Can't agree enough! The reason " " Those are called speech marks is because they literally mean everything enclosed is spoken aloud so when a translator uses them for thoughts it gets really confusing. Like. . . 'he just said that! Aloud! WTF!'
Either put thoughts in single ' ', or in italics, inside [ ] or even * * . . . anything is better just DON'T USE SPEECH MARKS!
Oh. . . also, although enclosing onamatapaea is borderline ok, if you're adding a sound effect word, like 'sniff', 'gasp' or 'gulp' then put it outside the speech marks or it means that he literally said the word "sniff", "gasp"or "gulp" not that he sniffed, gasped or gulped. which is funny the first time. . . but quickly gets annoying.
Edit: sorry about the rant, got triggered, btw this is a note for translators in general, not specifically directed at this book which i haven't read yet *ooops*
