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>He read translations

>> No.6108827

what's wrong with that?

>> No.6108853

Is this a weird lit thing? Why do people here dislike translations?

>> No.6108855

>>6108853
because you lose a lot of the prose and structure.

>and because only plebs cant read 3 lenguages o more.

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>>6108853
>implying there is anything to like about translations

>> No.6108865

>>6108855
>because you lose a lot of the prose and structure.

lol

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6108872

>Reading a book for the plot

>> No.6108875

>>6108855
So it's a lit thing. Gotcha

>> No.6108879

>he hasn't read the entire Western Canon because he refuses to read translations and doesn't have the time to learn all of the languages

Stay pleb, OP.

>> No.6108880

>>6108879
Go easy on him, anon. Maybe he's got AIDs or something like that.

>> No.6108894

I don't have the time, effort, or resources to learn several languages.
But I don't mind because there are good translations anyway :^)

>> No.6108895

can i actually say i've read a book if i've only read a >translation?

>> No.6108898

>>6108823
>he saved and used anime reaction images

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>>6108879
>western canon
So the eggman know as bloom brainwash you.

>> No.6108900

>>6108895
Yes.
The worst that can usually happen is if bad mis-comprehension on the translator's part, that is usually called out pretty harshly.
And otherwise, you potentially miss out on the aesthetic value of the diction in the original language. So take that as you will.

Essentially: it varies, but usually negligibly.

>> No.6108902

>>6108899
The Canon began long before Bloom, chief.

>> No.6108904

>he doesn't read translations

have fun missing out on so much art and culture

>> No.6108909

>>6108904
>he has to resort to translations
>he doesn't know every language

>> No.6108912

>>6108894
>translations
>good

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>>6108912
>reading
>good

>> No.6108917

>>6108912
>>6108915
>subscribing to the good/bad dichotomy

>> No.6108919

>>6108917
>confusing dichotomies for scales of degrees

>> No.6108934

This is one of the stupidest memes on this god forsaken board.

>> No.6108935

>>6108934
monolingual detected

>> No.6108956

>он читает книги

>> No.6108985

>>6108956
>on bere naslove

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>>6108872
>reading a book for anything but the plot

>> No.6109002

I'm a natural speaker of the alpha language, fuck learning subhuman languages

>> No.6109005

>>6109002
Mandarin Chinese?

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>>6109005
Strayan

>> No.6109015

>>6109010
isn't Chinese bound to become your official language in a couple of decades?

>> No.6109033

>>6109015
As much as I'd like to see that happen, I think English will stay the international language due to the fact that most past yet recent thus relevant archived data is in English.

>> No.6109034

>>6109033
why would you like to see that happen? for a laff?

>> No.6109041

>>6109034
Because of linguistic culture shock. Some interesting shit would happen, in literature too.

>> No.6109043

>>6109041
*MASSIVE linguistic culture shock, forgot to add that.

>> No.6109046

Moja twarz gdy plebs wyraża swoje opinie w pobliżu mego lica
Nie mam twarzy

>> No.6109915

>>6109046
katyń
smoleńsk
jp2
kurwa

>> No.6109919

If you don't have at least a functional understanding of Sanskrit, Latin, Greek, German, Japanese, French, Russian, and, of course, English, then you're wasting your time and you should leave reading to those more qualified.

>> No.6109948

Imo the whole translation thing is probably a stupid attempt by /lit/izens to justify not reading large parts of the western canon and make themselves feel better.
Why would I read the Greeks? Just look at all these different translations! You just wouldn't get the original ideas, so why bother.

>> No.6109967

>>6108879
>>6108902
implying Bloom did not read translations

>> No.6109968

>>6108879
>believing a western canon actually exist

The idea is a spook

>> No.6109970

>>6109034
it would make things more interesting, I wouldn't mind being a minority to chinese

>> No.6109971

>>6109968
Fuck off, call it influential western works if it makes you feel better
MUH POST-MODERNISM DURRRR
Die

>> No.6109972

Gentle reminder that many translations of Greek poems were done, in Italy, during 19th century, therefore they are written in a non-modern form, an usually even in poetic language.

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>>6108823
>He reads

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>>6108823

>> No.6110456

>>6108823
Absolutely nothing wrong with this.