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

It's totally okay to translate things for your friends without checking if other translations exist! But if you're posting to the wiki, then you do need to give translators a heads up. 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. 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 you're 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.