Gobbly gobbly gobbly...

[candyland]

HAPPY TURKEY DAY, EVERYONE!!

Every year, Jerry the Band Director dismisses us from our last rehearsal before Thanksgiving break with the instructions, "Go home, rest, and come back having gained at least five pounds." I'm pretty I did =D Mommy outdid herself this year--it was DELICIOUS! So much food...so much wonderful, wonderful food!

We ate at about two o'clock this afternoon. It's now twenty to nine. I'm thinking I might go make myself a turkey sandwich. WHY AM I HUNGRY AGAIN?? *stabs stomach and dies*

Oh oh oh, and I finally got to see the Conan live-action drama. I've had it for a few days, but I haven't had time to actually watch it. Pretty sure I was fangirling like crazy over the Shin/Ran moments. Utter, utter sweetness ♥ A few things were kind of dumb, but overall? Pretty pleased =D

And it's official--I've been plagiarized from. An author named Li Ping on ff-dot-net has been taking fics (mostly from 30_kisses, but also from a couple of other comms, it looks like), translating them into German, and posting them without A) the permission of the original authors, and B) credit given to the original authors. At present, this person has taken two of my Kisses stories--"Wild Goose Chase" and "The View." "Wild Goose Chase" really makes me mad because I wrote that for magic_truth.

The dumb thing is that it wouldn't have bothered me so much if they'd even just slapped my name on there as the original author. I've had people ask if they can translate a few of my stories, and I always say yes with two conditions: A) credit me as the original author, and B) send me a link to where you post them so I can see what they look like in a different language. I just think it's kinda cool. This...gah. RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION!

*bows* That is all...for now. *goes to make a sandwich*

Comments

[bf-nightingale.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear that.^__^

I sent a mail to the admin a few minutes ago, I'm waiting for her answer now. And you may find this interesting that Chen/Chen06/Li Ping seemed to have uploaded your fics on every big german fanfiction archive, since I found "The View" on Fanfiktion.de too.^^; Just Yaoi.de has been spared until now. *gg*
I have told the ff.de-admins too, I hope she gets kicked as soon as possible... It's just sad that she probably only uses fake accounts for her thefts, or at least at Animexx, since she has no elaborated user's profile there as people usually have.
And no, I don't think that you would have been that happy with her translations since she uses babblefish or whatever other translation machines. The grammar is horrible and the sentences sometimes don't make any sense at all, even some of the titles are just mindless translations!>_< It's probably the worst kind of theft you can imagine...>__> *sigh*

Thanks a lot!=D But I'm always afraid to make lots of grammar mistakes and "false friends"...^^;
And of course you are certainly smart enough to learn to speak other languages fluently, it just depends on your will and the method or learning.=) Homestays or language schools abroad are amongst the best and merriest methods to learn a language, that's for sure!=D

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

♥♥♥

I think I've written one "yaoi" fic in my entire career, so if it's popping up there, something had been lost in translation ^^;;

Thank you very much for doing that on my behalf--I really appreciate it =) It looks like the problem has been taken care of on those sites. But just babelfish-ing it? Gaaaah...if you're going to translate, at least translate, honestly...

I've spoken English for twenty-one years, and I still make grammar mistakes ^^;; But no false friends--we're pretty friendly around here =D

I know bits and pieces of other languages--a few words here and there, and enough Spanish to actually communicate feebly. But I'd love to learn another language. Someday, I shall do it for real! *victory pose*

[bf-nightingale.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Just kidding for the yaoi archive.^^

You're most welcome!^__^ Art or fanfic theft is imho the worst offense against the netiquette, especially if it's done that badly... It's not even flattering anymore, if they use such a bad translation, it's just insulting!>_<

And I don't know if it's babblefish or another program, but I can't believe she did a lot by herself. She translated word for word with the same structure as in the english sentences, and of course that doesn't work in translations, that's why some sentences seemed to be quite normal, but others were completely senseless.
But the worst thing was that she got two brainless fangirl comments for "The View" that she had a wonderful writing style...>__> I pass the compliment over to you, but I'd love to give very bad marks to those girls when it comes to their german grammar knowledge.^^;

Same for me both in german and french... and I'm speaking both languages for 25 years now.^^;

But no false friends--we're pretty friendly around here =D
That's what I notice!^___^ ♥ But I'm not sure if I used the right word to explain what I mean, in our english lessons we call "false friends" the direct translations of our own language (german, french or other languages probably as well) with similar english words, but the meanings are completely different. Like for example:
german: Wann bekomme ich mein Steak? (When do I get my steak?)
english: When do I become my steak?
That has... not exactly the same meaning, hasn't it?^^;

Why don't you have some holidays in a spanish speaking country? And to top that, you go to places where people hardly speak any english, so you are forced to speak spanish? I think that's the best method ever if you want to find your way or if you don't want to starve to death. *gg* Sounds awful, but it works!=D (Or at least it worked for me^^")


By the way... I'm sorry if I'm babbling that much, but I can never stop myself from spamming other people's ljs...u.u;

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

I don't exactly know a ton about languages, but even I know that sentence structure varies from language to language, AND that freetranslation and sites like that don't do sentence structure. Ayiyiyi...

You'll have people like that in any language, sadly. But I appreciate the compliment, strange as it seems ^___^

*laugh* I'd never heard that term before! But now that you explain it, it makes sense. Sorry for the misunderstanding--now I'm trying to figure out how one would become a steak. None of the answers are happy or legal =P

I'd love to spend some time in another country. The furthest/farthest I've been was a week I spent in Austria and Germany, and that was wonderful--that's why I know a few words of German. Just picked 'em up as we were running around :) I love to travel, too, so I'd enjoy it. Except the starving part... *laugh*

No problem! I'm enjoying the conversation ^_^

[bf-nightingale.livejournal.com]

But I appreciate the compliment, strange as it seems ^___^
I'm glad that you had at least one benefit with this plagiarism-thingy!=)

Yeah, the idea is somehow creepy!XD But that's one of the most famous ones we learn in school.^^

Really, you've been in Germany and Austria? Where exactly have you been?=D
I'd love to travel more, but right now I have to care for my own life and budget, and that's not always easy as a student.^^; I seriously hope that I can see my brother in China next year, and one day I'd love to see the US of America, especially the indian summer... *floats happily in her pink and fluffy daydream cloud*
And no, I wouldn't like to starve to death either, especially if there are so many delicious specialties around!=9
By the way, this entry is mean. I'm getting hungry every time I'm looking at it.;__;