06-01-2006, 09:14 PM
What if someone published/sold a translation of various books in CD-ROM.
How could you sell enough to pay for your time? Maybe a class project for some advanced language class as a fund raiser? Maybe as a language students university project? It seems that in the USA, if you translate a work, you don't violate copyright, but you can't republish the photos and illustrations without permission.
The problem with translating are the specific military and technical terms. I spent several months translation a couple of chapters of a German work on the siege of Sevastopol. I found that unless the translator has a good grounding in the history and technical aspects, that the words don't mean what they say in direct ranslations. I had the help of military dictionaries, German speaking friends, and extensive research, and still ran into several major roadblocks along the path.
One of Junklemann's books, would take a long time to translate! I want the book on the Augustan soldiers translated, as well as the cavalry ones, the gladiator one, and ... I think I have another on helmets...
But I can't afford to pay translator's rates.... but if many people would all buy a CD-ROM, maybe by pre-paid subscription, it would be economical?
:?:
How could you sell enough to pay for your time? Maybe a class project for some advanced language class as a fund raiser? Maybe as a language students university project? It seems that in the USA, if you translate a work, you don't violate copyright, but you can't republish the photos and illustrations without permission.
The problem with translating are the specific military and technical terms. I spent several months translation a couple of chapters of a German work on the siege of Sevastopol. I found that unless the translator has a good grounding in the history and technical aspects, that the words don't mean what they say in direct ranslations. I had the help of military dictionaries, German speaking friends, and extensive research, and still ran into several major roadblocks along the path.
One of Junklemann's books, would take a long time to translate! I want the book on the Augustan soldiers translated, as well as the cavalry ones, the gladiator one, and ... I think I have another on helmets...
But I can't afford to pay translator's rates.... but if many people would all buy a CD-ROM, maybe by pre-paid subscription, it would be economical?
:?:
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