Translation award and the "celebrity sells" charge
Alidoosti's Persian translation of Alice Munro stories won a commendation in Iran's Book of the Season award in 2012. Poet and translator Farideh Hassanzadeh-Mostafavi objected in an open letter that a first translation was honored over veteran translators and suggested fame was being used to sell books. A 2017 review in the book magazine Roshan reported that some translators credit her sales to c
Editorial timeline of public reporting, not a legal finding.
- Open letter: "If I were you I would have said no" - Shahrgan republished an open letter by poet and translator Farideh Hassanzadeh-Mostafavi, first printed in Etemad, objecting that Alidoosti's first translation was commended ahead of veteran translators such as Bahman Farzaneh and Sirous Zoka, suggesting her celebrity was used to boost sales, and saying that in her place she would have declined. «من اگر جای شما بودم میگفتم: نه!»
- Roshan review: fame versus craft - Raahak republished a Roshan book review magazine report on Alidoosti as a translator, which said some translators believe her books sell only because of her fame, while others consider her translation precise and say the quality improved in her second book. روشن، دوهفتهنامه نقد کتاب؛ من ترانه مترجم هستم