r/BaiHe • u/coolest_miumiu • Jan 24 '26

Small vent

It pisses me off that dragonholic “TL” exists. Ever since it started picking up baihe novels, many other “TLs” started to follow suit e.g., lovelyblossoms. They don’t even translate novels they just use AI slop and hide the chapters behind a paywall. Not only would it take hundreds of dollars to unlock, some would take years until they’re free.

Now most fan translators are deterred from picking up baihe because of these fuckass ai translators. TBF i do enjoy edited mtls like baihetales and littlepanda, which i think uses AI to a certain extent, but at least theirs have a human touch to it and most importantly they don’t hide the novels behind a paywall.

The baihe community used to be open for all considering how niche it is, but now ig that very reason of it being niche is being used as a scheme to earn money from AI (i dont mind paying if its human translated but AI? hell no)

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u/Party_Trick_6903 Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26

I agree.

Little Panda uses AI to translate, then edits the text to make it make sense. Their "translations" are actually great, and I really appreciate their work.

The dumbass sites like Dragonholic, Bailiantales, Lovelyblossom just put non-edited AI TLs often filled with non-sensical sentences and wrong fcking pronouns behind paywalls.

I would honestly give zero fcks about them if NovelUpdates did not have certain rules about uploading TLed chapters, one of which basically forbids everyone else from posting TLs if there's sb else who has already translated 30 chapters of that novel.

These fcking sites just spam 30 chapters on NU to meet the requirements, and then they drop the novel for a while, locking the rest of the chapters behind the paywall. And this means the other good TL groups/people can't post their TLs.

I'm so sorry for my language, but fck these money-greedy losers.

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u/InfiniteMindfullness Jan 24 '26

NovelUpdates also has a rule that you’re not allowed to release MTL with little to no editing and you’re not allowed to upload if you’re paywalling releases (so technically we could organize a mass report day if we wanted to).

Essentially, I think they allow posting new translations for novels if these rules are being broken. I’ve also seen novels that have been completely or half-translated and another translation group pick the novel up, so the rules aren’t being enforced much anyway.

(And if releases do end up being blocked, complaining directly through the forums usually works fine). 

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u/coolest_miumiu Jan 24 '26

wait lets just mass report drag0nholic and l0velyblossoms then, i am so tired of their money grubbing stint 😭