Doing Fan Translation

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Jevanka926

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Sometimes when I read my favorite books I'd like to share then to NU and make some people (like me) who can't find a good book from our own language able to know that treasures are real! But as they are treasures, they may be buried really deep under all of these exhausting tropes.

Sometimes I impulsively translated half a chapter but then broke down after realizing many problems-- awkward translations, copyright problems, translations host site--

What made me very concious about copyright problems is when I asked for my favorite author's permission to translate her novel which currently has no publisher (it's still in wattpad). Thankfully, she rejected me in a polite way.

Honestly, I was really prepared. And I know I won't be able to stand the problems of doing fan translation (like legal pressure, author's or publisher's pressure, and such)

Maybe once I have gathered down enough courage I would do it.

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