This is getting ridiculous. I can understand the occasional incorrect propositions, mistakes with irregular verbs, etc...but there should never be outright misspellings! Every word processing program has spell check. Use it, it is your friend. Most of them are setup so that words can be added to the dictionary for proper names and pin yin.

It is this kind of sloppiness which is starting to ruin many of the stories I like to read!

I used to report TL mistakes but I get the feeling that most translators and editors could give a sh*t. It is pretty apparent that Qidian never has.

    Martial Arts Master would be one of those that the advice taken would benefit. But nonetheless I love the story minus the misspellings and weeks way to describe the matches earlier on. If the story's good enough which it is I don't care about the mistakes now as much as when I 1st started reading it

      These are paid translators and editors, they should be able to proofread. I find it mind boggling that so many of them fail at basic editing tasks, like spell checking.
      It has long been apparent that very few of the editors actually take the time to proofread. Most word processing apps will put a squiggly line in red under any misspellings. A simple visual review of the document will show most of those errors.

      If they aren't using a word processing program WHY THE HELL NOT!

      Just use grammarly or something like that.

        Tugster you know tuggy I used to speed read directly from raw translation for some novels like long live summons , galactic dark net , and many more , I am little proud of my skill of under standing chaotic grammer of raws .
        Really brain can learn anything if it really cares and here you all (@checkm8) can't even overlook a few mistakes really ............

            gorky I don't mind a few mistakes, but it's not a few mistakes. For some novels every chapter has mistakes. Proofreading a chapter takes 10 minutes. Simple, basic proofreading. The very foundation of editing.

            It is not a step that should be skipped!

            gorky Really brain can learn anything if it really cares

            Exactly! Why haven't editors bothered to learn/perform basic proofreading skills! All the evidence points to them not caring about the quality of their editing.

                  Olivia @checkm8 is not a staff member right ? Otherwise i will still prefer fast release of instead of slowing them down after all they are working too many titles simultaneously right?

                      checkm8 Ok when you put it like that it really does seem like simple yet essential step after all after all is said and done quality does still matter.

                          gorky

                          he would have the tag thingy if he was, and not all translators and editors are working on multiple titles simultaneously.

                          I would prefer Quality over Quantity so I would suggest a proofreader :3

                              gorky

                              I have read chapters where I could fill multiple A4 papers with grammar errors... it is not a pleasant experience, and I always end up with dropping the novel.

                                  Olivia alright we can just throw the proof reading to computers , after all I am sure the translator sometimes gets fed-up of reading the same chap again and again , he may actually add some mistakes instead of removing them due to exhaustion/boredom /spite at the reader or superior
                                  Or just for the heck of it!

                                      Olivia Amen! I used to spend a lot of time posting corrections to the forum. But I gave up a month ago since it was becoming apparent Qidian was not worried about quality.

                                          checkm8 don't take it personally but it was a fool's errand from the star !
                                          That's because as you said quidan has its own paid staff , your contribution will be more appreciated with the fan based translators (they really do need guys like you) and directly update the proffed pages on their sites

                                              checkm8
                                              I usually send the translator a message on discord, I will post it on the forum if Discord is bullying me.

                                                  gorky

                                                  My experience with fan translators is they often delete my comments.

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