The editor will be looking for a translator can not only match the style of the original book, but also see beneath the words to make sense of the ideas. Even the best translator may not be appropriate for every that comes along. Some books simply don’t strike the necessary chord, or offer the right inspiration. One translator described working on several books for a publisher, and being disappointed to realis that she simply felt no affinity with a new book on offer. She simply felt no affinity with a new book on offer. She didn’t think that she could get into the book in a significant enough way to make it work on all levels, and declined the job.