit in. FriggenJ fucked around with this message at 20:51 on May 30, 2016 |
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May 30, 2016 20:41
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Neurophage posted:Killing someone in a MMORPG isn't the same as annihilating their souls in real life. This is debatable with how salty some people get over their computer pixels.
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May 30, 2016 23:52
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Something that I completely missed in my first readthrough (and subsequent translation) of Kumoko, which had to be pointed out to me by one of my readers: the reason why everything in the dungeon wants to kill her is because Appraisal makes the target aware that they're being appraised, and it feels very hostile, so the fact that she's Appraising literally everything she sees means she's provoking every monster she comes across. 
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May 31, 2016 00:09
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blastron posted:Something that I completely missed in my first readthrough (and subsequent translation) of Kumoko, which had to be pointed out to me by one of my readers: the reason why everything in the dungeon wants to kill her is because Appraisal makes the target aware that they're being appraised, and it feels very hostile, so the fact that she's Appraising literally everything she sees means she's provoking every monster she comes across. Yup
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May 31, 2016 00:10
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Usually the action sequences in ISSTH aren't my favorite but I'm looking forward to this one. The Black Sieve Sect has had it coming for a while now and I want to see the absurd new power ups Meng Hao has (domains/areas/skills he couldn't use prior to spirit severing/etc).
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May 31, 2016 06:11
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In Desolate Era news, I'd much rather be reading the story of Bluecliff Xiaoyu rather than Ji Ning. At least for right now! Alas, she is destined to simply be a required token for getting a new ability, nothing more.
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May 31, 2016 06:49
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It took a long while, but Sevens has finally gotten into gear. If you dropped it earlier, I'd recommend picking it up again. Also it's actually proofread, so that's a thing.
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May 31, 2016 07:48
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Tsubasa2004 posted:Jingshi-sprit stones(currency). I skimmed the first few chapters of World of Cultivation, skipping over the TL notes, so for the longest time I thought Jingshi was just a currency, whereas if it was translated, I'd have picked up on it as soon as the term popped up. Spirit stones are sort of common in Xianxia stories. Right up there with arrogant young masters in terms of prevalence.
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May 31, 2016 15:19
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Lyon posted:Usually the action sequences in ISSTH aren't my favorite but I'm looking forward to this one. The Black Sieve Sect has had it coming for a while now and I want to see the absurd new power ups Meng Hao has (domains/areas/skills he couldn't use prior to spirit severing/etc). quote:Bones shattered, and then Meng Hao loosened his grip, sending the old man’s body tumbling down to the ground. Oh shiiiiiiiit! You know Meng Hao is serious when he is ignoring loot. I think this is the first time ever Meng Hao didn’t try to swindle someone during a fight.
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May 31, 2016 17:38
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So what's the difference between Meng Hao's Eternal cultivation base as compared to his Perfect cultivation base, besides just 'it is better'? Am I right in understanding that to reach Dao Fruit, you have to have a Perfect base and then sever it, and to go from Dao Fruit to Eternal requires for you to have died (except through whatever means don't actually die)?
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May 31, 2016 18:08
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Cultivation bases are basically how strong you are in your current tier. It is why Meng Hao could chump anyone at the same level he was for most of his life. Though, ever since they introduced the incredible power of being real beefy (bitch), the cultivation base thing has been much less important.
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May 31, 2016 18:16
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"It's just better", and there's the automatic regeneration. The mechanics behind it isn't really ever plot relevant.
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His Perfect foundation just meant that he didn't leak energy, but due to the Heavens of Ji's ban on perfection, he couldn't absorb energy normally and had to cram himself full of medicinal pills or cultivate in alternate dimensions. Normal cultivators soak up energy from their surroundings, but they also leak it out through the cracks in their foundations, which I assume is some kind of immortal pyramid scheme to funnel power to the Heavens of Ji and prevent anyone from rivaling the Ji Clan's power. Fun bit of trivia that some people may have forgotten, the formula for the Perfect Foundation and Perfect Core were inscribed on a piece of turtle shell that Meng Hao "acquired" from Shangguan Xiu. Shangguan Xiu could also use Demonic Qi, and would likely have become the 9th Generation Demon Sealer if it weren't for Meng Hao.
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The Lord of Hats posted:So what's the difference between Meng Hao's Eternal cultivation base as compared to his Perfect cultivation base, besides just 'it is better'? Am I right in understanding that to reach Dao Fruit, you have to have a Perfect base and then sever it, and to go from Dao Fruit to Eternal requires for you to have died (except through whatever means don't actually die)? A philosophical one, mainly. Perfection means you can't keep improving, because once you're perfect any change moves you away from perfection. Eternal, in this instance, is symbolic of a never-ending will to improve.
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Avulsion posted:His Perfect foundation just meant that he didn't leak energy, but due to the Heavens of Ji's ban on perfection, he couldn't absorb energy normally and had to cram himself full of medicinal pills or cultivate in alternate dimensions. Normal cultivators soak up energy from their surroundings, but they also leak it out through the cracks in their foundations, which I assume is some kind of immortal pyramid scheme to funnel power to the Heavens of Ji and prevent anyone from rivaling the Ji Clan's power. I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for Meng Hao and his pesky parrot-mirror, too!
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The Lord of Hats posted:So what's the difference between Meng Hao's Eternal cultivation base as compared to his Perfect cultivation base, besides just 'it is better'? Am I right in understanding that to reach Dao Fruit, you have to have a Perfect base and then sever it, and to go from Dao Fruit to Eternal requires for you to have died (except through whatever means don't actually die)? Somebody in the comments on that chapter explained it pretty well. quote:Fseeker Essentially, the eternal stratum is like the ability to see the cycle of life within yourself, death included, and regenerate by realizing the life of the Dao Fruit which grows into another tree to once again bears fruit. Adelheid fucked around with this message at 01:43 on Jun 1, 2016 |
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Jun 1, 2016 01:35
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The new series "I'm Really a Superstar!" is excellent, strongly recommend it
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Uggggh, it looks really interesting but I'm already binge reading Tyrant of Emperors. I guess I'll get around to it once I lose interest in how xianxia dickhead MC #473 fucks over the supporting cast, figuratively and literally.
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