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| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5322 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes  Speaks: German*, English | Message 1 of 3 26 November 2014 at 8:30am | IP Logged | |||||
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There's a relatively new free German audiobooks website, legamus.eu. One of the latest recordings, a collection of horror stories, is also available as a free ePub ebook, which contains both the new German translations and the original English stories.
EDIT: I had a closer look at the German translations of the horror stories and noticed that they were apparently done by a non-professional translator, because they contain a couple of minor mistakes. German language learners may want to check out the non-translated German audiobooks hosted by legamus. Edited by Doitsujin on 26 November 2014 at 11:30am 6 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| tommus Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5868 days ago 979 posts - 1688 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish | Message 2 of 3 26 November 2014 at 6:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
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This looks to be an excellent resource. I have downloaded the Horror Kurzgeschichten I story
that you linked. The original English version was written in 1896. Can you comment on how "modern" the German translation is? Are most of the German words and expressions in current usage or are they rather outdated. Would you be able to provide similar comments on some of the other German translations? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5322 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 3 of 3 26 November 2014 at 8:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
The German translation is brand-new. I.e., it's as modern as it gets. However, it occasionally misses some nuances of the English original stories and there are some minor translation mistakes in some of the stories.
The other German audiobooks are all German originals, which were originally published after 1923 but before 1944. Edited by Doitsujin on 26 November 2014 at 8:31pm 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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