the existence of an english translation is useful to provide more local translations, but not a prerequisite, I believe. For example, Valerio Evangelisti (ital

the existence of an english translation is useful to provide more local translations, but not a prerequisite, I believe. For example, Valerio Evangelisti (italian horror/fantasy/sci-fi/weird writer) has more translated works in french/spanish/german than he has in english, to my knowledge.