Thread: Today I visited a Dutch book store. The Horror!
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Old 12-23-2013, 07:49 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Katsunami View Post
After reading on a Kindle for almost two years now, I've actually... uh... forgotten how large 1.000+ page book can be, especially if it's a hardcover-sized one.
Yeah me too. Cant imagine reading big hardbacks or paperbacks after 2 years of kindle.

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- And the worst of all: The translation. I've read some paragraphs, and while the Dutch language was fine in itself, it... just... doesn't... jive. Not for reading Fantasy. It just doesn't. Period.
IMO, all literature, not just fantasy, should be read in original. It doesn't matter if its in Dutch, English or Chinese. If you read in original you're closer to authors thoughts and vision.
Fantasy isnt even the one that looses most with translation. It's poetry.
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