It astonishes me to just be published in my native language but to see my work in other languages is humbling. Amazing to me how much work a translator has to do. They have to not just interpret a book into another language but also make it understandable to the culture. We take a lot of things for granted in the US that the rest of the world knows about this or that. A good translator will edit text to make sure what is said is understood. That is the difference in a book the readers of different countries can enjoy.
