Keep your Chinese-to-English term decisions
Seka original review worksheet
Companion guide: https://seka.one/chinese-novel-translation

Source title / edition: ____________________
Source language: __________ Target language: __________
Review date: __________

CHECKLIST
[ ] I chose pinyin spellings and recorded aliases.
[ ] I checked what titles and forms of address mean in this story.
[ ] I selected English in the translation settings.
[ ] I chose passages with dialogue, idioms, and recurring terms to compare.
[ ] I reviewed the same name or relationship in distant chapters.

REVIEW NOTES
Chapter / page / opening words | Source detail | Target wording | Finding / follow-up
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TERMINOLOGY
Source term | Chosen wording | Context / aliases | Places checked
___________ | ______________ | _________________ | ______________

GUIDE EXAMPLE — editorial illustration, not a measured Seka output
Two ways to handle “师兄” in the same scene

Source passage · Chinese
“师兄，别回头。”林澈压低声音。
前方的灯忽然灭了。

Option A · retain the address
“Shixiong, don’t look back,” Lin Che said quietly.
The light ahead suddenly went out.

Option B · render the relationship
“Senior disciple, don’t look back,” Lin Che said quietly.
The light ahead suddenly went out.

Option A keeps a culturally specific address but may need explanation for a new reader.
Option B makes one interpretation of the relationship explicit, but may sound formal in dialogue.
Keep Lin Che consistent. Review the chosen address in later scenes where the relationship or tone changes.

Record the choice and the context, not only a word pair. Neither rendering is automatically right for every Chinese novel.