Anime translators do receive distinction and a place in history. Why translate something few will read when you can translate something many will read and enjoy

Anime translators do receive distinction and a place in history. Why translate something few will read when you can translate something many will read and enjoy together. Most great literary work cannot be properly translated because of unique cultural traits that do not exist elsewhere. Even translating anime is not 1:1, you can see the number of things that had to be changed in the FL:CL dub to tell the story similarly.