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“ARMY translators, they hold up the sky, frankly. They have been so instrumental in making BTS accessible to ARMY all around the world…BTS listens to their fans a lot…so it is essential for them to know what ARMY is thinking and for ARMY to know what BTS is thinking and +
“a huge part of this has been ARMY translators doing the work in between and mostly uncompensated. There is a really big built up work of ARMY, of like BTS terms and all of that and we [professional translators of Beyond the Story] would reference it. +
“We would have to make our own decisions as translators, and not everyone is going to agree w every decision we made…but the ARMY translators were a huge help. They also created this culture of translation around BTS…ARMY now have a v sophisticated understanding of literary +
“translation and translation in general and that’s thanks to ARMY translators doing all of that work for yrs and yrs & yrs”
- Anton Hur in response to Q whether was added pressure knowing many ARMY translators hv done translation of BTS content & explain cultural context for yrs
- Anton Hur in response to Q whether was added pressure knowing many ARMY translators hv done translation of BTS content & explain cultural context for yrs
“When it was announced that we were doing it…the support [from ARMY] was overwhelming. I’d already experienced that w I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki, which RM had recommended…ARMY from around the world we messaging me…thanking me for translating the book bc +
“they really wanted to read it bc RM had recommended it. So, for me, I didn’t feel pressure so much as gratitude…There are so many things about translation that you can’t really control. Like I can’t control how people react to my translations… And +
“ I make decisions as a translator every day that readers are not going to agree with. And I’ve realized that’s fine. I think as long as we do everything we do with respect, that’s what matters. +
“So even if a reader, or an ARMY, looks at something and there’s a mistake, they’re going to go ‘it’s a mistake, it’s not because I was malicious’. And we have ARMY translators to thank for creating a very sophisticated culture about translation.”
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