I'm afraid you're falling into the paradigm "he said - she said". From our perspective (but not everyone's, mine included) L&P is a lazy, sluggish german fuck, who's not working 24/7, deliberately delaying the updates every single time, while sipping beer and eating sausages. I already joked about this topic sometime ago and not everyone got the irony.
The best comparison with the AWAM would me Milfy City. ICSTOR put his junk on the fan base long time ago and though he's working on something else as well as M City, the game recieved no updates for more than a year(!). Can you imagine how much crap people would throw on the fan if something similar happened to AWAM? You'd see riots, mob with pitchforks demanding L&P's head.
It may seem to us that he's stalling it on purpose but he's working at his full power alone, unlike other dev teams. Help with translation from side sources doesn't have a huge impact on the development process. He's a stubborn dude and has no intention to share his income with anyone, that's an unfortunate fact for us as whose, who wishes the updates being released more or less on a regular basis.