
Back in November, when I discovered EGS and read the archive, I sent Dan an enthusiastic mail to ask him this :
Me in my bunny early days wrote:*So*, my question. I'm in France, and since not everybody reads English around here, I can't share EGS with all my friends, which is really a pity. I've even posted a link to EGS on an LGBT forum, and people who could read it in the text are enthusiastic, but many others don't know English enough to read it. So : are there any translations of EGS available ? And, if not, how about adding translations on the site ? I assume that inserting different text directly onto the comics wouldn't be possible, as it would be technically quite difficult, but at least, what about adding some translations that would appear (or could be displayed at will) under the comics, so that people not reading English fluently could enjoy EGS too ? I unfortunately don't know enough technical stuff to advice as for how to add this feature to the site, but I'd be happy to help by providing a (French) translation, and maybe other people may be interested in and/or volunteer for other languages. You keep the copyright and things : it's just that it would be great to allow non-English readers to read EGS, as it's quite unique in its domain (the only other comic I've read that *may* be compared with this is "Venus Envy" by Erin Lindsey, but it's much more specific and less sci-fi oriented) and I don't think there are any equivalents in other languages.
Dan didn't answer, obviously because he hadn't enough time. But in those days I didn't know about the forum, so now I think it's much more relevant if I ask you bunnies about this. What do you think about translating EGS into other langages ? Are you all native English-speakers and/or do you think it useless to translate the comic, or have you already thought about doing so ?
In my original question I mentioned the possibility of adding translations directly on the site, like "subtitles". Now I think that maybe it would arouse too technical problems to do this. I still think that "subtitles" would be easier to provide than direct, "on picture" translations with text directly on the panels. But maybe something even more simple would do, at least for a beginning : what about us bunnies posting translations here on the forum, something like posting a link and the accompanying translated text ? It wouldn't be very reader-friendly, of course, but I guess it would be useful if someone ever wants to share EGS comics with non-English-speaking readers, as it would provide ready-to-post translations.
Or something like this. What do you think ?