Re: [AGA-mcm] [APD] Re: Kasselmann's Book (fwd)

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

OK OK stop already with the "it can't be done" stuff.  Let me explain.

What I am theorizing (not even proposing) is that we would find someone 
who would be willing to translate from the German for little or no money 
(unfortunately), and then we print a BLACK AND WHITE booklet, possibly 
even xeroxed if that were cheaper, with JUST THE TEXT, as well as 
back-references to the book pages.  We would sell Christel's book bundled 
with this translation.

The key is to do this with notable books of which there is no plan to 
publish in English and to get the author's permission.  It's kind of like 
Anime fansubbing.

There is precedent for this.  The ACA originally sold English translations 
of the Linke and Staeck cichlid books published by Tetra press in the 
1980's, before a real translation came out in the 1990's.  Mike Wise, 
an Apistogramma zealot in Denver, has been personally translating seminal 
German dwarf cichlid texts since the early 1980's and giving away the 
translated manuscripts for printing cost.

I'm thinking that this might be one way in which the AGA can continue with 
our book sales mission -- bringing otherwise unavailable books to the 
hobby.  The key in this case is finding an appropriate nut job who 
can translate German.

  - Erik


On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, S. Hieber wrote:

> I wish I could remeber what she said about this kind of
> thing. The best I can recall is that it's hard to find a
> good translator, it's expensive, it's very hard for sales
> to cover printing costs.
>
> Are you thinking of a stapled "handout" that accompanies
> the already printed book?
>
> sh
>
> --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:
>
> > Maybe this is an opportunity for the AGA... if there is
> > no english version
> > of the Echinodorus book planned, we could have someone
> > translate it into
> > German, and sell the translation along with the german
> > edition...
> >
> > --
> > Erik Olson
> > erik at thekrib dot com
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 10:34:20 -0400
> > From: JAMES PURCHASE <jppurchase@rogers.com>
> > Reply-To: aquatic plants digest
> > <aquatic-plants@actwin.com>
> > To: aquatic plants digest <aquatic-plants@actwin.com>
> > Subject: [APD] Re: Kasselmann's Book
> >
> > To: Anyone who cares to read...
> >
> > I've ordered Kasselmann's new book, and am looking
> > forward to reading it.
> > However, she also has a book devoted to Echinodorus (so
> > far, only available in
> > German) that I would give my eye-teeth for in English. If
> > anyone has any
> > contact with Christel, please encourage her to have it
> > translated into English
> > (Karen, are your online?)
> >
> > James Purchase
> > Toronto
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Erik Olson
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