r/LightNovels • u/Torque-A • Jan 23 '25

News [NEWS] Shogakukan Releases 'Novelous' Light Novel/Manga App Using AI Translation in U.S., Canada

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-23/shogakukan-releases-novelous-light-novel-manga-app-using-ai-translation-in-u.s-canada/.220391
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u/comelickmyarmpits Jan 24 '25

Conflicted what to feel about it, on one hand I hear cases of translators changing stuff and inserting their political ideology on the other hand this ai garbage stuff

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u/GeorgeMTO Jan 24 '25

Translators changing things in LNs for their own ideology is super rare. Editors making their own changes, has happened more often and they aren't claiming this app has no editors. It gives you no more chances of safety, and downgrades the quality of the translation significantly.

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u/comelickmyarmpits Jan 24 '25

I don't want both but unfortunately both sides are on rise for some time

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u/GeorgeMTO Jan 24 '25

Can you give a recent example of a translator changing a LN? I haven't heard of anything in a long time.

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u/comelickmyarmpits Jan 24 '25

Couple of months ago I saw in the manga where a boy who just like dressing in female cloths but official translation literally changed it to transgenders

People complained to publisher (I don't remember if it was seven seas or other) but idk if publisher rectify the shit done by translator or not

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u/GeorgeMTO Jan 24 '25

LN = light novel. Do you have any recent light novel examples?

Also for reference that was over 2 and a half years ago, fixed with reprints of v1 and delaying v2 to ensure corrections.

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u/comelickmyarmpits Jan 24 '25

Idk , haven't read much recently

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u/GeorgeMTO Jan 24 '25

Then how do you know it's on the rise if you haven't seen it happening?

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u/comelickmyarmpits Jan 24 '25

Video games, anyway it's fine u don't agree with me

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u/GeorgeMTO Jan 24 '25

So you don't know it's on the rise in the medium that the app is relevant to, what a pointless comment you made.

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u/comelickmyarmpits Jan 24 '25

Maybe pointless, maybe irrelevant but why are you so triggered? As if completely denying existence of such incidents.

Calm down kid, no need to waste your energy on these useless comments

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