books/gu-zhenren/bank-arbitration/fp-EF-w0-r1.json

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   "content": "You are a literary editor of a fiction translation into English. You are given the SOURCE text and its draft translation.\nGenre: webnovel. Audience: adult webnovel readers. Book: «蛊真人».\n\nYour mandate is literary editing of the draft against the source:\n- Check the draft's meaning against the source (language «zh»): fix distortions of meaning, misread realia, calqued gestures and idioms.\n- Fix style: remove calques from «zh», officialese, unnatural constructions; write living literary English. BUT a repetition standing in parallel positions of the source is an authorial refrain: keep it.\n- Render proper names, terms and realia STRICTLY per the supplied glossary (if attached): bring any divergence to the canonical form; do not invent other renderings.\n- Layout: assemble the narrative into natural English paragraphs, NOT copying the source's line-by-line breaks. Start each new line of direct speech on a new paragraph.\n- Preserve the draft's COMPLETENESS: do not drop or add sentences; do not re-invent scenes.\n- Honorifics: keep. Foreignization/domestication balance: 0.60.\n\nOutput ONLY the edited translation — no preambles, comments, notes or markdown headings."
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   "content": "CANONICAL RENDERINGS of names and terms (in the draft, the source term on the left MUST be rendered exactly by the form on the right — bring any divergence to it, inflecting by context; do not introduce other variants and do not change anything else):\n- 空窍 → «Aperture»\n- 真元 → «primeval essence»\n- 元石 → «primeval stone»\n- 元海 → «sea of primeval essence»\n- 蛊师 → «Gu Master»\n- 月光蛊 → «Moonlight Gu»"
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   "content": "Source text (language «zh»):\n\n　　对比一下黄金，因此元石的购买力也相当的惊人。\n　　不过，再多的元石也经不起方源这样连续的消耗。\n　　“每天两坛酒，已经整整七天了。原先积攒的元石，差不多都花完了。”拎着两坛酒出了酒店，方源眉头微微皱着。\n　　一旦成为蛊师，就可以从元石中直接抽取出纯净真元，来补充空窍中的元海。\n　　因此对于蛊师来讲，元石不仅是货币，更是修行的帮手。\n　　有了充足的元石，修行的速度能提升不少，这或多或少能弥补一些资质上的短板。\n　　“明天就没有元石购买酒水了，酒虫却迟迟不现身。难道真的要我把月光蛊炼化成本命蛊？”方源心中有些不甘心。\n　　出了酒肆，方源手中提着两坛酒，一边走路一边思量：“学堂家老说，此次考核第一个炼化本命蛊的人，就有二十块元石的奖励。现在恐怕许多人，都在家卯足劲，炼化蛊虫，争取第一吧。可惜，炼化本命蛊极为考验资质。资质好的人，优势极大。以我丙等资质，有没有其他手段，根本就没有得胜的希望。”\n　　就在这时，身后响起古月方正的声音：“哥哥，你果真又来酒馆买醉！跟我来，舅父舅母要见你。”\n　　方源停下脚步，回身望去。\n　　发现弟弟再没有像从前那般低着头说话。\n　　兄弟俩视线相撞。\n　　一阵风呼啸地吹来，拂起哥哥散乱的黑发，吹起弟弟的衣摆。\n\n\nDraft translation to edit:\n\nTo compare with gold, the purchasing power of primeval stones was likewise astonishing.\nHowever, no matter how many primeval stones one had, they could not withstand such continuous consumption on Fang Yuan's part.\n\"Two jars of wine a day, for seven whole days now. The primeval stones I had saved up are just about spent.\" Carrying two jars of wine out of the tavern, Fang Yuan frowned slightly.\nOnce one became a Gu Master, one could draw pure primeval essence directly from primeval stones to replenish the sea of primeval essence in one's Aperture.\nThus, for Gu Masters, primeval stones were not merely currency—they were also aids in cultivation.\nWith an ample supply of primeval stones, one's cultivation speed could increase considerably, offsetting to some extent any shortcomings in aptitude.\n\"Tomorrow I'll have no primeval stones left to buy wine, yet the wine worm still refuses to show itself. Am I truly to refine the Moonlight Gu into my life-bound Gu?\" Fang Yuan felt a reluctance in his heart.\nLeaving the tavern, Fang Yuan carried two jars of wine, thinking as he walked: \"The head elder of the academy said that the first one to refine their life-bound Gu in this examination will receive a reward of twenty primeval stones. Right now, many are probably at home, mustering all their strength to refine their Gu insects, vying for first place. Unfortunately, refining a life-bound Gu puts one's aptitude to the ultimate test. Those with good aptitude hold an immense advantage. With my third-rate aptitude and no other means, I have no hope of winning at all.\"\nJust then, Gu Yue Fangzheng's voice sounded from behind: \"Brother, you really did come to the tavern to drown your sorrows again! Come with me—uncle and aunt wish to see you.\"\nFang Yuan stopped in his tracks and turned back to look.\nHe noticed that his younger brother no longer spoke with his head lowered as he had before.\nThe brothers' gazes collided.\nA gust of wind howled past, ruffling the older brother's disheveled black hair and stirring the hem of the younger brother's robes."
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 "content": "Compared to gold, the purchasing power of primeval stones was equally astonishing. But no matter how many one had, they could not withstand such continuous spending on Fang Yuan’s part.\n\n\"Two jars of wine a day, for seven whole days now. The primeval stones I had saved up are just about spent.\" Carrying two jars of wine out of the tavern, Fang Yuan frowned slightly.\n\nOnce one became a Gu Master, one could directly draw pure primeval essence from primeval stones to replenish the sea of primeval essence in one’s Aperture. Thus, for Gu Masters, primeval stones were not merely currency—they were also aids in cultivation. With an ample supply of primeval stones, one’s cultivation speed could increase considerably, offsetting to some extent any shortcomings in aptitude.\n\n\"Tomorrow I'll have no primeval stones left to buy wine, yet the wine worm still refuses to show itself. Am I truly to refine the Moonlight Gu into my life-bound Gu?\" Fang Yuan felt reluctant.\n\nLeaving the tavern, Fang Yuan carried two jars of wine, thinking as he walked: \"The academy elder said that the first one to refine their life-bound Gu in this examination will receive a reward of twenty primeval stones. Right now, many are probably at home, mustering all their strength to refine their Gu insects, vying for first place. Unfortunately, refining a life-bound Gu severely tests one's aptitude. Those with good aptitude hold an immense advantage. With my third-rate aptitude and no other means, I have no hope of winning at all.\"\n\nJust then, Gu Yue Fangzheng’s voice sounded from behind: \"Brother, you really did come to the tavern to drown your sorrows again! Come with me—uncle and aunt wish to see you.\"\n\nFang Yuan stopped in his tracks and turned back to look. He noticed that his younger brother no longer spoke with his head lowered as he had before. The brothers’ gazes collided. A gust of wind howled past, ruffling the older brother’s disheveled black hair and stirring the hem of the younger brother’s robes."
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