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Originally Posted by caleb72
The oddity I was referring to was that we have already considered a work in public domain, but consider a transcription of that work in another language as not in the public domain. I find that odd - you don't.
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If translation from one language to another was a purely mechanical act, I don't think the translated work would have a new copyright.
But translating is a lot more than that. It is also (although not to so great a degree) a genuinely creative act, requiring original thought.