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| pgadey Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 5445 days ago 10 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto | Message 33 of 76 22 June 2009 at 10:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
I've always wondered why there has been such a decline in scholarly polyglotism, especially in North America. We seem to be monolingual here, and it's a hard struggle to be into foreign languages if you're in an über-English country. Bloody shame. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| snovymgodom Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5535 days ago 136 posts - 149 votes  Speaks: English*, Russian | Message 34 of 76 22 June 2009 at 10:42pm | IP Logged | |||||
It is up to us, language enthusiasts, to take the initiative and revive multilingualism. Sadly, our efforts would be in vain for the majority of the North American population who does not care to think in any language other than English. But it is a way for us to better ourselves and show those from other countries that not all North Americans are handicapped when it comes to language learning, and exceptional learners do exist here. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5576 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 35 of 76 22 June 2009 at 11:01pm | IP Logged | |||||
See, I'm too stupid for the classics anyways. :P Otherwise I would be fluent in Icelandic by now. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| reineke Senior Member United States https://learnalangua Joined 6257 days ago 851 posts - 1008 votes Studies: German | Message 37 of 76 23 June 2009 at 4:37am | IP Logged | |||||
That South Park "Chickenlover" episode comes to mind... Edited by reineke on 23 June 2009 at 5:07am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 6825 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 39 of 76 23 June 2009 at 2:47pm | IP Logged | |||||
Probably not, so just carry on. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tricoteuse Pentaglot Senior Member Norway littlang.blogspot.co Joined 6488 days ago 745 posts - 845 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Norwegian, EnglishC1, Russian, French Studies: Ukrainian, Bulgarian | Message 40 of 76 23 June 2009 at 4:36pm | IP Logged | |||||
Just in case... --- I found this in my archives. http://stultorum.pochta.ru/aaaa/Orwell5x.7z Orwell - 1984 Estonian-Russian.doc Orwell - 1984 Serbian-Russian.doc Orwell - Animal Farm Hungarian-Russian.doc Orwell - Animal Farm Serbian-Russian .doc Orwell - Animal Farm Ukrainian-Russian.doc If anyone out there wanted to improve the test versions, they are welcome. Strugackij brothers: http://stultorum.pochta.ru/aaaa/Strug6x.7z Strugackij - HOTEL 'KOD POGINULOG ALPINISTE' Romanian-Russian.doc Strugackij - L'Escargot sur la pente French-Russian.doc Strugackij - ЖУК В МУРАВЕЙНИКЕ Czech-Russian.doc Strugackij - Обитаемый остров Bulgarian-Russian.doc Strugackij - ТРУДНО БЫТЬ БОГОМ Czech-Russian.doc Strugackij - Хищные вещи века Swedish-Russian.doc http://ifile.it/ztie82n English-Polish: Dahl - AP Fantastic Mr Fox.rtf Heller - Catch22 AP.rtf Nabokov - Lolita AP.rtf English-Polish: Pratchett - The Light Fantastic.rtf Pratchett - Colour of Magic.rtf http://ifile.it/e7b19fr This time real masterpieces: http://ifile.it/gy5ivum Bulgakov - Master and Margarita WRCells.doc Italian-Russian Kafka - NP Process.rtf German-Polish Lampedusa - Il gattopardo W-P.rtf Italian-Polish Milne - Winnie NA.rtf German-English Saint-Exupéry: Saint-Exupery - FH Le petit prince.rtf French-Spanish Saint-Exupery - FZ Le petit prince.rtf French-Chinese Saint-Exupery - Le petit prince Jap-French.doc French-Japanese Saint-Exupery - little_prince_hu_fr.html French-Hungarian Saint-Exupery - WF Le petit prince.rtf French-Italian Russian masterpieces: http://ifile.it/t58g6km Михаил Булгаков - Мастер и Маргарита Mikhail Bulgakov - The Master and Margarita Russian-English АНДРЕЙ ПЛАТОНОВ - КОТЛОВАН Wykop Russian-Polish АНДРЕЙ ПЛАТОНОВ - СЧАСТЛИВАЯ МОСКВА Szczęśliwa Moskwa Russian-Polish РУБЕН ДАВИД ГОНСАЛЕС ГАЛЬЕГО - БЕЛОЕ НА ЧЕРНОМ Białe na czarnym Russian-Polish http://ifile.it/ingpc5a Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 451 stupňů Fahrenheita .pdf English-Czech Bradbury - AP Fahrenheit 451.rtf English-Polish http://ifile.it/7otumc0 Cela - La familia de Pascual Duarte H-P.doc Spanish-Polish Hemingway - AH The Old Man and the Sea.rtf English-Spanish Russell, Bertrand - A-F The Problems of Philosophy.rtf English-French Russell, Bertrand - AH The Problems of Philosophy.doc English-Spanish Russell, Bertrand - AP The Problems of Philosophy.doc English-Polish Not literature, but a must, anyway. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Japanese-English-Polish) http://ifile.it/80t2my1 The Bible (Japanese-English, line-by-line, modern translation), click toc.htm to begin: http://ifile.it/p0ugewj Some great and no so great parallel books: http://ifile.it/ubzgy0v http://ifile.it/t3h7p2c http://ifile.it/ubzgy0v Saint-Exupéry - Le petit prince Malý princ Fr-Cz .pdf French-Czech Laclos, Choderlos de - FA Les liaisons dangereuses.doc French-English Saint-Exupéry - FRA Le petit prince.rtf French-Russian-English Yourcenar, Marguerite - Memoirs of Hadrian AF.doc French-English Fyodor Dostoevsky -CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Преступление и наказание Russian-English Aesop's Fables.doc Japanese-English Akutagawa Ryuunosuke - The Truck Torokko truckSmallCells.doc Japanese-English-Russian Akutagawa Ryuunosuke - yabu no nakaJRPASmallCells.doc Japanese-Russian-Pol ish-English Carroll - Through the Looking Glass.doc English-Japanese Rowling - HP1.doc English-Japanese 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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