Pro bono translation work

[David Powelstock]

For translating into a fictional language perhaps one is paid in fictional
currency. I wonder, does that count as unpaid?
Cheers,
David

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David Powelstock
Assoc. Prof. of Russian and Comparative Literature
Chair, Comparative Literature
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 02453



On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Stephanie Briggs <sdsures at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear fellow beleaguered SEELANGERs,
>
> A tangential topic that I thought you might find infuriatingly amusing:
>
> A Facebook acquaintance of mine has been asked on Etsy to translate a
> passage from one of the "Twilight" books into Sindarin (the made-up
> language
> used in "Middle Earth in the "Lord of the Rings" series; I had to look it
> up
> myself).
>
> When they speak of "spreading crap on crap", this fits that metaphor
> nicely,
> doesn't it? *intellectual cringe*
>
> She was rather insulted by the request (not the least of which reasons
> being
> as she was quick to admit she doesn't "speak" Sindarin). I wonder, was she
> even offered payment for this service? (I'll let you know when I find out.)
> People who want to buy things on Etsy sometimes grossly underestimate how
> much things cost; I have a shop there myself (knitting, not translating).
> Translators aren't cheap!!
>
> Stephanie
>
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