All well and good. But since I don't know the translator, I can't ask him. And until today I didn't know that you were in this forum. So when should I have asked you?The translation of my work to German has not been done by me, but by a German fan of my GN... To answer your question, firstly, this is my story and whether it's in English (the original posting) or German (fan modified) I suppose what annoys me the most is that the curtesy to ask before posting is ignored... Secondly, as a fan has put the time (a lot of time) into translating the GN I would seek his approval before posting...