I helped someone online translate something from English into Japanese and
they responded with:

> ありがとうございます！
>
> イラスト素敵です " (<* i do illustrations)

I want to say "thank you very much!" but idk if I should just reply with
"ありがとうございます" or it would be rude to just say the same thing and/or to not
address their "thank you" first with something like "いつでもどうぞ" and then a
"thank you" or would that still be... weird? (I did tell them my Japanese is
not very good beforehand)

Would it be ok if I reply with:

> どういたしまして
>
> もありがとうございます

What would be the best way to reply in this situation?
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politeness conversations
What would be the best way to respond to thank you and a compliment at the same time?
I think you could first address their thank you and then thank them for their
compliment, like..

> いえいえ、どういたしまして。
>
> イラスト、お褒めいただきありがとうございます。  
>  or イラスト、褒めてくださってありがとうございます。

If you just wrote ありがとうございます after どういたしまして, it would be unclear what you're
thanking for, so I suggest adding イラスト、お褒めいただき or 褒めてくださって... which is the
polite way (honorific/humble form) of saying 褒めてもらって or 褒めてくれて. Alternatively
I think you could say イラスト、気に入ってくださって嬉しいです。
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