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What language do you read in?
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In my experience, many translations suck hard, to the point of, having on occasion compared different language versions of a novel, wondering how can readers of the translated version understand certain passages at all… So, I also try to read in the original if possible, if it is Portuguese, Spanish, French, English or Esperanto. I can kinda understand Italian as well but not enough to read a full-length novel… Still learning German…
You're right, and with AI in the picture, there are some horrendous translations out there. That's why I always compare with the original before reading a book on Arabic. The other day, I was trying to read one of Yanis Varoufakis's books in Arabic, and it made zero sense. It was translated horribly. So, I got it in English and it makes much more sense.