I'm not sure about legal places to read it for free with good translations. It's best to support the creators by buying or subscribing through official channels.
Kokou was a traditional cotton textile industry in Japan, and it was also one of the most famous textile industries in Japan. Its English name was " Zoku Jihen ", where " Zoku " meant " urge " and " Jihen " meant " weave ".
I'm not sure which novel you're referring to because you didn't provide any context or relevant information. If you can provide more information or specify the name of the novel you are referring to, I will try my best to provide you with a more accurate answer.
In general, currently machine translations of novels are not as good as human translations. While machines can handle basic grammar and vocabulary translation, novels often contain complex emotions, cultural backgrounds, and writing styles. A human translator can sense the author's intention and recreate it in another language more effectively. For instance, in a classic novel, the subtleties of character relationships might be lost in machine translation.
Classic Chinese: A bag full of snow
Translator: Nangfāi depends on the light of the fireflies and the reflection of the snow to read. The light of the fireflies is small but can illuminate a page of the book.
The story of the empty bag reflecting snow comes from the character Che Yin in the Biography of Women in the Book of Jin. Because his family was poor and could not buy paper, he used the light of fireflies and the reflection of snow to read. This story was used to describe the spirit of hard work and to express the importance of knowledge to a person.