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Old 06-22-2013, 12:33 PM   #22700
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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer View Post
It's two-fold. First of all I don't like translations in general and prefer to read in the original language, but since I don't speak all languages that's impossible. In prefer to read English translations over Dutch translations, in my opinion they're better, but that might be personal preference. My mother and I have similar tastes in books and when we discuss a book we've both read, me in English and she's read it in Dutch, it sometimes seems we've read two different books.
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yes, I agree with you. I dislike translations and if possible, will read in the original language or I try to get the best translation. English has more words to describe a mood, an atmosphere than Dutch, I find.
And often or not; the Dutch translations aren't that good, but that's a matter of taste perhaps.
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