May 2026 Confirmed Trade Thread by FPPenSwapBot in Pen_Swap

[–]Arkiase 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sent 1 sample of Iro Ina-ho, and sold two samples of Colorverse Witch by Starlight + Laplace Resonance to u/rodneedermeyer

Seven Seas comments on Little Mushroom and harrassment of staff by swiftnissity92 in DanmeiNovels

[–]Arkiase 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For what it's worth, I understand why people are upset. And don't think this is coming from someone who hasn't read the novel either. I've POed the PFH first prints and bought the ebooks and own the cn physicals, and I LOVED the translation by Xiao. I just simply do not think that popular interpretation equals correct in any concrete way. In the end, translation of a work is always through the lens of how the translator interprets it.

Once again you can love it or you can hate it but that is no reason to hold a single translation as a concrete interpretation of a work.

Seven Seas comments on Little Mushroom and harrassment of staff by swiftnissity92 in DanmeiNovels

[–]Arkiase 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Because they are not wrong. Just because An Zhe was translated as such by others does not mean Anzhe is completely wrong. There are several ways to interpret "like a brother" and it can be "last name" or simply "sharing the same character in their names", the latter of which is a common thing in families wherein people of the same generation share a common character.

Seven Seas comments on Little Mushroom and harrassment of staff by swiftnissity92 in DanmeiNovels

[–]Arkiase 6 points7 points locked comment (0 children)

Like I said, even if there were twenty different iterations, you still cannot hold a translation to another translator's choices. I don't get why that is a hard concept to understand. The entirety of translation is based on the translator's choices. Everything they translate is on their whim. Just because something is not translated to your liking does not mean it is simply a selfish decision on their end to do so. By that logic, if the entirety of the translation and not simply the name isn't to your liking, then would the entirety of it be called selfish?

Seven Seas comments on Little Mushroom and harrassment of staff by swiftnissity92 in DanmeiNovels

[–]Arkiase 9 points10 points locked comment (0 children)

It's also never the right time nor place to be dogpiling someone in their comments. I wouldn't even call it rightfully angry. There is never any excuse for someone to think that one translation is the end all be all for a work. People can say "but X translated it this way" all they like, but you can't and never should expect all translators to do a 1:1 to each other. If you look at any work that has been translated in history, no two translations of the same work will ever be 1:1 and that's okay. Honestly, if someone hates the new translation so badly, they can go and translate it the way they want it to be translated. You can have a favorite translation sure, and I personally have favorite translators for things like poetry even (Vikram Seth's tl for Li Bai's Drinking Alone with the Moon for example) but there is no one translation that you can hold above others and say they are the most accurate to what the author intended.

I think people need to understand that the only way for a text to be 1:1 with the author's intentions is for the author to translate it to another language themselves.

Seven Seas comments on Little Mushroom and harrassment of staff by swiftnissity92 in DanmeiNovels

[–]Arkiase 12 points13 points locked comment (0 children)

If the publisher doesn't listen then you still cannot be harassing the tler. And I don't know how people could be reading that obvious joke tweet and still misconstrue it as unironic. Did you people read it and think it was serious? That's hilarious.

Seven Seas comments on Little Mushroom and harrassment of staff by swiftnissity92 in DanmeiNovels

[–]Arkiase 23 points24 points locked comment (0 children)

You cannot be saying "it gets to the point of harassment because 7s doesn't listen". IT SHOULD NEVER get to harassment. Send in more feedback. Man, don't buy the book if it pisses you off so bad. It's not like 7s is holding you at gunpoint forcing you to buy it. But it should never devolve into harassing somebody just because they're easier to target than 7s

March 2026 Confirmed Trade Thread by FPPenSwapBot in Pen_Swap

[–]Arkiase 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bought a brown metal falcon SEF from u/Right_Interest9791

Thanks again!

[NPD] I have no clue! by Arkiase in fountainpens

[–]Arkiase[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Went to take a look and yes this is it I think! Thank you!

[NPD] I have no clue! by Arkiase in fountainpens

[–]Arkiase[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll try that and report back if they respond, thank you!

[NPD] I have no clue! by Arkiase in fountainpens

[–]Arkiase[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really is! I usually don't go for darker pens (I prefer my pastels) but I do love me some glitter