That had occurred to me as well. Back in the 80s we had Pergamon Press, started by Robert Maxwell of subsequent ill-fame. He located experts in eastern Europea

That had occurred to me as well. Back in the 80s we had Pergamon Press, started by Robert Maxwell of subsequent ill-fame. He located experts in eastern European countries, paid them to write university level texts on science and aspects of technology, paid an English speaking academic to check the translation of the texts and published the editions quite cheap. I think it helped that Maxwell actually bought a printing company. I worked through a lot of Landau and Lifshitz's volumes on theoretical physics that way, including the imfamous footnote on shockwaves in rock (think nuclear tests). So where are all the Indian/Pakistani authors?