No - I just cheated on NaNo by continuing a story I had started before.
I figure since I've completed a from-scratch story so many times before, I've earned the right to bend the rules a little. ;-) Especially as it's a personal challenge more than anything else.
Just for reference, it has taken me 1 hour to translate two paragraphs in a document from Arabic to English. Talk about slow going. It's like pulling teeth. Hebrew I can do a little faster.