#WritersCoffeeClub 4/2: How much detail do you use to describe your settings?

The setting in question is mostly 19th century Germany and surrounding areas - which is as alien to a modern English-language audience as many fantasy worlds.

Thus, I have an appendix giving some cultural context, and the tales I translate have numerous additional commentary and footnotes. This is actually a large portion of my work, in addition to the translations themselves. This is also part of the reason why I refuse to use #LLM for translation (beyond the usual ethical objections) - I want the readers to understand the context of the tales, and AI would inevitably get that wrong.