Looking for an English translator for my novel!

[Iviih]

Hi! I'm argentinian and I'm planning my first novel. I know tapas' spanish community isn't that big and I would love to publish it in english. My english is decent so I can easily communicate, but I think a translation by a native english speaker would be much more interesting for readers! Perhaps I do not know the manners or ways of speaking, so I think a native can do a much better job.
I cannot afford any paid translator, so I'm basically asking if anyone does have free time and would like to be part of my project! I know that you might not consider helping without being payed, but please don't be rude!

I'm planning on publishing a chapter every week in spanish, so if possible the best would be to you to translate a chapter
a week too, but don't feel so obligated! Chapters won't be that long and you can have the time you need, obviously not more than two weeks, but I guess you get it!

I can do a basic translation to English, and I'm hoping you to improve that translation itself to a writing with more vocabulary an american expressions so american readers can feel more comfortable reading it. You do not need to speak spanish at all!

My novel will be a fantasy isekai, with magic and stuff. The plot would be that the main character was supposed to travel to the future with her sister, instead he appeared in another world and her sister is not with him. He must adapt to his new world and try to find her sister while learning magic. I can give proper information if you're interested in!
Just contact me by discord Ivii#0001 or twitter @Iviih__

Any advice is appreciated! Thank you!

[maseba]

Espero que tengas suerte, pero yo no creo que sea mejor traductora que tu. (También puedes probar a ver los traductores automáticos especializados que son de pago)

[Iviih]

Gracias por el consejo! Voy a dejar esto por un tiempo en caso de que haya alguien interesado. Supongo que busco más a un estadounidense que sepa español o a un hispanohablante que haya vivido mucho tiempo allá como para saber más del inglés nativo. Supongo que si no funciona investigaré sobre esa opción! Muchas gracias

[YS_og]

I would offer to help, but it's been too long since I lost my fluency. I had stayed in Bs As for some time before having to learn another language and lost it all :\

I do have an idea. Perhaps you could use a site translator and then paste that up for someone to fix? It's easy that way for anyone who speaks English natively to correct the rough translated English to more spoken English, plus it'd be a lot less work since it wouldn't specifically require anyone to know their way around Argentine castellano and its mannerisms/slang (assuming it's still as vastly different from say Central American or Spain's español as it was for me back 15 years ago.)

[Iviih]

@YS_og Thank you then! I was literally editing the post and I added this.

"I can do a basic translation to English, and I'm hoping you to improve that translation itself to a writing with more vocabulary an american expressions so american readers can feel more comfortable reading it. You do not need to speak spanish at all!"

[WistyWrites]

Hi! I learned Spanish but I’m afraid I’m a little out of practice. I could probably translate, but ehhh not necessarily to well, and only if you can’t find anyone else.

I also have neither discord, nor Twitter, nor basically any other social media. But yeah, I could do it, preferably if there are no candidates.

[Iviih]

Hi! What I need is an american native to improve a basic translation that I can do by myself. I can translate my own story to a basic english, which may have some gramatical errors or simple vocabulary. The thing is, if you are american all you need to do is to take that simple translation and make it feel more natural for american readers. Adding vocabulary, fix my mistakes, etc. You can DM me if you are interested!

[Kuma]

Que bueno ver a otro argentino/a por acá! Mucha suerte flaco/a. Si no estuviera hasta las manos con mi novela te daría una mano. Pero entre el laburo y otras cosas apenas y tengo tiempo.

[Iviih]

No te preocupes amigo! Muchas gracias y mucha suerte, después me paso a leer la tuya que nada mas con la portada y la sinopsis pinta bien!

[Kuma]

Muchas gracias! Cuando subas la tuya pasamela asi la leo

[IamKeeks]

Hey! I sent you a DM on Discord. I'm a Cuban-American from Miami and I teach English abroad at the moment. I'm working on my own project too, but I'm happy to help when I have time. Depending on the length of the chapters, I can probably help you get it done weekly (but it also depends on my work schedule).

I was thinking, we might be able to help each other out. I'm pretty fluent in Spanish, but not enough that I feel confident creating literary works. I could help with your translations and if you're interested, I'd love to get mine translated into Spanish.

Yo puedo hablar mas o menos pero nunca e escrito estorias. Me hace falta el vocabulario que se usaria en las fantasias.

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