Is it possible to live off translating books?
Is it possible to live off translating books?
Jack Wood
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Jack Evans
I imagine you would still need water and food.
Mason Cooper
My brother translates all kinds of texts between English and Japanese for a living. He gets by, but it's not super lucrative.
Chase Powell
I like to live off of the blood of Jesus Christ personally.
Lincoln Wood
You will be competing against all the other people in the world who know the languages you do and have an internet connection. Considering how much lower the cost of living is in some other places, it's not a good idea.
Nathan Russell
who is this semen demon. (sorry for bad english)
John Ramirez
Ginny Weasely.
Luke Flores
This. The barriers to entry are very low.
Ayden Allen
Tf, mate? That's obviously Luna Lovegood.
Brody Anderson
I almost typed Luna but went with Ginny. I have trouble associating names with faces.
Xavier Perez
Yes
Gabriel Wood
>/b/-tier humor on Veeky Forums
Stop
Mason Young
This is why Veeky Forums needs a like/dislike option for comments.
You'll also need air, the books are dead trees that can't produce O2 anymore.
Thomas Jones
It is worth it if you have the right languages.
Brandon Lee
Translating isn't as simple as normies here think. You go for it if you want to.
Chase Lewis
How hard could it be?
Kayden Perez
How much for a book?
Brayden Price
Is this faggot worth reading? I just finished the Iliad and I'm kind of interested in Homer's Daughter and The White Goddess
Nicholas Edwards
NO.
It's shit. You spend hours translating just to live on the minimum and get by.
DO NOT do it.
Colton Bell
>emma watson
Evan Taylor
Apparently it's 10$ per page so 4000 for a book, how is this bad?
William Hughes
>10$ per page
Unless you're somewhat a big name, yeah man, keep dreaming
Benjamin Bennett
Google said so
Thomas Wilson
Not sure about Homer's Daughter, but White Goddess is one massive ode to his eXXXtreme femdom fetish
His Myths is good, though the interpretations veer into the White Goddess esotericism. His translations of Suetonius and I think other stuff are good. His memoir is good. His historical fiction is all good - I Claudius, Count Belisarius, King Jesus. Also I believe his war poetry is good.
Jaxon Torres
These are people who are getting contracted to translate a novel. You'll be translating corporate documents about shipping procedures and shit.
Nicholas Campbell
This. I have been doing a couple of correction works for a hobbie just two years from now, and it's always been shitty paid
>inb4 aristotle fallacy retard quote
Elijah Brooks
Translating other stuff pays more.
>Medical documents
>Technical guides
>legal documents
Michael Brown
This. You have to be well informed on the topics though