#also translating can ruin stuff so bad. the callout in the middle is for Ferdydurke. that got its translation 24 years from the original
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ramenwithbroccoli · 7 months ago
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tbh it sucks so much we're limited by language barriers and other stuff. there are so many things and themes i'd like to mention, but only a bunch of people will understand. if a classic is written in a language different from english it's a hassle to get people from other counties to read it. sometimes it's translated without a care, sloppily, from a language that wasn't even the original one. sometimes it isn't even translated at all, left in obscurity
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