So I want a website where I can post the translation of a book I read in a language I understand into Japanese (it doesn’t to be specifically for Japanese, but the Japanese community should be pretty active).
The website should also accomodate the fact that I am learning Japanese (has an encouraging community where people help me learn rather than receive negative comments for bad grammar etc + allows others to point out mistakes/make suggestions…).
The website should also allow me to keep editing the translation whenever I want (1. Since I will be translating at my pace instead of the entire translation at one time. 2. Since I will keep editing whenever I find a mistake).
I would also prefer the website to suggest what to translate next (based on my preferances, languages I know, and what books a lot of people want to be translated), and allow me to make sort of a to translate list.
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I’m honestly curious if anyone actually knows of a site like this.
If I knew of a site to get translations of a book, but the site openly accommodated for contributors being learners who may very feasibly make mistakes, I would probably avoid it outright.
Because, for the end user, the fact that someone is able to use the site to get some practice in is decidedly less important than whether or not the translation is *accurate* (the most likely user, after all, being someone who doesn’t know the other language and therefore can’t verify).
And it’s not like there’s that many books with decent demand that lack an available translation. Hell, I’ve found a Japanese copy of [antifragility](https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%8F%8D%E8%84%86%E5%BC%B1%E6%80%A7%E2%80%95%E4%B8%8D%E7%A2%BA%E5%AE%9F%E3%81%AA%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E3%82%92%E7%94%9F%E3%81%8D%E5%BB%B6%E3%81%B3%E3%82%8B%E5%94%AF%E4%B8%80%E3%81%AE%E8%80%83%E3%81%88%E6%96%B9-%E4%B8%8A%E4%B8%8B%E5%B7%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%83%E3%83%88/dp/B0B1SPCD43/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2PEEV15WNFGAI&keywords=%E5%8F%8D%E8%84%86%E5%BC%B1%E6%80%A7&qid=1688218832&sprefix=%E5%8F%8D%E8%84%86%E5%BC%B1%2Caps%2C268&sr=8-3); it’s almost surprising how much is readily available.