Thread:Angelsbouquet/@comment-37209940-20181016230920/@comment-36590736-20181016232335

It's totally okay to translate things for your friends without checking if other translations exist! If you're not posting to the wiki, there's no heads up needed, nor need to check if other people are working on it, but if you're posting to the wiki, then you do need to give translators a heads up. It's just a matter of courtesy.

Since you chose to link your translation publicly, it's important to message the translator currently working on it and say, "Hey, I have a finished translation I did on my own, do you mind if I post it?" The only courteous reply is, "Yes, of course" (and it's what I would've said myself), but the importance is in the gesture. Again, it's only polite to other translators who are currently spending their time working on the story.

I'm not the only translator who feels this way - other translators have expressed they would prefer this as well after seeing your translation. If you suddenly post a completed translation of something currently being worked on, other translators would request the same courtesy of a heads up as well.

Again, it's totally fine to translate as you will in private, especially if you're the only translator among your friends. But once you choose to go public, you have to understand you're not the only translator out there. Playing well with others is important, essentially. Multiple translations can be uploaded, but that's not the issue - the issue is that it's not exactly polite to not give the current translator a heads up.

Edit: Now that I'm home I noticed one thing in your message I didn't see before - "since it seemed to not have anyone else's translation up yet." My name there as well as the "currently being translated" note. If you'd gone to my profile (as you have now) you could see that I'm an active translator on the wiki. As I said to you, I was preparing a bulk update/upload to the wiki this week. It is discourteous of you to not take a few moments to leave a message on my wall, or assume, as most people would, that the story is being actively worked on, given the "currently being translated" note and the state of my high activity translating. That you could see someone working on the story but chose not to say something even then is a little bizarre. It takes only moments to write "Hey, just letting you know I also wanted to upload a translation of the story - thank you for your hard work!" on someone's wall.

(Also, as a side note - in the future, please do take care to proofread your translations before advertising your translations as finished. Wiki translators are making an effort to institute quality control on the wiki, so rough translations should be cleaned up prior to posting them to the wiki. Most people don't know when translations are erroneous because they don't speak Japanese, so readers put their faith in translators that translators are putting their best work forward.)

Once again, I hope that you can treat fellow translators with respect if you continue to post works publicly, and I appreciate your hard work.