So I received this comment On AO3, Asking for my Permission to translate One of my Stories, 'Disaster' to Spanish, of course with all the credits and stuff-
That's quite hard to decide. Considering that if the story wasn't properly translated, the meaning or interpretation of some part can be changed or can differ from the original concept. Since your story contains a deeper meaning and such. However, It has its own benefit, many readers will have the chance to read your story for those who can't understand English. :)
I think you should totally let them I'm a Spanish speaking person and if I didn't speak English and was told that ur writing was amazing I would be disappointed because I was missing out on wonderful stories...and language barriers ...it's like when bts release one of their bangtan bombs on YouTube and they haven't released the subs yet...I would be sooo sad and disappointed because I didn't understand the beautiful words they were speaking or singing...just like ur wonderful writing :) so u definitely should!
I think you should let them Unni i mean you don't lose anything and there are people out there who don't really understand english i mean i have the same prob i see a lot of very good story trailer and description but they're not in english so i'd really like it if someone translated them i think you should do it Disaster is one of my favourite story and i find it sad that people who don't know eng can't read it
It's really a good idea, so more people can read your stories ^^ but it's a big worry to let other people post, so an option you can choose is to let them translate and you post it with your own account, of course, giving them all the credits and stuff, or even putting them as a co author. It's just the safest idea I came up with...
If it's with credit I think it's good if you give permission. Some ppl are not that good in English and may have a little problem reading ffs because most of them are in Eng (My sister has this problem too she only can read stories in our own language and so she's upset that she can't read many of the great ffs). It will help promote the original story too I guess^^
I think it's always very positive if someone wants to translate your story ^^ it means you wrote a very good one. Also more people will read your story, and the ones speaking english might even search you up and check your other stories out. So I'd definitely say yes if I were you~ ^^
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