{"id":811,"date":"2024-02-09T23:53:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T22:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psychee.org\/gorpedia\/?p=811"},"modified":"2024-02-09T23:53:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T22:53:48","slug":"the-song-of-loss-my-gorean-fantasy-novels-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psychee.org\/gorpedia\/the-song-of-loss-my-gorean-fantasy-novels-saga\/","title":{"rendered":"The Song of Loss, my “gorean fantasy” novels saga."},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone. I don’t know if you know this, but IRL, I’m an illustrator and… novelist; but in French, of course. So I’ve decided to do something crazy: start publishing an English version of my novels. Now, why is that a crazy? Well, I translate alone.<\/p>\n

Yeah\u2026<\/p>\n

Totally nuts, Axelle.<\/p>\n

The fact is, professionally speaking, there\u2019s only one way to get a proper translation of a book from French to English: a native English speaker with a perfect command of French. Because, if you had any doubts, translation is all about adaptation and interpretation, not just word-for-word translation. If you\u2019ve ever tried to see what Google Translate can do with, say, any slightly literary text, you\u2019ll understand the problem. And you need to be a native English speaker to be able to interpret properly.<\/p>\n

Of course, I don\u2019t have a professional translator of this kind on hand: it\u2019s expensive, and I simply can\u2019t afford one. But translating my novels into English was my dream. And being by nature notoriously stubborn, I set myself a challenge that I confess is totally insane: I\u2019m going to do it myself.<\/p>\n

It can\u2019t be good, and I know it. My written English isn\u2019t very good, I\u2019m practically incapable of speaking it properly, I don\u2019t understand it orally and, in reading, I can\u2019t do without a dictionary near me. But\u2026 long live technology. No, I didn\u2019t ask ChatGPT to do it for me, let him die. But I did ask Deepl to help me.<\/p>\n

The principle: the software translates my text, then I compare the final text with my French text, and sentence by sentence, I correct anything that doesn\u2019t match the music, the poetry or the meaning of what I wanted to write. I reread everything, I check everything, words and expressions, I correct a lot, I rewrite a lot, checking my correction, and, finally, I reread the text in English, to see if I understand everything, if I can read it, if it makes sense, if nothing offends me\u2026 and I continue.<\/p>\n

Why do my novels belong here? Because, in fact, the basis of the plot, but also of the context and characters, was inspired by my first adventures and discoveries of Gor on Second Life. Although I’ve completely reinvented the universe, the concepts are different, and the plot has nothing to do with Gor’s novels, it is, as a friend of mine put it, a kind of Gorean fantasy. And this same friend added: your novels are as if Gor had been written by a woman.<\/p>\n

And there you have it. Of course, if you don\u2019t read English, or if you know my novels, you don\u2019t care! But there are English speakers who would like to read what I write. And so, I\u2019m trying to open myself up to a new audience. You never know, maybe one day I\u2019ll be able to launch a crowdfunding campaign to pay for a real translator? That\u2019s one of my goals anyway.<\/p>\n

Well\u2026 I don\u2019t know if it failed or succeeded. English speakers will tell me. But I hope it\u2019s a pleasure to discover. Happy reading!<\/p>\n

Book 1, Armanth: Preamble<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Book 1, Armanth : chapter 1 : The Seeker<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Book 1, Armanth : chapter 2 : Hell<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Book 1, Armanth : chapter 3 : Priscius<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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