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16054698 No.16054698 [Reply] [Original]

>Tfw spent 30 minutes trying to pick the best translation of a book and ended up not picking any

>> No.16054716 [DELETED] 

>>16054698
You could have learned several words in another language instead.

>> No.16054719
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>>16054698
What book?

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Just pick emotionally instead of rationally. You will likely come to the right conclusion either way, but save yourself the time and trouble.

>> No.16054726

Another psued addicted to the activities surrounding literature rather than actually reading books

>> No.16056430
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>>16054716
Mmm yes I'm gonna read a book filled with words I don't understand
>>16054719
The Trial by Franz Kafka
>>16054725
I'll probably do that
>>16054726
I just read books because they are fun

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>>16054719
Coffee will kill you

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Maybe this will teach you faggots that it's infinitely better to read a translation than to miss reading a great book because of your elitist autism

>> No.16056490

>>16054719
OMG I WANT TO TOUCH HER BOOOOBIES

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>>16056430
The Muir translations are the canonical English representation of Kafka, and the version that I personally find the most readable after my own translation autism comparisons

>> No.16056741

>>16056718
>woman translator
no thanks

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>>16056718
Thank you friend! I'll read that one then

>> No.16056802

>>16056430
>Mmm yes I'm gonna read a book filled with words I don't understand
If you learn the language, you'll understand the words.

>> No.16057145

>>16056802
it takes years to be fluent enough to be able to read a book without missunderstanding expressions and having to look up a word every few sentences

>> No.16057161

>>16054698
Thirty minutes? Some books I've spent years deciding on a translation.

>> No.16057190

Since we're talking about translations, what' the best one for Don Quixote?

>> No.16057257

>>16057190
If you can handle nineteenth-century prose, John Ormsby. If you want a modern translation, Edith Grossman.