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Just a guy who likes BL (from any country). Queer (Aro). English/HK Canto. Eternally in search of trans fiction to no success. Currently fan-translating Adultery Contract. Twt @watercresscent Translation carrd https://watercresscent.carrd.co/

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watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · Oct 17

Thread of my webfiction translations:

1. Cat's Rose by Shisi (chapters 23–79 + extras)
- Slow-burn sci-fi drama BL
- Proof of purchase required for chapter 31 onwards
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Cat's Rose info

Cat’s Rose 猫咪的玫瑰[星际] by Yi Shi Si Zhou (Shisi) 一十四洲 Support the author by purchasing the original on JJWXC! GUIDE HERE Cat’s Rose raws: LINK Genres: Sci-fi, slice-of-life, mystery 79 chapters + 3 ...

docs.google.com

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watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 18h

Time for edits... then I'll be done with this chapter finally 😭

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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 3d

New event!
📆19th Oct - 9th Nov

Hong Kong Film Festival UK arrives in Manchester with a range of films including Ten Years 十年, Montages of a Modern Motherhood 虎毒不 & more.

www.instagram.com/p/DP3abczDW3G

HKFFUK 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 Screenings Calendar：

𝙑𝘼𝙇𝙇𝙀𝙔 𝙊𝙁 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝙃𝘼𝘿𝙊𝙒 不赦之罪
19 Oct (Sun) | 3:00 PM
The Light Stockport Cinema @thelightstockport

𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙏𝘼𝙂𝙀𝙎 𝙊𝙁 𝘼 𝙈𝙊𝘿𝙀𝙍𝙉 𝙈𝙊𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙃𝙊𝙊𝘿 虎毒不
26 Oct (Sun) | 3:00 PM
The Light Stockport Cinema @thelightstockport

𝙉𝙊 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙂𝙊𝙊𝘿𝘽𝙔𝙀 風繼續吹
2 Nov (Sun) | 3:00 PM
The Savoy Cinema @savoycinemaheaton

𝙏𝙀𝙉 𝙔𝙀𝘼𝙍𝙎 十年
8 Nov (Sat) | 3:00 PM
The Northern Light Cinema Sale @tnlcinemasale
𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘘&𝘈 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘢-𝘭𝘦𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘕𝘨, hosted by @hk_cultural_community

𝘼𝙁𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙄𝙈𝘼𝙂𝙀
9 Nov (Sun) | 3:00 PM
The Northern Light Cinema Sale @tnlcinemasale
𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘺 @candgartpartment

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watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 3d

Though the secondary couple storyline was not my fave in The Insatiable Man, I kinda appreciate that for once the author didn't try to salvage Jiho and Chungi's friendship. It's kinda regrettable but at least they got their separate happy endings

watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 3d

Since Chiang says his name refers to the number 6, it makes sense 陸 would be pronounced "Liu", right??

Except in the epilogue Gigi calls him a "Little Deer" (Xiao Lu) which is clearly a pun on the other reading of 陸 (Lu)??

Fuck should I just change his name to Chiang Lu 😭

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watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 3d

Ahhh why am I having I have a dilemma over how MC's name is romanised at this time?? There's dialogue suggesting it could be either way too 😭

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watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 4d

Six paragraphs left!!!!!!!!!

watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 4d

Since Yen Press licensed The Gay Who Turned Kaiju, can they also license the author's most well-known BL manga Kabe Koji 😭

watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 4d

It really is unfortunate trans men aren't welcomed in BL. I really want a trans version of the homophobic "straight" top x gay bottom chase arc BL but Western readers will definitely blast it for being problematic lmaoo

watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 4d

If anyone questions it... well, you're asking why trans people have gender dysphoria?

I already do my best to filter out novels myself by asking online though (though even then 50% of recs I get are inaccurate 😅 )

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watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 4d

People on twt think it's absurd to be bothered by top/bottom/vers positions, but I actually have a squick related to that. I don't like seeing trans men bottom and trans women top especially with their natal genitals (unless it's gay T4T, but they must still have strict roles)

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watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 4d

Should I translate it as "authentic" or "ownmost" self 😭.... decisions

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watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 4d

Reading about Heidegger to translate omegaverse novel

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watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 4d

The two new 5SOS songs (NOT OK and Boyband) are such bangers I became a fan

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 5d

Nope. Nope. Nope.
Not cool.
Not here.
Not ever.

We will keep working with real translators and narrators (and artists and proofreaders and authors and...) without any of this "AI" bullshit.

The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 5d

The 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair heard that developments in AI audiobooks mean publishers will no longer have to decide whether to translate a book, but instead just choose which market to translate into 👇 #FBM25

AI audio means publishers ‘don’t have to choose whether to translate, only which market’, FBF hears

ebx.sh

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watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 5d

pain

watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 5d

I just read A Monster Calls.........

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¾ @dle08.bsky.social · 7d

你各位記得存檔

www.threads.com/@yami_w_imay...

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watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 7d

Turns out the title does not refer to the MC "rage pooping", but MC imagining birds "rage pooping" on him lmao

watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 8d

Ooh it got a manga adaptation that began recently too. Glad to see them both drawn pretty 😌

watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 8d

MC happens to be reborn in the weaker country losing in the war. ML is disguised as a princess and still 15 while MC is 25, so there's nothing romantic between them yet. It also surprised me MC figured out the prince was crossdressing quite early and knew it wasn't his place to say anything

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watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 8d

Transmigrators being rare but a widely-known thing in the world is probably the most interesting part. Transmigrators have right to association as outsiders, but everyone wants to have transmigrators on their side so they can harness their abilities especially during wartime.

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watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 8d

Caught up with the serialisation of Finding My Way to (You) in This MMO World with my J-Novel subscription and it's quite interesting so far.

With how typical colourism is, it's nice to see a dark-skinned MC for once who is considered attractive but not in the "beastly" way

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watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 8d

I just don't like when villain transmigrations flip the script and turn OG!MCs into villains. It makes it no different from the OG story? Not to mention they also pulled the stupid "Actually the transmigrator IS the OG character's soul" twist. Really, what was the point of transmigration in this?

watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 8d

Moreover, this is NOT a regression but a transmigration! The appeal of transmigration is about having a modern outsider grapple with the foreign world, but it's like the modern narrator is completely usurped by the OG character's mental state. MC is the novel's AUTHOR too

watercresscent @watercresscent.bsky.social · 8d

I flipped to the end hoping to see MC's "belief" due to his trauma would be "proven false", but no it seems OG!MC and ML end up as actually bad people who get punished, so I dropped it. I find it difficult to root for that kind of MC, and it seems he won't have much growth throughout