Date: 2021-12-19 02:03 pm (UTC)
kmusser: (bookpimp)
From: [personal profile] kmusser
Wow on the translation, I'm torn. On the hand that does seem dishonest if done without the approval of the author. On the other it definitely made it a better book. I highly doubt it would've won the Hugo without those changes.

Date: 2021-12-19 04:19 pm (UTC)
movingfinger: (Default)
From: [personal profile] movingfinger
It seems profoundly unethical to deliberately change a work's outlook so much. I hope that Ken Liu's past translation work will be getting more scrutiny and that he isn't allowed to work without close review in the future.

Date: 2021-12-19 07:01 pm (UTC)
anef: (Default)
From: [personal profile] anef
I don't know whether we should be blaming the editors rather than the translator?

Date: 2021-12-19 02:06 pm (UTC)
calimac: (Default)
From: [personal profile] calimac
So one of the three (all male) author Guests of Honor at the just-elected Chinese Worldcon turns out to be an alarmingly belligerent Russian nationalist, and now another turns out to be a Chinese sexist.

Date: 2021-12-26 09:43 pm (UTC)
benwerd: (Default)
From: [personal profile] benwerd
Fascinating about the Three Body Problem, because the translation was still sexist as hell!

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