Translation

[close] We will be reading literary books by women from all over the world, whether originally written in English, or translated from another language. Join us to discover, and discuss the work of, many wonderful female authors. Everyone is welcome! We also have a Reading Challenge, the idea of which is to read one book from every country in the world over an extended period of time. The books can be either set in the country, or by an author born in that country. All of the authors must be female, or identify as female. You can, of course, choose to read any genre, fiction and non-fiction. There is no challenge deadline; simply read at your own pace. Books can be read in any order, and at any time.

[close] إن كنت من عشاق الشعر مرحبا بك بيننا.. هنا نشارك ترجمات عربية للشعر العالمي و ننشر الأشعار العربية باللغة الإنڨليزية.. في مجموعتنا نحن هنا لنشارك حبنا للشعر بكل ألوانه و لغاته...

[close] I started this group on idea that I had as a reader. I was constantly finding books in foreign languages that I am/was unable to read. I thought wouldn't it be great if I could ban together translators, authors and publishers together to possibly make English versions available to non-multilingual people? and also, books from other countries like the UK and Australia not available to those in the USA? I'm looking for translators who are dual-lingual, in their native tongue and in English. French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, all apply here. My idea is to take the original book, translate it, publish it to Smashwords or somewhere similar, see how it gains an audience to an American publisher may pick it up and publish it, possibly give it a better translation. I'm not sure how all this work, legally, but it's worth taking a shot at! If this takes off, I'd like to start a website, to collaborate with reviewers, other bloggers, authors, publishers and freelance translators. We would work on translations, take requests, communicate with authors and publishers and review said books. if we cannot translate, I'd like to at least spread the knowledge of the books in hopes that they'd picked up by a USA publisher.

[close] Hi all, my name is Patty. I'm a qualified proofreader with in-house and freelance experience and a writer myself, when I'm not managing our local bookstore (and reading most of the books in it). If you need quick, thorough and friendly proofreading, I would love to work with you. My rates are negotiable as I know that indie authors are not swimming in money. Simply get in touch on here or send me a message with any questions. For more info and testimonials go to http://pattydohle.wix.com/jackdawproof or https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=352072030&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile_pic