| I'm looking for sites with novels translated to English - what found fo far [message #410663] |
Tue, 31 August 2021 17:28  |
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Originally posted by: Yes
I've enjoyed anime and manga for awhile now but want to find sites that
provide English translations of the web novels and light novels upon
wich they're based, especially Japanese themes. As an English only
reader I don't know if I'm overlooking sites that offer novels
translated to English. Here's a list of sites (name only, not URL)
I've bookmarked for myself. Some are commercial, some are just a list
of novels translated to English and others seem fan run. Is there a
site(s) I have missed? thanks, John
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Armaell's Library
FictionPress
Inkitt
J-Novel Club (commercial)
Paichun Translations
RnDNovels (seems inactive)
Royal Road (commercial, monthly paid fee)
Wattpad
List of Light Novels (Alphabetical)
Baka-Tsuki
Fanmily
henkanepubs
Just Light Novels
KyOption's Library translated novels
Light Novel
Lnwnepubs
NanoDesu Light Novel Translations
Novel Updates
Noveltrench light novels Japanese, Chinese. Korean
Read Light Novels (.NET)
ReadLight Novel.org (ORG)
readonlinenovels
Rekt Novel Compilations - Light novel downloads
RnDNovels Read and Download Novels
Scribble Hub
Seven Seas Entertainment
Sousetsuka
SYOSETU - Japanese only web site
Tseirp Translations
Webnovel.com
Whatsawhizzer Web Novels - NSFW
Wuxia.Blog
WuxiaWorld (.COM)
WuxiaWorld (.SITE)
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| Re: I'm looking for sites with novels translated to English - what found fo far [message #410664 is a reply to message #410663] |
Tue, 31 August 2021 17:52  |
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Originally posted by: Bobbie Sellers
On 8/31/21 14:28, Yes wrote:
> I've enjoyed anime and manga for awhile now but want to find sites that
> provide English translations of the web novels and light novels upon
> wich they're based, especially Japanese themes. As an English only
> reader I don't know if I'm overlooking sites that offer novels
> translated to English. Here's a list of sites (name only, not URL)
> I've bookmarked for myself. Some are commercial, some are just a list
> of novels translated to English and others seem fan run. Is there a
> site(s) I have missed? thanks, John
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>
> Armaell's Library
> FictionPress
> Inkitt
> J-Novel Club (commercial)
> Paichun Translations
> RnDNovels (seems inactive)
> Royal Road (commercial, monthly paid fee)
> Wattpad
> List of Light Novels (Alphabetical)
>
> Baka-Tsuki
> Fanmily
> henkanepubs
> Just Light Novels
> KyOption's Library translated novels
> Light Novel
> Lnwnepubs
> NanoDesu Light Novel Translations
> Novel Updates
> Noveltrench light novels Japanese, Chinese. Korean
> Read Light Novels (.NET)
> ReadLight Novel.org (ORG)
> readonlinenovels
> Rekt Novel Compilations - Light novel downloads
> RnDNovels – Read and Download Novels
> Scribble Hub
> Seven Seas Entertainment
> Sousetsuka
> SYOSETU - Japanese only web site
> Tseirp Translations
> Webnovel.com
> Whatsawhizzer Web Novels - NSFW
> Wuxia.Blog
> WuxiaWorld (.COM)
> WuxiaWorld (.SITE)
>
Fanfox.net has some novels but not densely concentrated as they
do with the Chinese comics, the manga and the Korean comics.
bliss
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bliss dash SF 4 ever at dslextreme dot com
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| Re: I'm looking for sites with novels translated to English - what found fo far [message #410666 is a reply to message #410665] |
Tue, 31 August 2021 21:26 |
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Originally posted by: Bobbie Sellers
On 8/31/21 15:40, Yes wrote:
> Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>
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>> Fanfox.net has some novels but not densely concentrated as they
>> do with the Chinese comics, the manga and the Korean comics.
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>> bliss
>
> Just checked it out. lots of manga but no novels as far as I could
> tell.
>
> John
>
Oh they are there seems like one out every hundred or so new posting is
now a novel. But I read the listingd twice a day ~12 hours
apart. You will have to do search on novels if you expect to find
them without similar intense scrutiny. Suppose the next novel listing
I find I post here? But I will do only one or two of these to prove
my point then ignore the novels as I prefer mine from the SFPL-Main.
Screen reading is painful for me even with manga these days and I
prefer to hold the actual reading down to a few chapters a day.
bliss - currently reading Mou Ippon a HS girls judo story
and a few others.
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bliss dash SF 4 ever at dslextreme dot com
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| Re: I'm looking for sites with novels translated to English - what found fo far [message #410674 is a reply to message #410663] |
Wed, 01 September 2021 11:02 |
E. Liddell
Messages: 44
Registered: August 2012
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:28:01 +0000, Yes wrote:
> I've enjoyed anime and manga for awhile now but want to find sites that
> provide English translations of the web novels and light novels upon
> wich they're based, especially Japanese themes. As an English only
> reader I don't know if I'm overlooking sites that offer novels
> translated to English.
[...]
> Novel Updates
If this is novelupdates.com, they index *everyone* else,
including hundreds of sites you haven't listed. The only
site you need if you're interested in this stuff.
E. Liddell
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| Re: I'm looking for sites with novels translated to English - what found fo far [message #410675 is a reply to message #410674] |
Wed, 01 September 2021 12:14 |
Chris Buckley
Messages: 56
Registered: July 2012
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On 2021-09-01, E. Liddell <eliddell@no.patience.for.spam> wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:28:01 +0000, Yes wrote:
>
>> I've enjoyed anime and manga for awhile now but want to find sites that
>> provide English translations of the web novels and light novels upon
>> wich they're based, especially Japanese themes. As an English only
>> reader I don't know if I'm overlooking sites that offer novels
>> translated to English.
> [...]
>> Novel Updates
>
> If this is novelupdates.com, they index *everyone* else,
> including hundreds of sites you haven't listed. The only
> site you need if you're interested in this stuff.
>
> E. Liddell
Yes, I agree, novelupdates.com is the place to go to. They are
pretty close to complete, and have a good review, forum, and recommendation
system (unlike a lot of untrustworthy review sites).
But be aware if you are interested in more general webnovels that
novelupdates.com lists only translated novels with Asian origins.
For example, the original English webnovels of RoyalRoad would not
appear there, even if dealing with Chinese (or Japanese) themes and
backgrounds.
Chris
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| Re: I'm looking for sites with novels translated to English - what found fo far [message #410676 is a reply to message #410674] |
Wed, 01 September 2021 12:36 |
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Originally posted by: Yes
E. Liddell wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:28:01 +0000, Yes wrote:
>
>> I've enjoyed anime and manga for awhile now but want to find sites
>> that provide English translations of the web novels and light
>> novels upon wich they're based, especially Japanese themes. As an
>> English only reader I don't know if I'm overlooking sites that
>> offer novels translated to English.
> [...]
>> Novel Updates
>
> If this is novelupdates.com, they index everyone else,
> including hundreds of sites you haven't listed. The only
> site you need if you're interested in this stuff.
>
> E. Liddell
I checked my bookmarks. It is novelupdates.com. I have it bookmarked
but haven't done anything further. Are there benefits to registering?
IIRC, the reason I didn't pursue it more aggressively is that I see the
titles but no understanding of what the story is about.
John
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| Re: I'm looking for sites with novels translated to English - what found fo far [message #410677 is a reply to message #410675] |
Wed, 01 September 2021 12:47 |
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Originally posted by: Yes
Chris Buckley wrote:
> On 2021-09-01, E. Liddell <eliddell@no.patience.for.spam> wrote:
>> On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:28:01 +0000, Yes wrote:
>>
>>> I've enjoyed anime and manga for awhile now but want to find sites
> that >> provide English translations of the web novels and light
> novels upon >> wich they're based, especially Japanese themes. As an
> English only >> reader I don't know if I'm overlooking sites that
> offer novels >> translated to English.
>> [...]
>>> Novel Updates
>>
>> If this is novelupdates.com, they index everyone else,
>> including hundreds of sites you haven't listed. The only
>> site you need if you're interested in this stuff.
>>
>> E. Liddell
>
> Yes, I agree, novelupdates.com is the place to go to. They are
> pretty close to complete, and have a good review, forum, and
> recommendation system (unlike a lot of untrustworthy review sites).
>
> But be aware if you are interested in more general webnovels that
> novelupdates.com lists only translated novels with Asian origins.
> For example, the original English webnovels of RoyalRoad would not
> appear there, even if dealing with Chinese (or Japanese) themes and
> backgrounds.
>
> Chris
I'm not quite sure I understand the second paragraph. If you mean
being able to search a web site using its genre and tag labels, yes,
that leads to the gripe I have with a lot of the sites out there
hosting anime, manga and novels - the lack of decent search
capabilities. Too frequently, many of the sites allow you to search
using only one subitem of a category at a time. I've found a few that
allow you to do a Boolean search - choosing multiple sub-category items
simultaneously, for example, action AND comedy AND slice of life. I
think I've only found two or three sites that sub-categorize novels
into Japanese, Chinse and Korean. It'd be nice to find more sites that
do that because I've discovered as I read the novels, each has their
own narrative characteristics and I favor the Japanese novels because
I'm willing to read the story for a longer period of time.
John
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| Re: I'm looking for sites with novels translated to English - what found fo far [message #410678 is a reply to message #410677] |
Wed, 01 September 2021 15:06 |
Chris Buckley
Messages: 56
Registered: July 2012
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On 2021-09-01, Yes <noone@invalid.invalid.com> wrote:
> Chris Buckley wrote:
>
>> On 2021-09-01, E. Liddell <eliddell@no.patience.for.spam> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:28:01 +0000, Yes wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've enjoyed anime and manga for awhile now but want to find sites
>> that >> provide English translations of the web novels and light
>> novels upon >> wich they're based, especially Japanese themes. As an
>> English only >> reader I don't know if I'm overlooking sites that
>> offer novels >> translated to English.
>>> [...]
>>>> Novel Updates
>>>
>>> If this is novelupdates.com, they index everyone else,
>>> including hundreds of sites you haven't listed. The only
>>> site you need if you're interested in this stuff.
>>>
>>> E. Liddell
>>
>> Yes, I agree, novelupdates.com is the place to go to. They are
>> pretty close to complete, and have a good review, forum, and
>> recommendation system (unlike a lot of untrustworthy review sites).
>>
>> But be aware if you are interested in more general webnovels that
>> novelupdates.com lists only translated novels with Asian origins.
>> For example, the original English webnovels of RoyalRoad would not
>> appear there, even if dealing with Chinese (or Japanese) themes and
>> backgrounds.
>>
>> Chris
>
> I'm not quite sure I understand the second paragraph. If you mean
> being able to search a web site using its genre and tag labels, yes,
> that leads to the gripe I have with a lot of the sites out there
> hosting anime, manga and novels - the lack of decent search
> capabilities. Too frequently, many of the sites allow you to search
> using only one subitem of a category at a time. I've found a few that
> allow you to do a Boolean search - choosing multiple sub-category items
> simultaneously, for example, action AND comedy AND slice of life. I
> think I've only found two or three sites that sub-categorize novels
> into Japanese, Chinse and Korean. It'd be nice to find more sites that
> do that because I've discovered as I read the novels, each has their
> own narrative characteristics and I favor the Japanese novels because
> I'm willing to read the story for a longer period of time.
>
> John
My second paragraph was just pointing out that novelupdates.com only
lists Asian translated novels; it doesn't list novels originally
written in English.
Novelupdates is *big*. Their forum has many millions of messages, for
example, with 8900 users currently online. I can't find a count of the
number of novels listed, but in the tens of thousands at least.
https://www.novelupdates.com/series-finder/ should satisfy any Boolean
search requirements you have; it's incorporated into most of the
search options.
Chris
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| Re: I'm looking for sites with novels translated to English - what found fo far [message #410679 is a reply to message #410676] |
Wed, 01 September 2021 16:21 |
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Originally posted by: Bobbie Sellers
On 9/1/21 09:36, Yes wrote:
> E. Liddell wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:28:01 +0000, Yes wrote:
>>
>>> I've enjoyed anime and manga for awhile now but want to find sites
>>> that provide English translations of the web novels and light
>>> novels upon wich they're based, especially Japanese themes. As an
>>> English only reader I don't know if I'm overlooking sites that
>>> offer novels translated to English.
>> [...]
>>> Novel Updates
>>
>> If this is novelupdates.com, they index everyone else,
>> including hundreds of sites you haven't listed. The only
>> site you need if you're interested in this stuff.
>>
>> E. Liddell
>
> I checked my bookmarks. It is novelupdates.com. I have it bookmarked
> but haven't done anything further. Are there benefits to registering?
> IIRC, the reason I didn't pursue it more aggressively is that I see the
> titles but no understanding of what the story is about.
>
> John
>
Copy the title along with the author's name to a search engine.
Some titles are reused as different authors retell them and I think here
of the classics which are frequently used as base materials such as
"Journey to the West" which is at the base of several manga and animated
and live action movies.
bliss
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bliss dash SF 4 ever at dslextreme dot com
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| Re: I'm looking for sites with novels translated to English - what found fo far [message #410680 is a reply to message #410678] |
Wed, 01 September 2021 16:53 |
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Originally posted by: Yes
Chris Buckley wrote:
> On 2021-09-01, Yes <noone@invalid.invalid.com> wrote:
>> Chris Buckley wrote:
>>
>>> On 2021-09-01, E. Liddell <eliddell@no.patience.for.spam> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:28:01 +0000, Yes wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > I've enjoyed anime and manga for awhile now but want to find
> sites >> that >> provide English translations of the web novels and
> light >> novels upon >> wich they're based, especially Japanese
> themes. As an >> English only >> reader I don't know if I'm
> overlooking sites that >> offer novels >> translated to English.
>>>> [...]
>>>> > Novel Updates
>>>>
>>>> If this is novelupdates.com, they index everyone else,
>>>> including hundreds of sites you haven't listed. The only
>>>> site you need if you're interested in this stuff.
>>>>
>>>> E. Liddell
>>>
>>> Yes, I agree, novelupdates.com is the place to go to. They are
>>> pretty close to complete, and have a good review, forum, and
>>> recommendation system (unlike a lot of untrustworthy review sites).
>>>
>>> But be aware if you are interested in more general webnovels that
>>> novelupdates.com lists only translated novels with Asian origins.
>>> For example, the original English webnovels of RoyalRoad would not
>>> appear there, even if dealing with Chinese (or Japanese) themes and
>>> backgrounds.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>
>> I'm not quite sure I understand the second paragraph. If you mean
>> being able to search a web site using its genre and tag labels, yes,
>> that leads to the gripe I have with a lot of the sites out there
>> hosting anime, manga and novels - the lack of decent search
>> capabilities. Too frequently, many of the sites allow you to search
>> using only one subitem of a category at a time. I've found a few
>> that allow you to do a Boolean search - choosing multiple
>> sub-category items simultaneously, for example, action AND comedy
>> AND slice of life. I think I've only found two or three sites that
>> sub-categorize novels into Japanese, Chinse and Korean. It'd be
>> nice to find more sites that do that because I've discovered as I
>> read the novels, each has their own narrative characteristics and I
>> favor the Japanese novels because I'm willing to read the story for
>> a longer period of time.
>>
>> John
>
> My second paragraph was just pointing out that novelupdates.com only
> lists Asian translated novels; it doesn't list novels originally
> written in English.
>
> Novelupdates is big. Their forum has many millions of messages, for
> example, with 8900 users currently online. I can't find a count of
> the number of novels listed, but in the tens of thousands at least.
>
> https://www.novelupdates.com/series-finder/ should satisfy any Boolean
> search requirements you have; it's incorporated into most of the
> search options.
>
> Chris
Thanks. That should do the trick.
John
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