You can share ‘Make a copy’ link to your Google files. The copy can then be saved onto the recipient’s Drive where they can edit it. Make a copy View only.

It's such a simple operation, you'd think everyone already knows how to copy, cut, and paste. But my father has asked me how to do this several times, ...

This post will show you how to make Google Drive automatically copy documents when shared with collaborators. There is no direct way - but this trick will help you.

Create an alias: drag with Command-Option held down and macOS creates an alias at the destination. An alias points to the original file without duplicating it.