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Originally Posted by HarryT
How far do you take it, though? Would you refuse to read a book set in medieval France unless all the dialogue were in medieval French, or would you accept the anachronism of modern English dialogue?
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Short of me learning to read French, having the dialogue in English is just a necessary condition for me to be able to read it. I assume that the characters are actually speaking French, and the author is merely rendering their words in a way I am capable of reading.