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I just started working on a new freelance project (it's a light novel), and the translator is...new, I'm presuming.
He's enthusiastic, that's for sure. He's been bugging me at least once a day for a week, and recently absolutely tied himself in knots trying to hash out some kind of internally consistent English-language naming scheme for something in the book.
Obviously this is my job so I don't MIND him bugging me, but I wish there was a diplomatic way to tell him that he is putting roughly ten times more thought into this than the original author ever did (for example, that naming scheme is not internally consistent in Japanese either).
I mean, I appreciate his efforts! And his desire to do a good job! I always try to do the best I can for every project, regardless of how shitty I personally think it is (and believe me I have worked on some real bottom-of-the-barrel stuff.)
But...like, no need to cause yourself unnecessary stress, you know?
He's enthusiastic, that's for sure. He's been bugging me at least once a day for a week, and recently absolutely tied himself in knots trying to hash out some kind of internally consistent English-language naming scheme for something in the book.
Obviously this is my job so I don't MIND him bugging me, but I wish there was a diplomatic way to tell him that he is putting roughly ten times more thought into this than the original author ever did (for example, that naming scheme is not internally consistent in Japanese either).
I mean, I appreciate his efforts! And his desire to do a good job! I always try to do the best I can for every project, regardless of how shitty I personally think it is (and believe me I have worked on some real bottom-of-the-barrel stuff.)
But...like, no need to cause yourself unnecessary stress, you know?