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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by daggermoon@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.ml

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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[-] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 week ago

You're closer to the work reading a translation more accessible to you than reading the original words with language friction. So you shouldn't feel bad about reading a translation.

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