Works for native English speakers

Works for native English speakers
Novels a native English speaker can read without feeling like broken glass is being poured into their metaphorical ears.

Obviously not exhaustive.
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moxrwtva
Created: Nov 16th, 2020, Updated: Sep 27th, 2023
Created Nov 16th, 2020
Updated Sep 27th, 2023
JP (4.8)
4 Chapters Every 518.8 Day(s) 1276 Readers 16 Reviews 08-14-2018
Everything by vgperson is very readable.
JP (4.5)
4 Chapters Every 1.3 Day(s) 1246 Readers 10 Reviews 10-16-2016
JP (4.6)
6 Chapters Every 20.5 Day(s) 1186 Readers 9 Reviews 02-02-2016
JP (4.5)
4 Chapters Every 853 Day(s) 1338 Readers 9 Reviews 12-06-2014
JP (4.9)
6 Chapters Every 660.3 Day(s) 3480 Readers 42 Reviews 01-08-2014
JP (3.9)
53 Chapters Every 91.2 Day(s) 2958 Readers 5 Reviews 09-12-2020
Everything by Fushigi is very readable.
JP (4.4)
8 Chapters Every 258.8 Day(s) 1916 Readers 8 Reviews 08-16-2020
JP (4.8)
13 Chapters Every 221.8 Day(s) 2953 Readers 10 Reviews 06-03-2020
JP (4.1)
63 Chapters Every 71.9 Day(s) 3818 Readers 14 Reviews 07-26-2021
JP (3.9)
15 Chapters Every 219.1 Day(s) 944 Readers 1 Reviews 04-12-2021
Incomplete. Only 1 volume and part of another translated.
JP (4.6)
84 Chapters Every 167.3 Day(s) 6857 Readers 24 Reviews 08-23-2022
Orlandri translation.
JP (4.4)
31 Chapters Every 190.7 Day(s) 1035 Readers 5 Reviews 07-03-2019
JP (4.6)
20 Chapters Every 1.5 Day(s) 1615 Readers 7 Reviews 02-18-2018
JP (4.3)
12 Chapters Every 0.8 Day(s) 708 Readers 2 Reviews 11-23-2017
JP (4.5)
0 Chapters Every 4095 Day(s) 795 Readers 2 Reviews N/A
JP (4.3)
0 Chapters Every 2000 Day(s) 895 Readers 1 Reviews N/A
Everything by Untuned translation is very readable.
JP (4.3)
17 Chapters Every 35.9 Day(s) 645 Readers 3 Reviews 01-06-2024
Fungus Fan Translations version is relatively OK.
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  1. Aoidor
    Aoidor· Jun 24, 2023 09:12 PM
    Ignoring the reason for the description this is one of the best list out there.
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    • moxrwtva
      moxrwtva· Author · Sep 27, 2023 02:13 PM

      The description is harsh, I realize. People doing the work are largely doing it for free, so I'd never actually disparage the efforts of a particular translator, regardless of how painful their translation is to read.  I can understand why NU has a policy of not allowing people to include commentary about the quality of the translation in a review. I think such commentary is appropriate for a list like this, however, especially since I'm not really singling anyone out for criticism, but rather singling out a few for praise.

      And, of course, this list is about readability and not translation accuracy. That's an important distinction of which I assume people are acutely aware.

      Also, R.I.P. Untuned Translations. One of the highest quality, highest volume fan translators this space has ever known. Thanks for all the great work!

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    • Aoidor
      Aoidor· Sep 30, 2023 04:40 PM
      @moxrwtva you should check my rec list there are some in common and some others I recommend you to read
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    • moxrwtva
      moxrwtva· Author · Oct 1, 2023 01:27 PM

      @Aoidor Good list. I've read most of them already as you might have expected. Gekkou was really well done, especially considering the person who did the translation isn't a native speaker in either Japanese or English, if you can believe it. Same person did the Zeroeth Maria fan translation as I recall. They are an absolute genius.

      The Hyouka translations at Baka-Tsuki are pretty decent as well (assuming they are still there).

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  2. SassyCanoeWizard
    SassyCanoeWizard· Jan 12, 2021 11:48 PM

    That description tho xD

     The most painful moment is when the next chapter is yet to be released in decent quality but you are way too eager to know what’s gonna happen next and decide to take the plunge and open title in mtl...

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    • Lypheo
      Lypheo· Feb 16, 2022 04:32 PM
      The sad thing is it’s not rare for the MTL to be more readable than the human TL… at least the machine knows basic grammar rules
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