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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.

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!

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.

gorky

gorky Or just for the heck of it!

LOL, TL/Editing as seditious activities to protest! I never considered that.

In all honesty, here is how I judge a story:

1. If a novel is very readable as a MTL, I consider that to mean that the author writes in a style that translates easily to English. Those novels are(should be) very easy for a human to translate, hence (should be) easy to edit. As such, I expect more polished editing.
2. If the MTL is a wreck to read, I give a lot of leeway. Mao Ni novels, for example, which I love, are usually long chapters filled with verbose language. I give mad props to any Human translator/editors who take on his novels. They must be eye crossing novels to TL/Edit.
3. Long chapters, in general, I also cut a lot of slack to the editing. It is true that editors at Qidian can be underpaid. It all depends on the initial quality of translation that the have to edit.

I've argued for this before, but Qidian could vastly improve their stories by having a few full time proofreaders. Proofreading shouldn't take that long—unless the original editing is lacking—and a proofreader can probably get 5-6 chapters proofed per hour. That means 40-48 chapters reviewed per day, per proofreader! It would have minimal impact to release rates.

A fresh set of eyes can make a huge difference! Hell I would do it if they paid me $4-5 per chapter :P

Olivia I have also had much better responses from Discord than the forum. The cover art of "When a Mage revolts", cover misspellings etc, I actually get a response when I direct message someone on discord.