Task: Sentiment Analysis
Input (English): Appalling translation . The translation of this work is at best clumsy and frequently appalling.  As a previous reviewer notes much appears to have been carried out using, poorly, a dictionary.  Thus we have "knife" used to refer to what in English is commonly called a sabre.  The reason being (I assume) that the character used to describe the weapon commonly means knife.  Frequently, she has  chosen arcane language.  Thus we get "myrmidon" to describe a senior captain/bodyguard; the translater not appreciating that the term when used in English literature is either jocular or derogatory.  Some phrases and clauses are meaningless.  It all reflects badly on the editorial team at the Chinese University Press in Hong Kong and, unfortunately, tells one much about the standard of English here.   Where does this leave the reader?  Frankly, I cannot understand how anyone could give this book a high rating other than out of a desperate desire to read something of this genre.  The Deer and the Cauldron is far superior.  This book can only be recommended to somebody who is prepared to persevere with the translation out of an interest in martial arts literature
Output (English): NEG