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   Scalzi (scalzi@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 00:26:00 JST Scalzi

   PRO WRITER TIP: If your book wins an award in translation, be sure to publicly and enthusiastically thank your translator. Why? The folks giving the award did not read your words directly, they read the words of the translator. That translation must have been pretty good for the award to have been given.

   Which is why now I am thanking Masayuki Uchida, the translator for the Japanese version of The Kaiju Preservation Society, which won a Seiun Award (Japanese SF award) today. Thank you, sir!

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     Antiqueight (antiqueight@mastodon.ie)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 00:26:00 JST Antiqueight

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     @scalzi Well done you and Masayuki Uchida. Translation is a skill much more complex than usually given credit by readers.