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Publishing a translation of a book excerpt
Thread poster: translator_USA
translator_USA
translator_USA
United States
Local time: 14:44
Spanish to English
Nov 30, 2013

Hello fellow translators!

Please excuse my ignorance if this question seems to have an obvious answer. I am very new to literary translation.

I have been in contact with a literary magazine at a university that publishes literary translations online. They have expressed an interest in my work.

The text that I would like to translate is an excerpt from a piece of literature, which was the subject of my undergraduate thesis, that is more than five-hundred ye... See more
Hello fellow translators!

Please excuse my ignorance if this question seems to have an obvious answer. I am very new to literary translation.

I have been in contact with a literary magazine at a university that publishes literary translations online. They have expressed an interest in my work.

The text that I would like to translate is an excerpt from a piece of literature, which was the subject of my undergraduate thesis, that is more than five-hundred years old and was written in Spain. The author's name is unknown. There are many English-language versions of the entire text.

Would publication of the excerpt violate any copyright rules in the United States? ▲ Collapse
 
LilianNekipelov
LilianNekipelov  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 14:44
Russian to English
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Hi. I don't think so, Nov 30, 2013

unless you copied some sentences or excerpts from the previous translations, and they would want to go after you, and especially were able prove it.

[Edited at 2013-11-30 17:30 GMT]
 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 20:44
Member (2009)
English to German
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:) Dec 1, 2013

If you provide an entirely new translation of the book excerpt, and possibly even do some research in regards to translations of the excerpt you intend to translate, just to ensure that you are not copying anyone's work, then there is or most likely shouldn't be any copyright infringement at hand.


Please excuse my ignorance if this question seems to have an obvious answer.

Ignorance only exists in those who never ask questions.... See more
If you provide an entirely new translation of the book excerpt, and possibly even do some research in regards to translations of the excerpt you intend to translate, just to ensure that you are not copying anyone's work, then there is or most likely shouldn't be any copyright infringement at hand.


Please excuse my ignorance if this question seems to have an obvious answer.

Ignorance only exists in those who never ask questions. ▲ Collapse
 


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