"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 46 - 49

[x_los]

Week 12 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 46 - 49. This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on July 25th.

I'll be doing a weekly post with thoughts on this community. Feel free to join in/discuss. If you'd like to join the Discord, contact superborb for an invite.

Chinese text: https://sj.uukanshu.com/book.aspx?id=17338
English translation: https://merelhyn.tumblr.com/post/641747965727358976/the-langya-list-epubpdf

SPOILER POLICY: I personally don't give a fuck or even like to give unearned credence to the concept, so since I'm writing the post, anything's fair game.

(If anyone is interested in dankodes running further poetry content during or after NiF, please let me know what you'd be keen to discuss. I'm happy to work with you on that. I'll probably ask this again once NiF draws to a close.)

Comments

Chapter 48

[x_los]

‘Vomited a few times’ Do they mean to say ‘wretched’?

‘Playing with a poisonous snake’ Handling might have worked better, here. People really need to stop over-using 'playing' in English translation of Chinese, when it so often has weird connotations in English. This could almost work, but is inescapably masturbatory in its implications, in a childish and ham-fisted way.

Very short chapter!

Re: Chapter 48

[superborb]

It's breathes like he's going to vomit; I pointed it out in the chat as a translation mistake (doubt this time it's a version difference...)

Re: Chapter 48

[x_los]

Huh that's an interesting like--term English doesn't quite have.