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11 Mar, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Folks, do you remember that I'm writing a sci-fi novel? Well, I'm almost done, in Italian. I did many (-many-) reviews, and I'm ready to work with an editor. However now I'm fully convinced that I can't translate it myself, I spent already an incredible amount of energy on it.
So I need an English (mother tongue) translator that translates sci-fi from Italian to English. I already tried to contact two different translators, I've the feeling that sci-fi is not something most translators are comfortable working with. Moreover I've *zero* credibility.
This is my first novel and I'm a computer programmer, many good translators only translate things of writers that have a story of successful novels, or they interface with a publisher (that I don't want to have, I'll self-publish my book).
So I wonder if somebody here knows a good translator, that writes great English prose, that translates sci-fi from Italian, and that is respectful of the original prose. Thanks in advance.

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