1.0Blarlo bloghttps://blog.blarlo.com/en/Óscar Martínhttps://blog.blarlo.com/en/author/oscar/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="XT9Bkaf2rB"><a href="https://blog.blarlo.com/en/translation-and-publication-of-a-book/">Translation and Publication of a Book</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blog.blarlo.com/en/translation-and-publication-of-a-book/embed/#?secret=XT9Bkaf2rB" width="600" height="338" title="“Translation and Publication of a Book” — Blarlo blog" data-secret="XT9Bkaf2rB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://blog.blarlo.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://blog.blarlo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e134b80d20f11c22d2524518b74e4190e675e0d004b0144592f3c17ca0e9bc_640-1.jpg640425So you’re a writer, you’ve written a book, and you have a million questions for your publisher. These include those related to the global world and the possibilities that this entails. Possibilities that inevitably lead to the need for a translator. Obviously, breaking into certain markets means having to hire translation services. Again, more questions. Is it worthwhile translating a book? Into what languages? Only into Spanish? Let’s address each of these questions. Should you translate your book? When you have a publisher, you have a person who’s in charge of turning an original work into a book; that is, they plan, edit, and publish a work. It will therefore be the publisher who is responsible for publishing said work elsewhere, beyond our national borders. Today self-publishing is a reality that is becoming increasingly more popular, turning the authors themselves into publishers. This is a scenario in which you will have to be the one who decides whether to publish in other languages or not. This is a decision that you’ll ultimately reach because the answer is clear: yes, it is worthwhile publishing in other languages. Why is that? Simply because platforms today have no more borders than the language […]