Maybe he's... not great at Russian? I'm at a loss, same as you.

And I don't have any skill in Russian, but I would say that his translation is not good, or at least was not thoughtfully made, based solely on the fact that he did not write the author's name in it.

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shaky 8 days ago | parent [-]

I don't understand: the translation is not good because he omitted the author's name? He stated it plainly in his article:

> As it happens, I recently translated a short story by Kir Bulychev — a Soviet science-fiction icon virtually unknown in the West.

I for one enjoyed reading it! As for the article, it's on point. There will be fewer historians and translators, but I suspect those that stick around will be greatly amplified.

	▲	WastedCucumber 8 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		In the PDF linked in the article there's only the title of the story, and not the author's name.
	▲	chupasaurus 8 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> I for one enjoyed reading it! I gave a quick look and was surprised to see that the most of the first two paragraphs simply aren't there. I guess you've read something else! As for machine translation: currently it isn't remotely ready to deal with literature by itself, but it could be handy to assist translators.