I empathize
I am also facing the same problem. I wrote two stories in Portuguese (my native language) and translated them with the help of online services. However, I have not received any response. My stories have remained in pending status. It's sad that non-english speakers are being barred from publishing because of a broken system (if this is indeed tha case).
Every time I see some idiot post the equivalent of “just get over it,” it makes me question whether they have any passion at all for writing.
Sadly the translation tools all use AI nowadays.
It is hard to "just get over it" if I poured my heart in soul in my writing.
I choose not to use the AI, but sometimes I really need a translation tool. I understand the sentiment of not using AI, but it is too random in how they decide it is used.
It doesn't make it any less unfair, especially for those (like me) that takes the writing craft seriously.
Precisely - and people who dismiss your pain (as some will) have never done that.
I don’t work for Literotica and I don’t make the rules. But I do sort of wonder why it’s unfair. I’m not able to write in Cantonese, for example. I don’t view that as unfair.
Same! I take my writing very serious. But as a not native English writer sometimes I need a little help. But it are my words I need translated, not AI generated pulp.
It's unfair because english is the default language in this site. If I publish it in Portuguese, no one will read. I might as well not publish at all. But that is not the point. If I publish here and get rejected because of AI, that's ok. I can publish somewhere else, as I have already done. What is infuriating is being stuck in pendind for ages, not knowing what is going on.
Same here
That’s kinda my point. If I wanted to publish to a Chinese language site, then I’d not use translation software, not least as it’s unlikely to cope with my lexicon. I’d have to either learn Cantonese (years of effort), or employ a highly-skilled translator. Or stick to writing in my native language.
So, I guess I just have to suck it up, then. Is this what you're saying?
But she’s done the hard yards of translating herself. That’s a real slap in the face.
That’s interpreting it very negatively. I guess I’m asking why you feel you should have access to the English market without learning to write English. I’m not trying to be adversarial, I’m asking.
I do write fairly in English without help. I'm not an illiterate. But I need help at some point, and unfortunately for me, I don't have financial means to hire a professional translator just to publish sex stories for free. And the way you're saying, I feel you are trying to imply that just because I'm not a native english speaker I don't have the right to publish stories in an english website. Please tell me I'm wrong on this.
No, I’m saying nothing about this per se. But if your mechanism for translation is AI-based, and the site bans AI text, you can’t really expect an exception to be made.
That bothers all of us. Aside from hardcore Lit apologists.
The site doesn't have to publish my work, I get that. But what you're implying is that I'm not supposed to even try publishing my work here just because I don't write English fluently. It's like saying: "go publish in your own country, you portuguese-speaker, and leave us english-speakers alone."
Please tell me where I said that?
