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Is it hard to translate your own book? I've seen some writers who speak perfect English but still have others do the book translation and that seemed odd to me.
Translating my books is like writing them all over again - even though it's my work and I know it inside out - it's very time consuming. Having said that, I prefer to do my own translation as my vision of my work stays intact. I speak English fluently, but Swedish is my mother language and for me it's the easier language to write in.
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Mar 18, 2016 01:18PM
Is it hard to translate your own book? I've seen some writers who speak perfect English but still have others do the book translation and that seemed odd to me.
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Translating my books is like writing them all over again - even though it's my work and I know it inside out - it's very time consuming. Having said that, I prefer to do my own translation as my vision of my work stays intact. I speak English fluently, but Swedish is my mother language and for me it's the easier language to write in.
