Russian translation of La Musica delle Parole

[linndechir]

I've always thought that the greatest compliment one could pay a writer was to offer to translate their work, especially when it's fanfiction and the translator doesn't get paid for his or her efforts, they don't even get an awful lot of recognition for it. A year or two ago someone translated a few of my Forgotten Realms fanfics into Chinese, of all languages; I was proud beyond words. Because it's one thing to send someone a quick review saying "I loved your story". It's an entirely different thing to take the time to translate said story into another language. I've done translations myself, I know how much work it is, but usually only the author gets praise, not the translator.

Soooo, all this rambling just to post a link and a thank-you. puppenmorder  translated part one of La Musica delle Parole into Russian. I am more flattered than I could possibly say. I'm all the happier about this because La Musica is probably one of the best things I ever wrote, and definitely one of my favourites among my own writing. For those of you who do speak Russian, and I know I have a couple on my f-list, if you're interested, you can find the translation here. I know I'm just advertising here, but I feel that puppenmorder  deserves some, or rather a lot of recognition for this. Unfortunately my Russian is not good enough yet to read the translation myself (except with a dictionary while looking up 90% of all words ;)), but a Russian friend of mine told me that it's very well done.

Click here for the translation

Again, puppenmorder , thank you so much! I hope you don't mind my rambling here, but I just felt the urge to express my gratitude more publicly than just in a PM to you. :)

Speaking of Russian, I have a Russian test tomorrow and really should go to bed now instead of babbling on my lj. ;)

Comments

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad to hear it's good. Makes me even happier. :)
Heh, I'm selfishly happy Russian fandom is small, or else I'd be frustrated that I can't read all these fics. ;)

How are you, btw? Haven't heard from you in a while.

[mezzafredda.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, there are few fics, but they're.. how shall I put it.. they are meant to be written and read in Russian. I may try to translate some of them after I'm done with the exams, but I.. I don't even.

Yep, I've hardly ever been online, because - all of a sudden - I have my hands full. Exams, end-of-spring depression, health issues - you bet I feel like shit. lol.
See? Even my comments are little sob stories. How are you?

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean, some things just don't sound right in any other language than the original.

I'm sorry to hear that you're not well. I hope things will go better soon. *sends cyber-hugs* If you ever want to tell me a sob story, you know I'm always available for listening. :)
I'm rather fine myself. Sure, a lot to do for university, but I'm okay. Watching countless Mark Strong movies to keep me from thinking about anything bad. ;)