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Old 03-27-2023, 03:35 PM   #1081
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I think it's well worth spending money on a modern translation of 19th century and earlier books...
That's an interesting point. Sometimes I think the reverse.
I read "The Adventures of Mr. Quixote" in the translation from Tobias G. Smollett.
I would never read an English book in a second language, but I often read a book in a third language translated into my second language in preferrence to my first.
Mmm, this is beginning to sound like Abbott and Costello.
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Old 03-27-2023, 03:42 PM   #1082
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I have a PDF strategy guide published by a German game developer. They forgot to translate a few paragraphs from German. The PDF file security doesn't let me copy the text so I can put it into a translator.
Actually the paragraph you highlighted IS translated! They just didn't remove the German version! (It's the next English paragraph). Maybe that's true for the other German paragraphs as well?
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Old 03-27-2023, 09:56 PM   #1083
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This happens all the time with Amazon: I'm looking for a book with public domain translations, which I don't want. I think it's well worth spending money on a modern translation of 19th century and earlier books; overall the translation reads more smoothly and there are helpful annotations.

But even if I pull up the paper copy of the edition I want (just now it was a Penguin), clicking on the related Kindle link takes me to one of those public domain translations that someone is charging $1.99 for. Why can't Amazon get this right? In fact, I bet they have the Penguin Kindle book, but I can't be bothered to put more effort into finding it.
Add the translator to your search.

Yeah, you shouldn't *have* to.
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Why did the Barnes & Noble website make me put in credit card information when trying to buy a free book?
Did you already have an account? I recently downloaded a freebie from B&N with no info required but I did have an (inactive) account from ages ago. If there was a CC attached to it I can guarantee it's no longer valid.

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