About a year ago, I read a blog post from a woman who does Spanish-English translations, and I found myself wondering: Does she go both ways? Now, I know what you're thinking, and the truth is that I didn't immediately ask. I waited. I followed her on Twitter. I stalked her by looking up her work and reviews. Eventually I made contact, and I found out that she does, in fact, go both ways.
My next step was to research the reasons for having my novel translated from English to Spanish, and I found out that over 500 million people in the world speak Spanish as their first language--roughly the same number of people who speak English as their first language. So I decided to go for it--and I had Re/Bound translated into Spanish. It took about 4 months for the translator (Olga Nunez Miret) to rewrite my 100K novel.
I hear from others that it's a very good translation. I, of course, have no clue because, while I can recognize some words, I can't read Spanish. This almost makes me want to learn. Almost. (I've tried before. It did not go well, but I did learn to roll my R's, so at least there's that.)
Anyway, I'm excited that my work is now going to be available to half a billion more people! If it's successful, I'll have the others translated too.
Here's the blurb:
Recuperarse después de la pérdida devastadora de su Maestro es más difícil
de lo que Darcy había anticipado. Justo cuando más necesita a alguien, aparece
un atractivo Dominante. Theo es considerado, dominante y exigente —exactamente
lo que ella necesita. Él empuja sus barreras, pone a prueba sus límites, y la
hace llegar a nuevas alturas. Gracias a él, ella recuerda lo que es sentir
alegría, amor, y una mano firme en el trasero.
El agente Malcolm Legato persigue a un hombre de negocios corrupto, y Darcy
puede facilitarle la entrada a lo más alto de la Corporación Snyder. Aunque él
inicia su relación con ella con la intención de utilizarla para avanzar su
investigación, no puede evitar enamorarse perdidamente de esta combativa
sumisa, y sabe que le romperá el corazón cuando descubra que le ha estado
mintiendo desde el principio.
Cuando todo se desmorone, ¿será Darcy capaz de encontrar la fortaleza
necesaria para perdonar a Malcolm y construir una vida juntos? ¿Y sabrá hallar
el valor requerido para conseguir hacerle justicia al hombre que amaba y que ha
perdido?
Con nudos de cuerda y de argumento, esta historia repleta de acción os hará
reír, llorar, y estremeceros por muy buenas razones. Con Ligada de nuevo,
Michele Zurlo os ofrece una historia inteligente, atrevida y sexy.
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And buy links:
Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071DG4YWZ
Amazon Mexico https://www.amazon.com.mx/dp/B071DG4YWZ
Amazon Spain https://www.amazon.es/dp/B071DG4YWZ
All other outlets: https://www.books2read.com/u/3GMNop
It's also available in English--
Amazon US http://amzn.to/1RaxCDj
All other outlets: https://www.books2read.com/u/breNY4
Love, Michele Zurlo
How interesting, Michele. What a great idea to translate your book into Spanish. Can you share the translator's name with us?
ReplyDeleteOlga Nunez Miret did the translation. She was a joy to work with.
ReplyDeleteYou'll have to be sure to let us know how the Spanish version sells...congratulations on your enterprising venture...
ReplyDeleteWonderful! I'd love to hear more about this!
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