Assuming this is all true, at least for me personally, the level of generative AI involvement here still puts me off the project completely.
Even if it is only translation, I am not interested in reading LLM output in the context of a book, and I would feel betrayed if I learned that the translation was machine-generated if I had purchased a copy.
For the amount you’re charging, you could have hired a human translator. Either way, just like with a book translated by a human, you should disclose that the actual words in the book were not written by you. “Author: Vivian Voss, Translated By: Claude Opus” or whatever.
I’m sure others feel differently, and you may find success among that crowd.
Even if it is only translation, I am not interested in reading LLM output in the context of a book, and I would feel betrayed if I learned that the translation was machine-generated if I had purchased a copy.
For the amount you’re charging, you could have hired a human translator. Either way, just like with a book translated by a human, you should disclose that the actual words in the book were not written by you. “Author: Vivian Voss, Translated By: Claude Opus” or whatever.
I’m sure others feel differently, and you may find success among that crowd.