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  • Mepha12 days ago
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    As a fanfiction based on The Witcher, this work is quite average, scoring about 2.8 out of 5. The fanfiction has many flaws, including: The plot is very long. The Chinese style of writing with its author's tropes creates the effect of unpredictability in the further plot. The humor and romance rating is 6+. The character dialogues are often ridiculous and meaningless. The characters seem too cardboard-like. Changing the canon for the sake of the female protagonist is a very controversial point for me. Even with all these disadvantages, the fanfiction can still be read because there are not many extensive fanfictions based on The Witcher, and most of them are abandoned. So it's worth giving this work a chance, but not on this site because the translation is terrible! I'm not sure if there is a translator or if it's a customized script that changes the names of the monsters from the ridiculous Chinese adaptation to normal English. Or if there was a translator, but they stopped translating after a couple of chapters. It's almost like machine translation, if we could forgive the original author. After all, he is Chinese and is very unaccustomed to these Western names, so he often confuses the names of the characters and sometimes even calls the mc Geralt. But the translator put everything as it is, which once again proves that this is a machine translation that has been edited through some script, but that's all.

  • Mepha13 days ago
    Replied to The_Jagger_

    Is this a real translation, or a machine translation edit? If this is a real translation, you as a translator hopefully removed the system of nobility added by the Chinese, you removed it right???👀

  • Mepha13 days ago
    Replied to Saurfangs

    This should be the job of a translator. The person believes that they know both English and Chinese, so they should be able to edit the text rather than just use a machine translation from Google. However, it seems that they are also unaware that there are no counts and other similar terms in Westeros.

  • Mepha14 days ago
    Replied to Alan_Arwen

    Well, you're right, the author wanted to write about a happy ending for his favorite characters from the original, he added tons of unnecessary garbage to the fan fiction. Starting with the most monstrous one, he changed the Prophecies of Itlina, focusing on the main character instead of Ciri. It's a very long story, more than 100 chapters, and the main character is still a 13-14 child. And of course, the ubiquitous Chinese cooking, humor, and values.

  • Mepha14 days ago
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    This story reads like it was written by a child—the kind of fanfictions I stumbled upon 4 or 5 years ago, when every schoolkid felt it was their duty to write a fanfiction for something. Regardless of the original work’s worldview or genre, they’d turn it into an anime. The same thing happens here. The protagonist starts training almost from infancy, and the author tries to portray him as a genius and a strategist meticulously planning his future. But as often happens with schoolkids who dive into writing without a plan, without boundaries, and with only superficial knowledge, they burn out quickly. Or, as in this case, it turns out the author isn’t a schoolkid at all—no, he’s a Chinese guy working four jobs, squeezing in time to scribble his magnum opus during smoke breaks. Yes, you read that right—this is a Chinese fanfiction, and it’s absolutely terrible in every sense of the word. The author doesn’t know English and only learned about Game of Thrones through Chinese localizers(Official Translater's). So even if you don’t care about the childish plot—about an overpowered hero coddled by Lady Luck herself—you still won’t be able to read more than 15 chapters at a time. The fanfiction is riddled with holes, from the protagonist’s illogical behavior to fundamental flaws in storytelling, worldbuilding, and structure. It starts with the simplest, most basic things—like the protagonist’s name: 维特 (Witte) (though I have no idea how the translator rendered it). It’s a dumb choice; even a generic "John" would’ve been better. Then there are fatal errors and arbitrary decisions, like introducing a nobility system with Barons, Viscounts, Counts, and so on. I don’t know what genius thought that, in the Chinese localization of Martin’s books and the TV show, making the Starks and Lannisters (and Houses of the Wardens) Dukes would be cool! While "King" and "Duke" are understandable, what about the other Houses? For example, the Chinese decided that House Manderly of the North is a Count’s House. At first glance, it makes sense—they’re one of the wealthiest Northern Houses, with their own port, fleet, cavalry, and even the right to mint coins! But the localizers either never read Martin's books or couldn't be bothered to learn Westeros history. Because the Manderlys are exiles taken in by the North—so why grant them the title of Count while ancient Houses that have served the Starks for millennia remain mere Barons? This is a pointless fanfiction written for Chinese readers unfamiliar with the original. And for you? There’s nothing here. If you’re looking for a Game of Thrones fanfiction, this is an entirely different beast. If Skyrim intrigued you, nope—that’s not here either. Even if you ignore all the above and just want to read about a boy becoming king, you’ll still quit after a few chapters when the protagonist, despite knowing the future, makes decisions that empower his enemies and acts like the dumbest "strategist" and politician imaginable. And the author tries to frame it as some grand epic, opening or closing chapters with lines like: "The protagonist’s decisions were remembered for generations, for never before—or after—had the world witnessed such idiocy!" This is a slapdash fanfiction. The author didn’t care about the original’s atmosphere or logic—he just cranked out 3-4K characters daily to earn some coins. Fun fact: In China, even fanfictions get monetized… unless the original author is Chinese and sues. The funny part? You have to sue each fanfiction individually, and by the time you’ve won cases against five of them, some overworked Chinese delivery guy has already written seven new ones while riding his scooter.

  • Mepha14 days ago
    Replied to DaoistjXDQyO

    Аx ты грёбанный "ублюдок", вот это я xотел услышать!

  • Mepha8 months ago
    Posted

    Up to 300 chapters it's not a bad Hollywood novel, but with each new chapter the story turns into the typical, ‘Everything Chinese is good! Even if it defies logic and common sense. One of the funniest and most amusing moments was when the author, who had previously mocked gay men, decided to send the main character to star in a film called Brokeback Mountain, why? Maybe because succubi don't care who they sleep with? Maybe Chinese Martin thinks gay films are art? No, you can mock gays and their films and values, but if this gay film was made by a Chinese director, then - then go ahead and make this film, because it's pure art!!! He even wants to win an Oscar for Best Actor with this role, the author is aware that this film was promoted so aggressively that the Academy had to give out an award to get gay activists off their backs. And that award is still considered one of the controversial Oscars, just like Gweneth Paltrow and Moonlight. You know, the author has been so brainwashed that he already takes such absurd things for granted. Although he tried to hold back at first, he had an argument with Eng Lee and decided not to make up any more, a succubus living for thousands of years prefers Chinese food, THIS IS A COUNTRY WITH 5 THOUSAND YEARS OF HISTORY!!!!. God, it was so painful to read this piece of crap from the brainwashing system that I've dumbed down and now I'm not swearing but shouting out a meaningless set of words from Dirty Horse and Grass!

  • Mepha2 years ago
    Replied to Everythingonurmind

    Dude write the names of these top 5 ff. IN Webnovel is a ton of rubbish, and it's very hard to find good ff on Chinese sites.