fun with searching my author name on the internet

[dbskyler]

I've figured out that if I go to www.delicious.com -- which is a fairly widely used bookmarking site -- and type in my fanfiction author name, I get a list of my stories that have been bookmarked by other people. My results?

-- 5 for "Fallacy Somewhere"
-- 3 for "Upgrade" (my Yuletide Red Dwarf story)
-- 2 for "Miles from Aberdeen"
-- 2 for "Rosemary" (that was a surprise; I'm fond of it, but it's not one of my more favorited stories on Teaspoon)
-- 1 for "Turn Again" (and yeah, I need to FINISH that)
-- 1 for "Nameless"
-- 1 for "Break of Day"

You guys should all try it for your own author names -- it's fun!

And speaking of my fic "Break of Day," you will never guess what I came across while doing random Google searches on my author name:

Someone has actually translated my fic into Russian! No, really!

I'm just completely blown away that someone went to the trouble to translate one of my fics. It is quite possibly the most awesome thing I have ever come across on the internet. The translation even requires a footnote since I put in a silly aunt/ant joke that doesn't work in Russian. (Truthfully, it probably doesn't even work that well in a British accent, but I put it in anyway.)



I've back-translated the story using Yahoo Babel Fish, which was oddly surreal but also quite amusing, as Babel Fish has its issues with translation. As an example, here's the first sentence of my fic:

It was a pounding on her door, and it was 5 a.m., two things that Sarah firmly believed should never go together.

And here's the first sentence of the back-translation:

Were five mornings, and into the door it loudly, and Sarah it solidly believed that these two things never must occur simultaneously.

And it goes on from there . . . Here's my favorite sentence:

"Sarah!" - it sufficiently exclaimed, as if recently took out it of the hat as rabbit.

Anyway, I'm just thrilled that someone went to all the trouble to translate the story, and I'm sure it was a marvelous job. _Наблюдатель, if you're out there reading this, you've made my week. :D

Comments

[tempestas-inu.livejournal.com]

That's awesome! Especially the translation into Russian thing, it just goes to show that people really loved your fic and wanted to share it with more people in the world.

Just so you know, if it weren't for my habit of memorizing the site addresses of the things I like instead of "wasting time bookmarking" I would've probably bookmarked "Miles from Aberdeen", "Rosemary" (but you knew that already), and "Break of Day".

and whaddya know? All of them involve Sarah XD.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling that "Rosemary" is the type of story that appeals to only a select group of readers, but that select group tends to really like it. Which is just fine with me. :D

And aw, thanks for saying you like those stories enough to bookmark them! And strangely enough, I tend to write quite a few stories that involve Sarah. Wonder why that is? ; )