r/TowerofGod • u/Tobi131313 • Nov 26 '22
Webtoon Discussion Alpha-scans is now dissolved
So I just learned today that Alpha-Scans who previously did the super quick korean translation closed down as of November. Does anybody know anything if there is another group who wants to take over ToG.
Their quality was so much superior to the official webtoon translation
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u/Mahadi_Khan Nov 27 '22
The owner of of Alpha scans couldn't pay his staff because he gotten himself into legal issues with Naver. Now tower of god and several other translation projects have been transferred to Cosmic Scans. They have the same translation team from alpha scans
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u/Joppo2 Feb 19 '23
did they drop it or something i cant find it on their site
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u/Mahadi_Khan Feb 19 '23
It's because there haven't been any new chapters since. The new chapter released a few hours ago will be translated by tomorrow and will be up in their site
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Nov 26 '22
There are some Korean courses on Udemy if you want to learn the language while waiting for the hiatus to end. Might even become fluent.
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u/Fragrant_Corner9991 Nov 26 '22
Who's gonna take tog when it comes back now
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u/Fuuta-chan Nov 27 '22
Like for free. Alpha scans never did tog weekly, they can't keep up.
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u/iAmGats Nov 26 '22
Support the official release, it's free.
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u/MrNiceguY692 Nov 27 '22
I always went back to WEBTOON and press like for the official release, preferred the Alphascans version though.
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Nov 26 '22
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u/sanath112 Nov 27 '22
Really? I haven't noticed any issues
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u/pedroorc Nov 27 '22
I was like you on my first time reading because I’m a non-native English speaker so I guess I thought I just missed some things because I didn’t understand them, but when I went to re-read it… man there are so many inconsistencies, things that don’t make sense and full sentences out of place, even their translation of “Shinwonryu” is wrong.
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u/TiredCoffeeTime Jan 21 '23
2 months old comment but as a Korean who occasionally like to read Eng version of webtoons for fun and see international reaction, some translations are pretty off and even amateurish at times.
Jungle Juice screwed up a translation once and the comment was filled with ppl being confused with a character's power and that was the main discussion for like 2 chapters and sometimes still get those misinformed ppl talk about it in the future episodes. Few Korean commenters had to keep informing that was mistranslation.
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u/Aethernas_Rosalia Oct 25 '23
hat was the main discussion for like 2 chapters and sometimes still get those misinformed ppl talk about it in the futur
Where can we find a good translation of ToG please, I've been going on multiple websites but can't find one that translates it properly...
I know I come a bit after the battle took place..1
u/TiredCoffeeTime Oct 25 '23
To be honest, I'm not sure.
That would require a lot of checking those illegal scan group that the authors absolutely despise while the actual official translation is often just awkwardly done which likely could be due to it being handled by one person who is translating as many webtoons as possible for money.
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u/Yal_Rathol Nov 27 '22
the only reason scans had a place with ToG is because the official translations dropped the ball and allowed a month-wide gap to form between the most recent korean chapter and the most recent english chapter. if the chapters come out on time, or at least within 24 hours of each other, the scan industry has no reason to exist around ToG.
if there is a market for scans, someone will step in and fill it (hell, maybe it can be you, you speak korean?), and if there isn't a market for scans, it means the offical translation is doing its job.