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Originally Posted by Katsunami
While I was in the city to get some last-minute Christmas stuff, I decided to venture into one of the larger book stores in the city's center. (Hm. If you come from London or other big cities, you might call it a village, but still...)
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Meh. Mini-rant... I now officially don't like large paper books, and I hate Dutch translations even more than I did already  |
I've been reading electronically since 2001(?) or so. I do feel exactly what you wrote down above. Both in the feel of books and in the horrible translations in Dutch. For me, the Dutch language will always be linked to my childhood and thus children's book. I've been only reading English (mostly SF and Fantasy) since I was around 17.
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Originally Posted by Geralt
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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I can only read English and Dutch fluently. I could probably fight my way through a German book and maybe read about 10% of a French one, so that's simply not an option. So, I just read the English translations...
And Poetry I've never been able to read.