The Purge of 2026

[HungrySheep]

How else am I going to make $3000 a month being a blood sucking leech now?

I would hope no one is actually paying money to these "translators", especially when the actual, legitimate translation groups found on NovelUpdates aren't doing this as a cheap grift.

 

[Anonjohn20]

I would hope no one is actually paying money to these "translators"

Pretty much all unauthorized translators have a Ko-fi, SubscribeStar, Patreon, etc.

legitimate translation groups found on NovelUpdates

Many of those are also unauthorized translations. Since NovelUpdates is only a repository of links rather than a host for the stories, the NU site isn't at risk of being taken down (only the places that the link sends you to are at risk).

 

[Dec]

I would hope no one is actually paying money to these "translators", especially when the actual, legitimate translation groups found on NovelUpdates aren't doing this as a cheap grift.

Based on some Patreon profiles from the works we took down, the average income is around $4k, with the highest being $23k (or was it 28? Don't remember) monthly.
And reporting them to Patreon, even if you provide all sources and other necessary info, does jack shit. They require you, the reporter, to be the owner of the original to even consider it.
It pissess me off.

 

[Alski]

Based on some Patreon profiles from the works we took down, the average income is around $4k, with the highest being $23k (or was it 28? Don't remember) monthly.
And reporting them to Patreon, even if you provide all sources and other necessary info, does jack shit. They require you, the reporter, to be the owner of the original to even consider it.
It pissess me off.

Its making patreon money so they dont give a shit, even though its against their own TOS.

 

[tiaf]

Many of those are also unauthorized translations. Since NovelUpdates is only a repository of links rather than a host for the stories, the NU site isn't at risk of being taken down (only the places that the link sends you to are at risk).

There are still small true fan translations that don't make a living from translating and care for the original work. Though they get smaller day by day.

 

[HungrySheep]

Based on some Patreon profiles from the works we took down, the average income is around $4k, with the highest being $23k (or was it 28? Don't remember) monthly.
And reporting them to Patreon, even if you provide all sources and other necessary info, does jack shit. They require you, the reporter, to be the owner of the original to even consider it.
It pissess me off.

$23k monthly for stolen work??? What the fuck.

 

[FRWriter]

It's because of the sheer speed and quantity that AI translators provide.

Authors and even real translators can't keep up. They can't release like 100-200 chapters a month....

It's kinda funny that AI works outearn real authors/translators by a factor of 10 to 100. It's insane.

 

[LuoirM]

This is the Epstein Files of the writing scene and y'all not mad enough

 

[HungrySheep]

This is the Epstein Files of the writing scene and y'all not mad enough

I don't even know how we'd even start prosecuting people for profiting off illegal translations, honestly. It's probably people in third-world countries stealing original works from China.

 

[Anonjohn20]

This is the Epstein Files of the writing scene and y'all not mad enough

"While these innocent translations are being redacted, over in AO3 there is loli erotica and cannibalism stories just getting away with it!"

 

[Bartun]

Hopefully, this will help some of the original stories get more readers.

 

[JayMark]

Based on some Patreon profiles from the works we took down, the average income is around $4k, with the highest being $23k (or was it 28? Don't remember) monthly.
And reporting them to Patreon, even if you provide all sources and other necessary info, does jack shit. They require you, the reporter, to be the owner of the original to even consider it.
It pissess me off.

I have the wrong hobby.
I should have gotten into scumbaggery

 

[LuoirM]

 

[Anonjohn20]

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You could have edited out the "Hitler" and put "translation."

 

[LuoirM]

You could have edited out the "Hitler" and put "translation."

Putting actual effort?

 

[Alski]

Putting actual effort?

Or you can pretend it has a deeper meaning.

 

[LuoirM]

Actually holy fuck ChatGPT might be goat? (Ignore Tempokai being split in half)

 

[CrimsonGenius]

So… peace has been restored to the kingdom?