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> Unfortunately her books had been not translated into English. Sounds like an excellent opportunity. Has anyone considered crowd sourcing a translation? I'd

> Unfortunately her books had been not translated into English. Sounds like an excellent opportunity. Has anyone considered crowd sourcing a translation? I'd chuck in 10 bucks to read it and there's certainly a lot of history buffs out there looking for a fresh perspective.

chewz 5y ago
Mind that Monika was reporting for largest communist daily in Poland - her books are good reporting, lots of focus on people involved in the war but there is also a propaganda narrative. On the other hand her reporting angle is much better then some Western "useful idots"[1] like Tiziano Terzani [0] (der Spiegel), who had been calling Pol-pot 'great man with a vision for a nation' even on his deathbed. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiziano_Terzani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiziano_Terzani [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/231066 https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/231066
- michelpp 5y ago
  That's something that I think can be put into context with a short preface. I think propaganda is some of the most interesting parts of history.
  - enriquto 5y ago
    On the other hand, this kind of prefaces often have the danger of sounding condescending or even disrespectful to the reader (and to the author). A safer bet that I've seen sometimes is to give two prefaces, exposing complementary or even contradictory views. This lets the reader approach the book without holding hands.
  - qwerty456127 5y ago
    Sure, it used to be. I'm sad beautiful propaganda is gone and all the propaganda is about stupid internet trolling nowadays.
- hiram112 5y ago
  >> ... Vietnamese intervention in Cambodia >> ... American occupation [of Saigon] > but there is also a propaganda narrative. Yes you can see it explicitly from how he describes the two sentences above, one as an "intervention" and the other as an "occupation". I don't think most Cambodians considered the Vietnamese invasion in late '70's as an intervention, nor did the majority of the rest of the non-Soviet aligned world.
  - Kiro 5y ago
    You're quoting the same person you're replying to.
offtop5 5y ago
That sounds like a very good startup idea. Crowdsourcing for translations, with each chapter being a stretch goal. Of course you would need to navigate international copyright law, but I could definitely see a market for this

chewz 5y ago

Mind that Monika was reporting for largest communist daily in Poland - her books are good reporting, lots of focus on people involved in the war but there is also a propaganda narrative. On the other hand her reporting angle is much better then some Western "useful idots"[1] like Tiziano Terzani [0] (der Spiegel), who had been calling Pol-pot 'great man with a vision for a nation' even on his deathbed. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiziano_Terzani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiziano_Terzani [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/231066 https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/231066

michelpp 5y ago
That's something that I think can be put into context with a short preface. I think propaganda is some of the most interesting parts of history.
- enriquto 5y ago
  On the other hand, this kind of prefaces often have the danger of sounding condescending or even disrespectful to the reader (and to the author). A safer bet that I've seen sometimes is to give two prefaces, exposing complementary or even contradictory views. This lets the reader approach the book without holding hands.
- qwerty456127 5y ago
  Sure, it used to be. I'm sad beautiful propaganda is gone and all the propaganda is about stupid internet trolling nowadays.
hiram112 5y ago
>> ... Vietnamese intervention in Cambodia >> ... American occupation [of Saigon] > but there is also a propaganda narrative. Yes you can see it explicitly from how he describes the two sentences above, one as an "intervention" and the other as an "occupation". I don't think most Cambodians considered the Vietnamese invasion in late '70's as an intervention, nor did the majority of the rest of the non-Soviet aligned world.
- Kiro 5y ago
  You're quoting the same person you're replying to.

offtop5 5y ago

That sounds like a very good startup idea. Crowdsourcing for translations, with each chapter being a stretch goal. Of course you would need to navigate international copyright law, but I could definitely see a market for this