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Old 07-17-2017, 06:15 PM   #21
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British schools tend not to read translations as set books, so we stuck to British authors. If you read a translation of a book like "Anna Karenina", how much of Tolstoy are you reading, and how much the interpretation of the translator?
Translations don't bother me. As long as the gist of the story is there, I'm satisfied.

After all, my favorite author is Verne and I don't speak or read French.
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