Thread: What books did you have to study at school?
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Old 07-18-2017, 02:48 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
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?
Only semi-related, I know, but I can't let a discussion of translations go by without giving kudos to the English translations of the Asterix stories. The translations are a work of art in themselves.
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