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While there may be lots of copyright issues and the publisher will likely need to be contacted. I think starting with the author is the way to go. The email can be rather simple and the content of your question is a good starting point:

Dear X,

 

I would like to translate your book. I am not doing this for financial gain. I want students in my country become better familiar with the topic.

You may want to include a little about yourself so the author realizes you are familiar enough with the material to translate it and have a use for the translated book.

While there may be lots of copyright issues and the publisher will likely need to be contacted. I think starting with the author is the way to go. The email can be rather simple and the content of your question is a good starting point:

Dear X,

 

I would like to translate your book. I am not doing this for financial gain. I want students in my country become better familiar with the topic.

You may want to include a little about yourself so the author realizes you are familiar enough with the material to translate it and have a use for the translated book.

While there may be lots of copyright issues and the publisher will likely need to be contacted. I think starting with the author is the way to go. The email can be rather simple and the content of your question is a good starting point:

Dear X,

I would like to translate your book. I am not doing this for financial gain. I want students in my country become better familiar with the topic.

You may want to include a little about yourself so the author realizes you are familiar enough with the material to translate it and have a use for the translated book.

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While there may be lots of copyright issues and the publisher will likely need to be contacted. I think starting with the author is the way to go. The email can be rather simple and the content of your question is a good starting point:

Dear X,

I would like to translate your book. I am not doing this for financial gain. I want students in my country become better familiar with the topic.

You may want to include a little about yourself so the author realizes you are familiar enough with the material to translate it and have a use for the translated book.