FriendlyPotato

sometimes it's better not to know....jk it really depends on the author, some make female alpha have a penis so no uterus no vagina no menstrual period, some make them have vagina still but can impregnate omega but not get pregnant, some have vagina can get pregnant can't impregnate and the only alpha trait they have is strong pheromones that make omega weak. also this is not even including dominant/recessive traits.

sometimes the author will explain how things work throughout the work and sometimes they expect you to understand (you see female alpha with a penis, you understand you don't have uterus so no pregnancy no period)

1) omegaverse follows estrous cycles (i.e., heats), which are different from menstruation cycles (i.e, periods). in real life for example, dogs and cats have estrous cycles, whereas humans and elephant shrews have menstruation cycles.
so there's a logical reason behind no periods being mentioned in omegaverse

2) some stories feature a character having male and female parents who are both alpha, so yes i'd think that an alpha female can still bear children even if they are also capable of fertilising eggs. but this depends on the author

3) this is just my guess, but alpha females and omega males probably don't have the anatomy/fertile cells/right variety of chromosomes to create viable offspring by themselves

That makes more sense when you put it that way, thanks

I still think authors should make it a little bit clearer because it just make the stories really messy

i completely get you and honestly i think its partly due to the incline in AI usage and people are half arsing their way through translating by using it.

for years now i've noticed every time anyone remotely mentions translations quality going down, you're gonna be met with a bunch of follow up yappers going "yoUr'e so EntiTled. bE grAteFUL FoR tHis. it'S bEttER thAn NotTHinG. ThEy'RE dOinG tHEiR BeSt". the lack of pushback against trash translations is exactly why it continues to worsen. because think about it, if you posted a half-assed translation and you're met with praise, would you continue to do half-assed translations? of course you would lol. no point in putting effort if zero effort is all it takes.

I've seen those comments saying that it's better than nothing. There are even some comments defending those awful translation over the officials or the translation of really nice groups these days (especially for the officials being posted after, some people find it annoying even tho I'd rather wait months and have a good translation than read some weird and inaccurate ones)

AI ruins a lot of things, there's also some good coming from it but it's mostly negative in my opinion

I translated a few chapters of little mushroom before the original translation team came back, and honestly I appreciated the criticism because first of all, I spoke the language but I wasn't the best at it, so telling people their translations could improve is a good thing. It can help some translators do better, that is if they are willing to. If they just slap on some bullshit ass google translations and call it a day there's really no point in telling them "oh this is good" or lie about that stuff, if it sucks it sucks.

so true. i'd rather get nothing at all than bad translations. it's like a slap in the face. i also see some people reading those weird inaccurate ones then complain that they can't understand anything but are still "thankful". it's just so ironic sometimes lol.

I think it's really cool that you're able to translate even tho you're not fluent and that you know how to take criticism and accept it, thank you for putting the work