Fanfic post

[seventhe]

So this is cool.

I got an email this morning from a fan who wants to translate the "Warming Up" series into Italian!

OKAY. SRSLY. WOW.

She also said nice things about the series, which always makes me feel super awesome.

She also had an interesting comment about my writing style which I assume would never have been noticed otherwise by a native-English speaker, as we tend to gloss over things like that: apparently I tend to repeat words, mainly simple words like "said" and "says". This is the kind of thing that probably sticks out a lot in a translation, but most other readers would miss and/or not comment on (unless doing real beta-work, which I kindasortadon'tdo). So that's awesome, as well - something I may never have thought of had she not come along to translate!

(I'm not really sure how true it is as I haven't read my own work in a while, but it's something I'll keep in mind as I continue to write. I am just easily amused.)

Also, it makes me want to get back to "Warming Up"...

Comments

[deadshrimpblues.livejournal.com]

Neat! I've had someone translate all four of my Shadow of the Colossus fics into Thai, which is a beautiful language I will never, ever understand on my own. She has to translate the comments for me as well, being a native Thai-speaker and a seemingly fluent English reader as well.

http://www.jj-book.com/jjstory1/view.php?qs_qno=3185&PHPSESSID=6f39c15605ff646d4e1ab39272394355

Also and: finish Aurora Project. Don't be cruel. Plz.

[nadleeh]

OMG Sev, congrats! :D

~Miri