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Chinese to English translation practice

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Welcome Readers!

KOD IS FINISHED!! See the KoD Masterlist for all translated chapters.

**THIS BLOG CONTAINS SPOILERS**

All chapters are linked above, so please don’t scroll down unless you don’t mind spoilers! All spoilers are also tagged “kod spoilers” for blacklisting.

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questions and concerns

tips about broken links

tips about typos

messages of excitement and love for KoD!! this is a passion project and i’m just chilling so i’d love to make some friends along the way :D

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have you seen the drama adaption of kod? the spirealm i think? is it good?

I have not!! I've only seen gifsets floating around.

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Hello! I wanted to say thank you! KOD is one of my favorite novel of all time and I was able to read it thanks to your translations so thank you so much for your amazing work!!!!

Oh my absolute pleasure!!!!!! Thanks for your kind message! :D

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Thank you so much for your translation for KoD ❤️

My pleasure dear!!!! I'm just happy you got to enjoy this novel!

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hello! i’m finishing up kod and just wanted to thank you for posting your translation!! love both the story and your translation sm!!

The pleasure's all mine dear!! I'm so happy to share this fantastic novel 😁😁😁😁

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thank you for changing my life (translating kod)!

every chapter i looked forward to reading your tags, it made my reading experience so much better because it was as if i was reading with a friend who was screaming (at RNZ) with me haha thank you very much again, i wish you the best in life!!

Oh my absolute pleasure!! Haha, I'm so happy to hear my heedless yelling kept you company, thank you for your kind words!!!

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Hi!!!

I'm a reader of your translation of KoD, truely it's verry impressive!! I'm just wondering if i'm able to translate your work into a Japanese version of it??

Hello!! Apologies for the late reply, but yes of course! :D

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Hi dear!!! I am so happy to get your replied and approval!! I will be posting in YouTube 🥰🥰🥰.. Credit translation will be proper given (I don't like to take credit for things I didn't do haha) appreciate it very much!!!

That sounds lovely! Can't wait to see it :)))

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Have you ever thought of publishing KoD into a book like Tian Guan Ci Fu and Mo Dao Zu Shi? I wish I could have the physical copy of the english translated book for this.

Aw, me too! I've asked a handful of publishers but to no avail, alas. If anyone has the hookup though, let me know hahah.

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Hi dear Zin, can I use your translation of KOD to do subbing for audiodrama/audiostorybook? (*＾▽＾)／

Yes, certainly!! Where will you be posting it~?

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【卡布書屋】西子緒《死亡萬花筒（全四冊）》2022/10/10～2022/11/10，購買BL到買動漫，預購商品免補單第三方支付買賣安全有保障

Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zixu in traditional Chinese on pre-sale!

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Thank you so much for translating this! It was such a gripping read even though I'm a scaredy cat and had to take many breaks. The twins and tan zaozao broke my heart. It would have been nice to get a few more extras from the author about the mains daily lives afterward. Also Bai ming's romance. I guess I'm saying I like everything about this story. Thanks again!

Of course love!!! The pleasure was all mine!

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Regarding the novel I heard You Want to Hit Me, what did you like best about that novel? Do you plan to post your translations here in Tumblr?

Hey there! Apologies but I don't really plan on picking up any translations right now. Thank you for the interest though. I Heard You Want To Hit Me has this intriguingly dark and bleak take on love that still insists on concluding happily, and I think that's my favorite thing about it. It's codependent and needy and they both just really want things to work out, despite the absolute shitshow that is their issues together. I don't know if it's necessarily what you're looking for if you want something like nanqiu, but I certainly did enjoy it!

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First I wanted to thank you so so much for translating KOD! Second Iw anted to cry a little bit how little screentime my boy Bai Ming had. I truly hoped that at least for one time we would get him in the same door as RNZ and LQS. And that extra about him made me want it even more! His backstory is sad, he is so weird and a little fucked up, he and LQS were bros. I truly wish we could see those two working together at least once. Like, they are so different I truly wonder how they became friends.

The pleasure's all mine! Oh man I really love Bai Ming too. I love a competent counterpart-bff moment, and then that extra really sealed the deal for me as well. Agreed!! I want to see his friendship with LQS, also with RNZ. Someone write a fic please where Bai Ming finds out about RNZ's identity post-canon...

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Hi ! Thank you for your translation, i just started to read it and it's great but can't access chapter 18 to 62 (except 54 is good). I saw something the link are missing do you know how i can read them ?

Thx ! :)

Ah, you'll have to read Taida's translations for those chapters! I never got around to translating those I'm afraid. I would love to one day, but it's not really on the table for now haha.

Pleasure's all mine! I'm so glad you're enjoying the translation! :)

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the twins' story killed me... thanks for translating this wonderful novel! even though my eyes are red and dry from constant crying

Yes the heartbreak the long-lasting ache...I'm so glad you enjoyed this translation!!

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angel

aww, thank you!