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| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5703 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes  Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 65 of 76 24 June 2009 at 8:44pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The hard part with audio-books is making sure they match the text and are not abridged. I have learned to judge based on number of hours. For example, I just bought "The Godfather" unabridged audiobook - and it is 19 hours long. Whereas I saw for sale all three volumes of the Lord of the Rings in audio format, with a total of only 20 hours. It would have to be closer to 100 hours to be unabridged.
So, be careful what you pay for. Unless you get them for free of course. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Rmss Triglot Senior Member Spain spanish-only.coRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6598 days ago 234 posts - 248 votes 3 sounds Speaks: Dutch*, English, Spanish Studies: Portuguese | Message 67 of 76 24 June 2009 at 9:12pm | IP Logged | |||||
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If you're into religion the Jehovah's Witnesses have some great stuff (like turaisiawase pointed out). The problem is; they don't have audio is all languages, so I use http://www.faithcomesbyhearing.com to get Turkish audio and http://unbound.biola.edu/index.cfm?method=searchForms.showSe archForm to generate parralel texts.
Works really well! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Loopy Newbie United States Joined 5745 days ago 37 posts - 39 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, French | Message 68 of 76 24 June 2009 at 9:35pm | IP Logged | |||||
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German: Faust, Die Leiden des jungen Werthers, Wilhelm Tell
Spanish: Don Quixote French: Les Misérables, Les Trois Mousquetaires 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Russianbear Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6809 days ago 358 posts - 422 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, Ukrainian Studies: Spanish | Message 71 of 76 29 June 2009 at 6:00pm | IP Logged | |||||
I can't find this anywhere. All the links I do find seem to point to the abridged, 2-hour version. Edited by Russianbear on 29 June 2009 at 6:02pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Alkeides Senior Member Bhutan Joined 6182 days ago 636 posts - 644 votes | Message 72 of 76 29 June 2009 at 6:25pm | IP Logged | |||||
Emule 1 person has voted this message useful |
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