DGSD English Translation

psksvp

Is there a completed English Translation somewhere?

psksvp

Jenxi

psksvp Is there a completed English Translation somewhere?

It's a lot of chapters and a ton of words. I did a rough estimation once that it would span at least 3 to 5 English novels in English translations. Unfortunately, it is a long novel translated by volunteers for free.

There was a time we were thinking of doing this from the start, however things became complicated. Given that the rights to the English versions of Jin Yong's works have been purchased by publishers, the translations have been in limbo. The translators I spoke to are all wary of putting in a few years of work only for the publisher to force us to remove it from the internet. Basically we are reworking an already translated series with the risk of legal repercussions.

That said, I think we can still make this happen by making sure the translators are compensated for the efforts put in. If there are people who are willing to help crowd fund or support this via Patreon, then we might still be able to make it available via members-only posts.

atumiwa

yes, it's a little mess though because more than 10+ people translate the project in 17 years , some use 2nd edition , some use 3rd edition. when you read it from beginning to end, you will feel some stories cannot be interlinked
but at least you can read it in english

silentmonk

Jenxi I don't want to be a wet blanket but what value do you add? How different is it from the existing translations that would make it worth the money spent?

ange

ooooh do a patreon!

Jenxi

silentmonk That's a good question. For one, the existing work is done by many different authors and thus have different styles.

psksvp

I have found some chapters have been translated into English here.

http://www.spcnet.tv/forums/showthread.php/17474-Demi-God-Semi-Devils

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Jenxi

psksvp Yes, we link to SPC from our Translations page too.

alfredlion

I have completely edited the spent translation referenced above. I posted about it once before ( ](https://wuxiasociety.com/forum/d/393-giving-credits-to-the-original-translators/2)) but I got side-tracked before I finished. It is done. I want to stress these are not my translations, I only edited them to give consistency to names & terminology and fixed grammar, verb tenses, etc. The original editors are all credited in the text.

Jenxi, I sent you a message with my email. If you send me a email I can send you the word doc.

Jenxi

alfredlion That's great! Send it over and I'll update the site.

atumiwa

alfredlion

i see that admin jenxi not upload the ebook file to this site yet, have you sent the file to him?
please cc to tumiwa@gmail.com if you dont mind

alfredlion

Jenxi,
The file is too big to attach here (4.1MB). I need an email to send it to. I sent a message with my email to (https://wuxiasociety.com/contact/). If you send me an email I can attach the file to the reply.

thx

Jenxi

alfredlion Hi, you seem to have entered the wrong email. I'm unable to send an email to that address. Please send another message via the contact form. Thanks.

alfredlion

Jenxi I re sent it.

atumiwa

there are 2 major differences in fans translation that make confusion.
first is the indian monk in shaolin, one translator use 2nd , the other use 3rd, so the indian monk never introduced but then suddenly join the crowd, but then suddenly disappear
the second is the palm exchanges story between xiao feng and 5 shaolin monks, when in shaolin, the abbot mentioned their past encounter just to test xiao feng , but that story never exist before because at that time the translator use 2nd edition.

Jenxi

atumiwa The translation is done by different translators, hence the differences. And also there are three editions of the novels, so there's also that to deal with.

flyingdagger

+1 for a complete translation

Jenxi

flyingdagger Thanks for the feedback

alfredlion

atumiwa

Check your email. Sorry for the delay.

Jenxi

I don't think I got the email. Please send it again in any chase @alfredlion

I started some translation of DGSD, picking up where I left off previously just for fun. I have dilemma now. Translating my version would be going through work that has already been done by others, albeit IMHO not accurate enough a translation and also not as coherent since different translators picked up the baton along the way.

The other option was to translate the chapters that need more TLC and improvement but that would just be adding to the mash of different styles. I'm leaning towards doing a fresh translation. In fact, I went back to look at my previous DGSD translation and cringed so badly that I actually edited it again, just for practice and to ensure I can sleep at night.

I would enter this endeavour if enough people are interested to read it from the start rather than just to read the full story to know what happened. What do you guys say?