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Karithina

@karithina-hua / karithina-hua.tumblr.com

My Ling Qi side blog! Here I share my love of Chinese manhua and donghua Ling Qi (灵契 / Spiritpact / Soul Contract), and my adventures helping quality check the English fan translation :)
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136 Progress

Chapter 135 is now out, so be sure to check it out! 

I’ve finished filler chapter 114.1 so I’ve passed that onto @karithina-hua​ for a QC before release. 

Our files are laid out in sets of three - JPG for the raw, PSD for the redrawn file and PNG for the releases. 

In addition to working on 136, I’m also aiming to release another filler chapter for 61.1 and @reach-for-me-now​ has done some awesome work with redrawing for the scenes. There are some tricky parts where it requires redrawing entire scenes to remove the original hanzi text, like this example below: 

So please be patient with us while we work on these chapters. 

61.1 Current Progress:

  1. Generate OCR content into doc  ← Completed by @loeythumon​
  2. Translate ← In Progress
  3. Proof reading
  4. Cleaning/Redrawing  ← In Progress by @reach-for-me-now
  5. Typesetting
  6. Quality Check
  7. Release

136 Current Progress:

  1. Generate OCR content into doc  ← In Progress by @90percentsalt​
  2. Translate 
  3. Proof reading
  4. Cleaning/Redrawing  ← Completed by @reach-for-me-now
  5. Typesetting
  6. Quality Check
  7. Release

Chapter 114.1 filler chapter is now out! 

Work and uni have been busy. It’s hard to get motivated to study. T_T But! I finished translations for 61.1! I’ve passed them onto Moonie to check over for accuracy for me. 

It was a rather difficult/dialogue heavy chapter to translate, so I suspect there will be a lot of corrections from Moonie. 

61.1 Current Progress:

  1. Generate OCR content into doc  ← Completed by @loeythumon​
  2. Translate ← Complete
  3. Proof reading  ← In Progress
  4. Cleaning/Redrawing  ← In Progress by @reach-for-me-now
  5. Typesetting
  6. Quality Check
  7. Release

136 Current Progress:

  1. Generate OCR content into doc  ← In Progress by @90percentsalt​
  2. Translate
  3. Proof reading
  4. Cleaning/Redrawing  ← Completed by @reach-for-me-now
  5. Typesetting
  6. Quality Check
  7. Release

Chapter 66.1 is now out! 

Update on 136:

136 Current Progress:

  1. Generate OCR content into doc  ← Completed by @90percentsalt​
  2. Translate  ← In Progress
  3. Proof reading
  4. Cleaning/Redrawing  ← Completed by @reach-for-me-now
  5. Typesetting
  6. Quality Check
  7. Release

I was hoping to finish the translations tonight but I was up early this morning for x-rays at the hospital, so I’m stupidly exhausted. (Lower back injury) I’ll aim to get these done tomorrow/Wednesday and update again. 

In the meantime, don’t forget to check out  Chapter 135

Apologies for the lack of updates. Things in our household haven’t been too great health wise. 

I mentioned that I got x-rays done for my lower back. In short my results are not good and my back requires ongoing treatment and rehabilitation for a very long time (approx 6-36 months). Basically I have a choice of treat it now with two-three times a week rehab and ongoing physio, or if I leave it untreated, there is a very real chance of surgery and bolts for my lower back/spine. The frustrating thing is preventative care isn’t fully covered under my health insurance (for physio treatment they’ll cover 1/3 of it, but then I need to top off the rest) but if I need the surgery, despite it costing more, somehow it’ll all be covered. I don’t understand Health Insurance logic… 

Secondly, our family spent the past few days on the edge as my dog suffered from hemorrhagic gastroenteritis. It… was really bad, and I honestly thought he was going to die. He stayed in intensive care at the vet hospital for a few days and we got updates about four times a day on his progress. The vet wasn’t confident at first as he’s 8 years old, but he pulled through due to the vet’s  amazing care and how quickly we got him to the vet. 

He is recovering well and is back home now.  

Now for Ling Qi updates: 

136 Current Progress:

  1. Generate OCR content into doc  ← Completed
  2. Translate  ← Completed
  3. Proof reading  ← In Progress
  4. Cleaning/Redrawing  ← Completed
  5. Typesetting
  6. Quality Check
  7. Release

Cleaning has also been completed by the amazing @reach-for-me-now​ on chapters 136.1 and 136.2! 

So glad that he's recovering at home now, I've been so worried ❤️❤️

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Ling Qi’s English fans group

Attention to all Ling Qi’s fans from the overseas!

If you would like to discuss any interesting thoughts or ideas regarding Ling Qi fandom with Chinese audience, which is really helpful and interesting, now there is an opportunity to chat on QQ International App in English! One of the best QQ Managers has opened this Group for foreign Ling Qi’s fans and I’m personally thinking that this is a good opportunity to share your opinion about favorite anime and manhua with those fans who are using QQ, so please don’t miss this chance! Let’s us join the big Ling Qi family all over the world!  

Please find us on QQI, group# 823737210! Thank you in advance!  

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I got asked where I get the Ling Qi wallpapers from. They come from Michelle who is the Community Manager for the International Ling Qi QQ Group! It’s an official group setup for fans of Ling Qi, and everyone is an English speaker. 

All you need to join is a QQ account, and the group ID is  823737210. 

Once you have joined, Michelle will post up which wallpapers are available, and you use Monthly Passes/Tickets to get the wallpapers. 1 ticket = 1 wallpaper. 

These are used to directly support Ping Zi! 

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136 Progress

Chapter 135 is now out, so be sure to check it out! 

I’ve finished filler chapter 114.1 so I’ve passed that onto @karithina-hua​ for a QC before release. 

Our files are laid out in sets of three - JPG for the raw, PSD for the redrawn file and PNG for the releases. 

In addition to working on 136, I’m also aiming to release another filler chapter for 61.1 and @reach-for-me-now​ has done some awesome work with redrawing for the scenes. There are some tricky parts where it requires redrawing entire scenes to remove the original hanzi text, like this example below: 

So please be patient with us while we work on these chapters. 

61.1 Current Progress:

  1. Generate OCR content into doc  ← Completed by @loeythumon​
  2. Translate ← In Progress
  3. Proof reading
  4. Cleaning/Redrawing  ← In Progress by @reach-for-me-now
  5. Typesetting
  6. Quality Check
  7. Release

136 Current Progress:

  1. Generate OCR content into doc  ← In Progress by @90percentsalt​
  2. Translate 
  3. Proof reading
  4. Cleaning/Redrawing  ← Completed by @reach-for-me-now
  5. Typesetting
  6. Quality Check
  7. Release
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Ling Qi / Spiritpact Chapter 134: Broken Jade (Part 8)

Previous Chapter 133

Please read this and reconsider before uploading to Manga Readers

Reblogging is completely OK! Reblog and share away!

OCR: @90percentsa1t
Translations: @mtlasana / kiraida
Proofreading: @karithina-hua
Cleaning/Redrawing:  @reach-for-me-now
Typesetting: @mtlasana
Quality Check:  @karithina-hua

Thanks for everyone that helped out with this chapter!

Ahh, poor Jinghua. 

Some gifs from the donghua that were based off this manhua chapter. Enjoy! 

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Chapter 450 Snippet

Thank you for patiently waiting! Please enjoy the snippet release of Chapter 450. You can see the behind the scenes and process video here

If you have purchased this chapter and would like the FULL PDF release, drop me a message with a screenshot of your purchased chapter and I’ll send the file to you. 

Click “Keep Reading” to see Chapter 450 (or scroll past if you want to avoid spoilers!)

Chapter 450: The Soul Abyss (Part 3)

OCR by @aichi-phantom
Translations by @nighty-amy / kiraida
Proofreading by kiraida / @mtlasana
Cleaning/Redrawing/Typesetting by @mtlasana
Quality Check by @karithina-hua

(Reblogging this is completely OK, but don’t download and post on manga reader sites please!)

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133 Progress

So the fun thing about translating when you are a non-native speaker… is deciphering the onomatopoeia. 

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Sometimes I can work them out if I draw them into my tablet, other times… I have no idea what I am doing.  😂

@90percentsa1t completed the OCR for me today, so I’ve started work on the translations. In between doing the work for Chapter 450, I’m hoping to get this chapter done mid-late this week. 

I spent my weekend out bushwalking and looking for wild Koala’s to show to the exchange student staying with us, and we were successful! 

We found two while out walking, which was really good considering it started pouring rain (hence this guy was shaking off all the water droplets). 

We had some really nice views at the top of the hills as well. And no, that image is not filtered/photoshopped in anyway, that is the actual colour of our trees currently because of all the rain we are getting.

Current Progress:

  1. Generate OCR content into doc
  2. Translate ← In Progress
  3. Proof reading
  4. Cleaning/Redrawing  ← In Progress by @reach-for-me-now​
  5. Typesetting
  6. Quality Check
  7. Release

I’m about 30% of the way through the translations currently, and thankfully this chapter isn’t as text heavy as the last one, so I should be able to get through it sooner. 

Will update again once I’m done!

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Chapter 450 is up!

So a lot of things are now clear - Lihua exchanged her soul for Xi’s (apparently Shenlongs can do that 0_0. Mega mechokku!), Yinzhe used his powers to give Xi new body and he did that because Yin asked him before dying to keep an eye on Xi. And Jinghua…well, you will see and I bet you will be happy. Aren’t we all happy he finally said it? HE FINALLY SAID IT.

If you like my Ling Qi translations, you can buy me a Kofi ;) The link is on my profile!

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Ch 450: Excuse me while I scream in happiness

After 450 chapters, we are rewarded with this. 

My heart! Ah, I’ve been stabbed so many times by this series, and now it’s full of fluff and ahhhhh~~~~

(I have no idea if Tumblr will nuke the quality, but image posted above is at 2215 x 1477 for desktop wallpaper wonderfulness)

Feel free to like/blog/share our beautiful words from the bottom of Jinghua’s heart. 

Typesetting/Cleaning by me. 

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Ling Qi / Soul Contract / Spiritpact Translated Chapters 61-80

See Previous  Chapters 41-60

WeComics - Official Release

Chapters 61-74

Chapters 75-80

Translation Group: Fleeting Phoenix Translations 

Support them on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/FleetingPhoenix 

Special Chapters 

Translations by @mtlasana

Chapter 66.1 Chapter 66.2 Chapter 66.3

See next  Chapters 81-100

Chapter 74 is now up on WeComics!

Make sure to do your daily coin check in and upvote the chapter to support Ping Zi! Chapters are freeeeeee~~~~

I also noticed that WeComics have a new banner image too:

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Ling Qi / Spiritpact Chapter 433 Snippet

Enjoy a small snippet from Season 4 of Ling Qi, Chapter 433~

If you have purchased this chapter, drop me a message either here or on Discord with a screenshot and I’ll send you the file.

Click Keep Reading to see the chapter (hidden for those who want to avoid spoilers)

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Mangago Uploading

Uploading to Manga Readers

Just a quick note from me - I can see that someone is downloading the translations that I provide and uploading them to Mangago.

While, I appreciate you enthusiasm for sharing releases…

If you are doing this - please stop. 

The chapters ARE already going out to Mangareaders, so you don’t need to worry about posting it. 

I currently have set up the translations to be about a week delayed behind what I post on Tumblr because I do make mistakes and errors. Tumblr is a “pre-release” platform that I use for releasing Spiritpact - and sometimes there are issues/typos that come through. 

I’m not preventing people from reading, my blog is public, and everyone can see/read the releases - so if someone wants to see the latest update, simply redirect them here to my blog. 

Please leave the posting to be handled by the automated bots so at least the version that goes out to the readers is correct.. 

^ Two examples above. - first one is a line I forgot to clean up when making the panel, and the second is where I typed the sentence incorrectly. (Both of these are fixed on my blog)

By setting my releases to be delayed a week, this gives me time to fix any typos/errors, so that readers have the best experience. I don’t want to have to go to the effort of “watermarking” pre-releases for a week then taking them down and re-releasing to stop people from uploading them to readers, but if this continues, I will look at doing this.   

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you! 

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