Artist and author Marjane Satrapi has passed away.

I forgot this app exists omg. kicking off with a long overdue literary dive into “C and A” by Towei~ thank you to @watercresscent.bsky.social for translating and letting me beta read at the time! dokjaslibrary.substack.com/p/c-and-a-by...

Hateful aromantic QT story where a cannon fodder side character who was sacrificed for the main couple's love gains consciousness and transmigrates into various romance stories to destroy the main couples' relationships

Shinee's new album is so good 😩

NickAlbert are winning me over cause of the transportation motifs in their storyline lmaooo. SORRY SU LIANG but ik i will yap about him when it's his turn to shine

Nick... you are so autistic coded...

I've exhausted my reserves 🥲 Updates might be more sporadic from now on but I'll do my best

The Most Fashionable Love by Towei Chapter 2: Moment (2) “I see him picking you up every day. You two look… very close.” In which Albert learns that things are a bit more complicated than they seem. ellipsus.com/read/7JkdedW...

Following the win of Taiwan Travelogue and ahead of Pride Month, we have selected some of the best sapphic love stories that have been nominated over the years, tales of self-discovery and seduction. Tap the link below to discover the full reading list.

Btw I finally gave Sammy Children's Day drama a shot and it doesn't even feel like they tried to recreate the setting lmao. I have a hard time believing the guy is poor (or that he is living in Kowloon) since his bedroom is 3x bigger than mine, someone who went to a private school 💀

Glacier Bay Books presumably licensing a Taigi comic? 👀

After shifting the first part of the chapter I thought this update would be shorter but it still turned out to be longer than the first 3 chapters lol

Terracotta Pig, East Java, 15th century

i bought the OG chinese version of Taiwan Travelogue but I ended up also buying the English translation to read alongside it too 😂

♥️ powerful speech by Lin King, translator of Taiwan Travelogue @linkinglionking.bsky.social

"No book should bear the burden of speaking on behalf of a whole country", Lin King said in her acceptance speech. This cannot be said enough. We need more books translated from Taiwan, with different voices and perspectives, different mix of languages and ways to use those languages.

Taiwan Travelogue wins the 2026 International Booker Prize! focustaiwan.tw/culture/2026...

Very concerning that for the 2nd year in a row the Venues for Pink Dot Hong Kong have been pressured by "Someone*" to not let the venues be hired to them (That's what Licence Issues mean). This is not okay. It's suppression of the LGBTQIA+ community in Hong Kong.

Nagatitan #paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs

Albert in Chapter 2: that nosy, meddling designer 😡 Albert two updates later: he could even spit on my face 🤪

The Most Fashionable Love by Towei Chapter 2: Moment (1) “I’ve always wondered: what’s the difference between Goofy and Pluto?” In which important questions are asked. ellipsus.com/read/2nqPW2h...

Kyoto Animation to produce "Credits Roll Into the Sea" animated feature film (2027). Directed by Taichi Ishidate (Violet Evergarden). Based on the manga by John Tarachine. Teaser >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nuw...

The discourse on the other app about bland MLs just reminds me of why Nick Pham is such a BASED ML to me. Not only is he super dedicated to his craft, but he also challenges Albert's perspective and knocks him off his high horse the very chapter they meet. This is how a great love interest should be

This week's update will take slightly longer cause I decided to combine it with the first part of the next chapter

The animation team draws Qifrey with only one hand lmao

More and more I see people say "it's ONLY used for translation" when it comes to genAI in games. As if the act of writing into another language is not worth respecting. As if people in other countries (both gamers and workers) don't matter at all. Translation IS writing. Translation IS art.

It's Ning Yuan's birthday today so I MEANT to put together an epub of 'volume one' of the translation (chapters 1 to 36) but was defeated by Life (my nemesis). HOWEVER all is not lost as I can still show you the amazing cover graphics @guoldu.bsky.social created for the epub!

I love reading people's reviews of 春. They're always so insightful www.threads.com/@miao.readfu...

Sorry to the readers of The Most Fashionable Love who have to see me go through so many different translations of 華裔 in the first chapter 😅. I just went "fuck it" and finally edited it to "mixed heritage" cause that most accurately describes Nick LOL

If you ask me whether I like Su Liang x Albert or Nick x Albert more... I will say that (for me) Su Liang and Albert have the most fascinating relationship, whereas Nick and Albert have the best chemistry

The main story consists of 10 very long chapters. The online serialisation splits each into 3 parts (along with 2 After Stories). This update concludes Chapter 1: Survey. Nine to go!

Noooo I just discovered there were sync issues 😭😭😭

The Most Fashionable Love by Towei Chapter 1: Survey (3) “Write down all of them.” “Them?” “Those girls, and the clothes they’re wearing." In which Albert is abducted into the car of a (very handsome) stranger. ellipsus.com/read/3twepDs...

This is my 3rd consecutive TL project with an MC who majored in Applied English (and the second one who switched subjects). What does she have against that subject ???? 😂

I'll try to keep a 2 week posting schedule for The Most Fashionable Love but no guarantees cause I was on holiday and now I'm not 🥲

perhaps the real toxin was the institution of marriage all along

Nick charmed me so bad in the next 2 chapters of The Most Fashionable Love 😳😂 I totally get Albert lol I've read this novel twice and both times came out with Su Liang as my most memorable character, so I'm curious if I'll have a different fave after TLing

It's my birthday & I'm hosting an Art Raffle starting now, it'll go until May 9th! I'd love to have you join in! 😍 100% of what we raise will be sent to Black Food Sovereignty Coalition, a non-profit org doing amazing work here in Portland OR. See below for more details ⬇️ Shares appreciated! 1/8

BL manhwa with beautiful-looking top who isn't built like a fridge... The 美攻 lover in me is happy Title: Rockstar Never Die manta.net/en/series/ro...

After all the noncon scenes in Adultery Agreement, I'm very happy that I get to translate a fun smut scene LOL

The Most Fashionable Love by Towei Chapter 1: Survey (2) "Su Liang... is gay?" In which Albert tries to fuck away his sorrows and spots a familiar face. ellipsus.com/read/7MZLIZX...

Also years ago I have actually seen a Chinese fan on Weibo translate An Zhe's name as "Angel" (don't ask me to find it my acc got frozen). Which is also a choice and one actually I don't mind either as it hammers in the biblical themes. Though I personally prefer "Ange" lol

I've said this on my other acc but I don't like being called POC as I'm part of the ethnic majority of my place of birth. Calling me that takes away focus from people who are actually marginalised for their ethnicity

I personally don't see the issue with Anzhe as the Base has a mixed-race population and is set in a world where countries haven't existed in years, so names don't have to follow traditional cultural naming conventions. Doubly so since he is a mushroom who has no concept of surnames

I keep a NU rec list of Taiwanese BL series logged on NU. There's actually more than I thought but sadly I think a lot of them might be edited MTL 🥲

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Doing a contemporary Taiwanese queer lit marathon to clear out my TBRs

Wtf is this and how tf am I supposed to translate it without losing the pun

Whenever a vague description of a clothing item crops up, I actually go into the brand's catalogue and try to find similar items so I can get the description right. Sometimes I can't figure it out though, so I just do my best to guess what it might be/look like...

Patiently waiting for International Booker Longlisted books to come out in paperback