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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's a pity that so few people these days are able to read these works in their original language.
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In order to read a book in its original language you must know/understand language a lot more than a mere 1-2 years of self studying.
1. You must have a huge vocabulary, if you want to read a book and enjoy the content instead of breaking up concentration and looking every other word in a dictionary.
2. You must know its grammar well enough to understand subtleties and different shades of the language, thus different situations.
In order to master even one foreign language to this level you must invest an incedible amount of time, even if you are talented you still need the vocabulary. Studying a new language to a level required to enjoy a book and understand it better than if you read a professional translation (really understand all the emotions, not just getting the gist), will require as much time as changing your career, or more....