Now I kinda want to check who translated the version on Project Gutenburg - mine definitely included lesbians.

then follow several more paragraphs that amount to 'well, some people think translators should never change or leave out bits of the original, but obviously that's silly, and I haven't refrained from doing so'. ...I assume I'm misinterpreting something here, but, er, maybe it's not really a faithful translation?

I don't know French so can't say anything w/r/t the translation I'd read's accuracy (and the version I read doesn't a note on the translation) but I wonder if he's talking about the fact that a literal translation does not necessarily equal a accurate translation (plus localization decisions)?

The Alex vs Sandy nickname stuff is really interesting!