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Originally Posted by HarryT
No, that's not what I said; please read my post more carefully. What I was asking was whether, on the basis of reading a translation, you were in a position to judge whether or not the original (which you have not read) was or was not a classic.
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I agree with you in that reading a translation is not the best means to judge the original. But after reading the translation, you could say that the translation is a classic
My "handwaving" impression is that a translation will rarely be "better" that the original, so if you like a translation is very likely that you'd have liked the original too.