Sure, but there's a difference between oral tradition perpetuating itself and taking someone else's work and pretending it's yours by either willfully lying about it or failing to credit the source. Fandom is an interesting mix of pop culture folklore and more modern storytelling methods - if it was straight folklore, none of us would attach our names to our fics. The fact that we do says something about our desire to be recognised as the story's originator, even if only by pen name.
I've tried translating some of my stuff into Japanese in the privacy of my own home, and it's a total lost cause. I'd love to see someone do it for me, if only to know how my phrasing would be written in Japanese. If a Japanese found my stuff worthy of sharing with Japanese fandom, I'd be thrilled as well, but I would be slightly less thrilled if I wasn't credited as the author.
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Date: 2005-04-02 01:55 am (UTC)I've tried translating some of my stuff into Japanese in the privacy of my own home, and it's a total lost cause. I'd love to see someone do it for me, if only to know how my phrasing would be written in Japanese. If a Japanese found my stuff worthy of sharing with Japanese fandom, I'd be thrilled as well, but I would be slightly less thrilled if I wasn't credited as the author.