#also translating can ruin stuff so bad. the callout in the middle is for Ferdydurke. that got its translation 24 years from the original | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

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

#this post is about wanting to talk to people here about literature but realising that nobody would know what im referencing #also translating can ruin stuff so bad. the callout in the middle is for Ferdydurke. that got its translation 24 years from the original #AND IT WASN'T EVEN TRANSLATED DIRECTLY. IT WAS TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH FROM FRENCH GERMAN AND SPANISH VERSIONS #IT GOT A PROPER ONE ONLY IN 2000. 63 YEARS.#sorry i just wish we had more diversity about the books we read. but im kind of a hypocrite aren't i #even i probably have more books in/translated from english than everything else. and i don't even live in english speaking country #eh #ramblings

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