Prequel перевод(неоф) :: Making a cat cry :: MaCC e140 :: разное

Пусть переводчик уточняет шутки и тонкости у автора, как делают многие переводчики на "Авторском комиксе" - например Месс Перфекта и Двора Ганнергкриг

The issue is a bit more complicated than that. Right now, you have about half of the pages translated to Russian. If a Russian-speaker wants to read the story but doesn't speak English, they are going to find this translation - a number of people I've spoken to were led here simply because they wanted to see if there was a Russian translation of the story. Since you are the only Russian translation available, your audience extends far beyond the people who comment here, or who are even familiar with this website or its culture. People are led here simply because they are looking for a Russian translation of the story.

Someone who wants to read the story isn't going to ignore a translation if one is available. However, they /will/ judge the story by what they read. If the story doesn't have enough humor, shows a complete misunderstanding of Elder Scrolls lore, or doesn't make proper sense, they are going to quit reading it - and they're not going to suddenly try again if a better translation comes out. First impressions are very important to establishing a large and interested readerbase, which is why most writers - myself included - want to make sure the first version of the story people are able to read is as high-quality as possible.

Right now, you are basically determining the first impression that Russian readers have of my work. It doesn't matter if you tell them it is a low-quality translation, since it is still going to be their first experience with the actual story and what will set their attitude toward it. Now that this translation is created and out on the internet, however, you can't really "take it back". The only way I can now ensure people have the good first experience with the story is by making my own Russian translation so that they never find this one. It is going to take up a lot of time I would have rather spent working on new updates, but it is very important to me that people have the best possible experience reading my work.

I understand that, right now, this translation may be getting me more Russian readers than I had before. What I'm concerned about, though, is several years down the line when I have the time to start making official, professional-grade Prequel translations. I want to do a very good job, and make sure foreign readers have a great first experience with the story. I don't want them to look at it and say "oh, I tried reading that back on JoyReactor. It wasn't that good".

I know the translators' intentions were good; you just wanted to share a story you enjoyed with a Russian-speaking audience. However, this is /really/ the sort of thing you have to ask permission for before doing. My education is in psychology and human behavior, and I work very hard to ensure that in the long-term my comic reaches the largest audience possible. It is going to take me a very long time and a lot of work to undo the long-term damage caused by the existence of this translation. If you stop creating the translation now, it will make it slightly easier for me to handle this. If you continue making it, it is only going to slow down new Prequel updates for everyone as I try to create my own, better Russian translation as quickly as possible.

Which is why I'm asking: please, please stop making this translation. Not only is it a wasted effort, since you have already put me in a position where I have to make my own Russian translation, but it slows down the production of new updates as I undertake this new, unwanted side-project. If you stop making this now, then at the very least I won't have to hurry my translation as much to bypass you.