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Old 11-24-2008, 02:58 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by pshrynk View Post
Robert Heinlein once wrote that he and Ginny learned Russian in order to read the Russian Classics in the origian language, thinking that he could get a feel for why they were considered "classic." He said that the books gained something in the translation.
I think a good translator will give you a different take on the English language that might offer a better "feel" for the foreign language than you could get my learning it at an older age. I always find there's something magical that comes out of a translation, like I have a window into another perspective on my language.
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