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Originally Posted by crich70
Ah but what if someone does a new translation of a book from one language to another? For example if they doa new translation of Jules verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Seas." If they do a translation from French to English even if the book is PD doesn't that count as a copyright violation if someone else does as the person mentioned in the OP has done?
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Yes, of course. A new translation of a PD work is copyright protected. Not sure how long, but I think it's like an original work, translator's life +70 (but please don't quote me on that.)
ETA: But for the same reason, a new translation can't be in the MR library, unless the translator him- or herself uploaded it.