I'll try to provide an example to explain my question: An author (Mr X) wrote a book in country A in language 1. A publishing company asked a translator (Mr Y) to translate it to language 2 and published it in country B. Now, can I re-publish the book in country B with another translation? Do I need permission from the publishing company in country 1 or the publishing company in country 2 or Mr X or Mr Y or some or all of them? :-) Thank you.

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When a book is published you give a grant of rights to the publisher that can only be returned under the terms of the contract. By going with a publisher you reliquish control in exchange for royalties, payments and licensing fees agreed to in the contract. So you will now need permission from BOTH companies and they will probably charge you a fee to grant the permission, if they want to grant it and they don't have to grant permission.

If you are the author, the answer is that it all depends on the contract(s) you've signed. Rights—international or domestic—are explicitly mentioned in most publishing contracts. If you are trying to obtain translation rights to someone else' work, it depends on who owns those rights, the author or a publisher. You must negotiate with that entity. Remember that the author owns the copyright, and most publishing rights eventually revert to him. Dai Alanye http://alanye.com/

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