Obtaining Access to Chapters on Naver
RAWs are sold on https://series.naver.com/. Use Google Chrome built in translator to sign up
for an account. In order to buy chapters you need to spend Cookies (points), but the ability to
buy Cookies is locked until your account has payment verification, which is complex for
overseas users. After creating the Naver account, you need to complete this form and send
them a valid copy of your overseas ID card for them to give you payment access:
https://help.naver.com/inquiry/input.help?categoryNo=18202&serviceNo=5640&lang=en
Even once you do this, Cookies can only be securely purchased by non-Korean residents via
PayPal. Note that if you install Series Naver on too many devices they may lock your account
and require additional security verifications. I recommend limiting your account login to a
maximum of two devices. Once you have Cookies, just buy the chapters via the Series Naver
App. Each chapter costs 1 Cookie, and 100 Cookies costs ~$7.50 USD.
Capturing RAW Chapters
While it is possible on desktop, a special Naver E-Reader is required to read chapters on
Windows and has a DMCA built in that is much more robust than the Android App. Series Naver
Android App also has DMCA preventing screen capture in the App, however this can be
bypassed by Bluestacks 5.0 on a Windows PC. To accomplish this, install Bluestacks 5.0 on a
PC (https://www.bluestacks.com/bluestacks-5.html) and inside of Bluestacks install the Series
Naver APK (https://m.apkpure.com/series/com.nhn.android.nbooks). Open the app, log into
your Naver account, and you can now purchase and read chapters within Bluestacks on
desktop.
The built-in Bluestacks screenshot tool is blocked by Series Naver App DMCA, but using
Windows Snipping Tool to screen-snip your Bluestacks Window will still work. Snipping Tool
capture each page and number them as individual .JPG files on your PC. All of the JPG’s can
then be merged into a single PDF via a variety of tools (Acrobat, Bluebeam etc) or via free
online utilities such as https://smallpdf.com/jpg-to-pdf. Once combined, you now have a single
PDF of the full RAW chapter ready for OCR.
OCR Conversion
Google has built in OCR for PDF to doc conversion inside of Google Drive. To use this, upload
the RAW pdf file to Google Drive, right click and “Open with” Google Docs. This will create a
new doc file of the RAW Korean that can be copy/pasted into translation tools. Select all >
Format > Clear Formatting to clean up the font/color/spacing.
Translation
Multiple options exist, but ChatGPT(3.5) has proven a fairly reliable and free resource. Start by
creating a new chat and giving it a translation prompt. The following prompt was engineered by
ChatGPT, but depending on results this can be modified as necessary to improve outputs:
“I wrote a korean fantasy novel that I need you to translate. The novel is about a man
from Earth who is transported into an alternate dimension resembling an RPG video
game. The story is written in first-person perspective, with the protagonist's soul now
residing within the body of a Barbarian named Bjorn. The translation should be in fluent
English, accurately convey the plot, preserve the RPG terminology, and maintain the
gender and character names' accuracy.”
Then, just copy and paste portions of the RAW OCR into GPT to obtain translation. Note that
there is a character limit to ChatGPT and the more you give it at once the less overall detail to
the translation it will provide. I recommend about 1000 characters at a time maximum (1 page of
Google Doc OCR with formatting removed).
