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Seven Seas @sevenseasentertainment.com shared a sneak peek at the Special Edition merch for Mistakenly Saving the Villain! ๐๐
#misvil #่ซๆ้ฏๅๆดพ็ไธๅ ด #FengYuNie #danmei
www.danmeinews.com/2025/11/09/s...
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it ๐ซถ
06.11.2025 11:55 โ ๐ 4603 ๐ 1975 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 37Snow drifted around them, the heavens shimmering above as they met in a long, relieved embrace within the quiet Wuyong temple. On the longest night of the year, the stars finally carried his prince home.
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#TGCF #JunMei #JunWu #MeiNianqing
As the owner of an independent bookstore, I must ask all of y'all to do the opposite of this forever and ever, amen.
08.11.2025 21:17 โ ๐ 1514 ๐ 218 ๐ฌ 72 ๐ 15While theyโre still screwing about with SNAP, itโs a good idea to donate to pet shelters, too.
If you dare show up with โpoor people shouldnโt have petsโ, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
I also remember being particularly fond of Taran Wanderer. The scenes of him growing up, emotionally, really stuck with meโespecially the parts with making an "egg" out of whatever people could find to eat, and the swordsmithing arc, when he was so set on breaking his ugly sword (but couldn't).
09.11.2025 07:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0(Studies from this year have also shown that use of LLMs for tasks that require expertise take ~19% longer to get right than having an expert do the work [ doi.org/10.48550/arX... ], and may simply be *wrong* between 60% to 90%+ of the time.[ doi.org/10.48550/arX... ] But that's a separate thread.)
07.11.2025 20:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0For every author wondering, "Where can I find someone to translate my book?" I guarantee there's at least one person with language credentials, desperately applying to publishers to translate, who would love to put experience on their resume.
Translators are out there, and they're worth paying.
The same problems that have always existed with automatically or slavishly applying terms from a "translation dictionary" or thesaurus without understanding context will tend to crop up in these translations: dull, odd prose that is inexpressive and not quite right.
And good luck with pronouns.
The Large Language Models (LLMs, aka "AI") that match one statement or phrase to a cognate in another language using statistical models, no matter how comprehensively trained, are incapable of expertise and have no awareness.
No, no matter how friendly you think your chatbot is, it's not aware.
The art of translation involves grasping one human's point of view and mode of expression, rendered in a particular cultural context and idiom, and re-expressing it as faithfully as possible for a person living in a different cultural context and idiom. Doing that requires expertise and awareness.
07.11.2025 20:16 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I have very strong opinions about the use of idiom and context in language, and how cultural roots inform meaning, both shaping thought and shaped by it in turn. Language and expression go hand in hand. Expression is why we have language: because someone, somewhere, has a point of view to share.
07.11.2025 20:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Obviously I was never going to be a fan of this service. I started French in Kindergarten, Latin in 1st grade, Greek in 6th grade, plus assorted bits of Spanish, German, and Esperanto. More Greek, French, and Latin with an emphasis on translation in college, with Japanese self-study on the side.
07.11.2025 20:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0The claim is that this is giving indie authors an opportunity to reach audiences in more languages (currently English <-> Espaรฑol, Deutsch -> English, not the hardest markets for finding capable translators). Also translations are "automatically" checked for accuracy, wherein I question the method.
07.11.2025 20:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0MISTAKENLY SAVING THE VILLAIN (NOVEL) Vol. 1 (SPECIAL EDITION)
Regular Edition book + 4 postcards, a double-sided bookmark, a sticker sheet with 10 peelable stickers, and a poster, featuring art by guest artists!
Price: $29.99
ISBN: 979-8-89561-099-2
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Preorder Now! SevenSeasDanmei.com. Mistakenly Saving the Villain. Volume 1 (Special Edition) includes: Poster (15" x 10"). A single-sided poster with new art, ready for display! Bookmark (2" x 7"). Double-sided with additional art on the back! Stickers (5" x 7"). Ten individually peelable stickers! Postcards (5" x 7"). Four double-sided postcards featuring the cover art and new illustrations on the front! Includes artwork contributed by secret guest artists! Note: Preview images are not to physical scale with each other.
Take a look at this SNEAK PEEK of the bonus merch included with MISTAKENLY SAVING THE VILLAIN (NOVEL) Vol. 1 (SPECIAL EDITION) by Feng Yu Nie! #SevenSeasDanmei #MistakenlySavingTheVillain #MisVil
On sale November 25โpre-order now!
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It's almost here!
The Cloven Lands was tremendously fun to work on, and I expect it will be as much fun to play. It's a hefty adventure for the detail-oriented with lots of replay potential. Politics (lies), intrigue (damn lies), and statistics (It *is* an RPG).
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If you love TTRPGs and a good zombie apocalypse, you may want to take a peek at Unraveled from @quasigrant.bsky.social and company... The full campaign launches in November, but teaser info is dropping now! (If anyone else has a bsky to tag, lmk!)
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After all the controversy over the Polari Prize, time to shout out works by trans writers. To start, Bookshop (supports local bookstores) released this list of fifteen books by trans writers worth checking out: bookshop.org/lists/15-new...
Got a rec? Are you a trans writer? Drop a link, I'll share.
(My role: copyeditor, aka professional nitpicker, spellchecker, and grammarist. I go through the manuscript after team members forge it into Nearly It's Final Form, and look at it with a fresh and unforgiving pair of eyes, my keen sense of when to use hyphens, and the Chicago Manual of Style.)
06.08.2025 17:42 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Seconding how much of a *cough* joy it has been to work on this book with you guys. I have been getting a crash course in classical-style Chinese poetry courtesy of Fei Tian Ye Xiang, and I am *living* for it. The translation team and editorial team knocked this one out of the park.
06.08.2025 17:42 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0So today is release day for the first volume of โJoyful Reunionโ by Arise Zhang/Fei Tian Ye Xiang!! As a lifelong BL fan whoโs also a gay guy, it was an honor beyond measure to work on this particular series (even in a minor role) with the amazing translators Suika, Mimi, and yunyun.
05.08.2025 19:41 โ ๐ 64 ๐ 16 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 2Illustration of a lizard person standing on some rocks in a gloomy forest. They are holding a great axe made out of blue crystal and the handle seems to be a wind instrument. Blue mist is flowing out of various parts of their body. They have a chameleon like curled tail and two sets of ears.
My work for #FensGuide is here! The Vaguet are a playable species, tall mysterious forest lizard people who will hopefully be fun to play as. Lots of fun things for you to discover in the book!
It's funded but you can still back it and get one
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#DnD #5e #HumanArt
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THE COUNTDOWN APPROACHES!
We have 4 days to reach our fundraising goal & we have a LONG way to go!!
Be the reason that the Locus lights stay on! Help us out at igg.me/at/locusmag2025. We are so grateful for your support!
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New #danmei cover reveal! โจ LEGEND OF EXORCISM: TIANBAO FUYAO LU (NOVEL) Vol. 3 by Arise Zhang, aka Fei Tian Ye Xiang (้ๅคฉๅค็ฟ), with beautiful series art by Ruthie (kkcoocool)! #SevenSeasDanmei #LegendOfExorcism
Out in English this Octoberโpre-order now:
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Actor Michael B. Jordan on Sesame Street posing next to vampire puppet, The Count.
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18.05.2025 14:26 โ ๐ 169 ๐ 92 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 1Seven Seas (@sevenseasentertainment.com) shared a sneak peek at the special edition merch for their upcoming danmei release, Joyful Reunion! ๐
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For research purposes, I need to watch and read more thrillers, murder mystery, gang, drug related, political corruption stuff
โข no films, only series or animated series
โข no small town sleuthing. Best if itโs in the investigator POV
โข audiobooks
โข can also be mafia
โข oh, bonus if ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
#booksky