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The only language I know with any fluency is English. I want to read The Trial by Franz Kafka. The Trial was written in German and if I read an English translation I feel I am not really reading Kafka. Am i the only one who feels this way? Does it even matter?

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[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Thank you. That makes sense. I can't even imagine the difficulty of translating something so complex into English. It's funny you mention Rammstein. The movie they appeared in, Lost Highway is actually my favorite film of all time. I'm a casual fan of theirs. Amerika is my favorite song of theirs.

[-] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

That's awesome. I don't get Lost Highway, or Lynch in general, but Lost Highway is cool. Just rewatched it a couple months ago, introduced my wife to it. First saw it when it was fairly new. I think I rented it on VHS. But that movie was my introduction to the song "Rammstein," but the local record store didn't have Herzeleid, the album it's on, they had Sehnsucht, which has Du Hast. I still like both albums (ended up getting the first one later).

I have a good friend who's seen them live from the front row. Wouldn't be surprised if some of his hair got burned in the pyro stuff. They do a lot of it.

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I had the opportunity to go see them but the tickets were way too expensive. It was out of my price range anyway. They're a really great band.

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