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Marikki
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 Message 65 of 177
24 December 2009 at 9:46pm | IP Logged 
I have begun reading Paul Auster’s novel The New York Trilogy in Spanish (La Trilogia de Nueva York) and for the first time I have experienced that I can read a good book in Spanish almost fluently and really enjoy reading it.

Well, I don’t believe in miracles (my Spanish isn’t quite at an intermediate level yet, I think) so I googled for Paul Auster and found out that using very simple language but not writing simple stories is something he is known for. The translator has obviously been well aware of that it is essential to keep the language simple.
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tudwell
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 Message 66 of 177
25 December 2009 at 8:29am | IP Logged 
In German, I'm reading Katz und Maus by Günter Grass. In Spanish, I'm reading an intermediate level reader that has a lot of fun folk tales and stuff. And in my native English, I'm reading Ulysses by James Joyce.
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Anya
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 Message 67 of 177
25 December 2009 at 12:14pm | IP Logged 
In my native Russian, I'm reading «Загадочные племена на голубых горах» by Blavatskaja.
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genini1
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 Message 68 of 177
25 December 2009 at 9:06pm | IP Logged 
Unfortunately my language skills are not up to the point where I could call it reading but I am trying to read Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens (German) and the Japanese version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. While I have to look up just about every other word I find it the most fun way to add to my vocabulary and have it stick.
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Aquedita
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 Message 69 of 177
17 February 2010 at 10:04pm | IP Logged 
At the moment: "Painted veil" (an antique Polish translation, which I'm not that fond of) and Stephen King's new short stories collection in English. As usual, just couldn't wait for the Polish translation to appear on the market and went ahead and bought the original :)


Edited by Aquedita on 17 February 2010 at 10:05pm

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pim
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 Message 70 of 177
17 February 2010 at 10:35pm | IP Logged 
В.Я. Пропп: Русский героический эпос
Мережковский: Стихотворения
V. Hugo: Les misérables

Edited by pim on 20 February 2010 at 12:11pm

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Anacreon
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 Message 72 of 177
24 April 2010 at 7:57pm | IP Logged 
Celine: Mort a credit
Garcia: Cien an~os de soledad
Knut Hamsun: Hunger




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