i completely get you and honestly i think its partly due to the incline in AI usage and people are half arsing their way through translating by using it.
for years now i've noticed every time anyone remotely mentions translations quality going down, you're gonna be met with a bunch of follow up yappers going "yoUr'e so EntiTled. bE grAteFUL FoR tHis. it'S bEttER thAn NotTHinG. ThEy'RE dOinG tHEiR BeSt". the lack of pushback against trash translations is exactly why it continues to worsen. because think about it, if you posted a half-assed translation and you're met with praise, would you continue to do half-assed translations? of course you would lol. no point in putting effort if zero effort is all it takes.
I've seen those comments saying that it's better than nothing. There are even some comments defending those awful translation over the officials or the translation of really nice groups these days (especially for the officials being posted after, some people find it annoying even tho I'd rather wait months and have a good translation than read some weird and inaccurate ones)
AI ruins a lot of things, there's also some good coming from it but it's mostly negative in my opinion
I translated a few chapters of little mushroom before the original translation team came back, and honestly I appreciated the criticism because first of all, I spoke the language but I wasn't the best at it, so telling people their translations could improve is a good thing. It can help some translators do better, that is if they are willing to. If they just slap on some bullshit ass google translations and call it a day there's really no point in telling them "oh this is good" or lie about that stuff, if it sucks it sucks.
so true. i'd rather get nothing at all than bad translations. it's like a slap in the face. i also see some people reading those weird inaccurate ones then complain that they can't understand anything but are still "thankful". it's just so ironic sometimes lol.
I think it's really cool that you're able to translate even tho you're not fluent and that you know how to take criticism and accept it, thank you for putting the work
Is it me or there's more and more really bad translation being posted these last few months.
I've been rereading some old manhwa (from before 2023) and the translation wasn't always perfect but it was readable, but now when you want to read a manhwa you have those horrid translation with Google text or just gibberish (i read Just twilight today and let me tell you that you have to be strong to read from chapter like 30 to the last update because translation is going crazy and nonsensical). It takes all the pleasure of reading stories.
Reading is my escape from reality and even tho I try to read on official website or app it can get pricey (and I'm not a millionaire) or just not available in my country yet I still come here to discover and read stories.
Sorry for the rant