User blog:A-chana/Fanmade Chinese Translations of Two Novels

First of, I'm about 99% certain that said translations were done by a fan. Second, a lot of the things I'm going to say were gleaned from running it through Google Translate (the biggest strength of having the novels in text form). I don't want to say particular things with 100% certainty, but I do think that the general idea of most plot points are accurate.

Cloture of Yellow: http://www.lightnovel.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=237431

Wiegenlied of Green: http://www.lightnovel.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=289869

I started to type up a summary of WoG, but it ended up being a wall of text, and I'm having trouble trimming it down. I'll list some points I think are worth mentioning. Note again, Google Translate was used in this.


 * Clarith lived with her mother at the beginning of the book. She wasn't her biological mother, but I think she was still part of the Netsuma line. The woman is able to identify Michaela, in her bird form, as a spirit from the forest. She dies from the same disease that claimed the lives of the twins' parents.


 * It's explicitly said that Gumina was exiled from Belzenia.


 * Immigrants in general face discrimination in Elphegort, and Mikina, herself an immigrant, is actually quite wary of Michaela (who appears to be a native of Elphegort) and has to be convinced to allow her to work for her.


 * The shell necklace that Michaela wears in some art is a Marlon noble's way of proposing engagement. She only accepts it from Kyle on the grounds that it's merely a sign of friendship and nothing more.


 * The well Michaela is hidden in was in Eldoh Forest. It was expanded with a room and filled with food supplies. Allen figured out her location because Keel and his family were arrested by Lucifenian forces, and a letter addressed to Kyle was found in his possession. Allen promises to help her escape, but Ney intervenes a few days later by disguising herself as him. He and Kyle come across her as she's dying.


 * Clarith herself was also taken prisoner, separate from the Freesises (as she had been accompanying Michaela and split up from her to protect her), and was being interrogated on Michaela's whereabouts. A friend of the Freesises interrupted and convinces the military to let her go, as Allen has confirmed Michaela's death. This friend is also sheltering the Freesises in his mansion because their own mansion was burned down.


 * At one point, Germaine and another soldier named York are talking to Keel about the upcoming revolution and ask Clarith to join. She eventually refuses, not willing to kill people, and instead goes on to cook meals at an orphanage run by a church that Keel built.


 * Clarith is given the potted plant before she meets "Rin", a spoiled girl that she becomes a sister to. It's implied that it's during the confrontation at the sea that Rin's hair is cut short. The two later work together to plant Michaela in the forest, near the old Thousand-Year Tree; Eldoh himself is okay, but the tree has died. Shortly after Michaela's death, her body changed into a tree sapling.


 * Kyle came in contact with the Venom Sword at one point and was filled with uncontrollable passion as a result, which was directed at Michaela. He begins to blame himself for everything, up until a mirror that Prim gave him begins to whisper to him and convince him that he was always right. Ney, whom he does not recognize as his sister, convinces him that Germaine and York had some involvement with Michaela's death, and he sends a warrant out for their arrest.


 * Meanwhile, Elluka and Gumillia finally convince Keel to give them the Venom Sword, just to realize that there is no trace of a demon on it, making it effectively useless to them. Their immediate priority becomes figuring out what's going on.

Yeah. Still too many words.

If anyone else would like to look at the translations, feel free. I know the Wiegenlied goes on to a second page, but that's mostly just extra details. I haven't looked through Cloture of Yellow yet. And, as far as I know, Praeludium doesn't have a translation, which sucks since at least the first two books had songs that gave a brief summary.