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Originally Posted by Format C:
So, translators are making money, for a very long time, out from works by other people. Without giving them a penny.
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Sorry, I'm not quite sure that I understand you.
If a work is in copyright, the translation has to be done with the permission of the copyright holder, and the author will get a percentage of the sales of the "foreign" book. Many popular books are translated into dozens of different languages.
If a work is out of copyright, the translation is presumably done because the publisher feels that there is a commercial market for such a work. Anybody can do anything they wish with a work that's in the public domain - including commercially sell it.
Could you explain in more detail what your objections are to the idea of translations?