I've now read My Husband & I Sleep in A Coffin volume 1. For all the misgivings I had about the quality of the book, the actual text itself was fine. Though admittedly I have no Chinese ability, so my assessment of the translation is based on it being a coherent & well-written story in English (as well as comparing a few early passages to the fan translation, triangulating the original intended meaning based on that, & figuring out who expressed that better), & this is. It's a lot smoother than the unofficial translation, & sentences that I struggled to parse in that make much more sense here.
My original plan was to read volume 1 then continue on from where the official translation left off using the fan translation, before picking up volume 2 when it comes out in December (assuming there isn't a delay on that as well...). But somehow the end of December looks a lot closer to the middle of November than it does the beginning. Even with my terrible memory it'll still feel like I only just read it, & that's assuming I finish it quickly & don't get distracted. Plus the official translation really is better, so I'd rather wait.
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