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I think even a bad translation is better than no translation at all, but for some reason the majority of books don’t seem to get translated. Why is that?
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@JASN_DE@feddit.org on feddit.org Open parent
Money. There’s no money in it.
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@PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com on reddthat.com Open parent
It would overwhelm the market but more choice would mean more purchases, but I guess not enough to bother.
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@stray@pawb.social · Dec 05
For the books I would personally most like to translate, I think the problem is marketability. Nordic children’s/youth literature often contains nudity/sexuality and/or darker emotional themes which are often viewed as inappropriate in English-speaking cultures. In “Vi skulle vært løver” by Line Baugstø a young girl discovers her classmate is transgender, and for much of the book participates in transphobia before learning better and supporting her new friend. It’s a very well-told and realistic emotional experience, but would likely be seen as grooming by many English-speaking audiences. Not only does it support trans people, but it also spends quite a lot of time in the girls’ locker room. I think if you tried to give this to kids in the US or UK there’d just be a ton of controversy about it and it’d get banned.
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