Finding (PbtA) RPG Translators
This may not be the most appropriate forum for this question, but based on a recent post by Mike Espinoza and the ensuing discussion, this might be exactly the right forum.
So, imagine you have a PbTA game in a foreign language, and you want to get it translated into another language. How do you find a translator that can do that, and how do you finance it?
For my specifics, I’m looking to get a French game, Librete, translated into English. The designer, Vivien Feasson ran it for a group of us at Gauntletcon and it was amazing. Unfortunately, it’s only in French at this time…
Aside from the dark setting (kids stolen into a world of rain with creepy monsters that form out of rain puddles), the mechanics are statless, with the option to use a currency called “Black Bile” to boost your rolls. You gain this currency when, corresponding to your playbook, something disempowering happens to your character.
Here’s the link to the AP, if anyone is curious.
Open to thoughts — I really want to see this in English. I could pump it through Google Translate, but I think that would give me an entirely different game, you know?