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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Most of the links I find googling have to do with China, but I suspect it happens in a lot of countries where there isn't a free press.
Here is one author reaction:
http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/chin...hinese-market/
As for situations where a rude word in one language is turned into a politer one in another, I doubt that's noticed.
I realize this thread has not previously been about translation, but aren't most books, world-wide, read in translation? |
Yes...and authors need to authorize the translations. The point is that this particular translation was unauthorized.
Shari