Lena Sonne | Cozy Science Fiction author

Did you know that I translated my book "Good people world" by myself? The original novel is written in Russian, but I wanted to share this story with more people, so I decided to translate it into English. Of course, at first it was just a draft with mistakes, and it was hard to read. Besides, my English was not that good when I started, so this translation was a kind of training for me. After I finished with the first version of the English draft, I had the help of my friend, who is a professional translator, and a native English-speaking editor. They helped me to enhance the text, so it would be as easy to read as the original version. But still I am so proud of the result! After this exercise, I've improved my English and now I am ready for more translations! I have some of my short stories in mind to start with. This is a big step for me as a writer. People read English books all over the world, so now I am not limited to a few countries. The whole world can read "Good people world"! The translation process was challenging and exciting, and I want to share some behind-the-scenes stories about how I made it happen, what was the most difficult, and what was the easiest. I will do this in my future posts under hashtag #translation _backstage . I hope you will like it! #writer #author #englishwrite #books #englishbooks #englishbook #translation #translations #authorscommunity