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| Marikki Tetraglot Senior Member Finland Joined 5294 days ago 130 posts - 210 votes  Speaks: Finnish*, English, Spanish, Swedish Studies: German | Message 65 of 177 24 December 2009 at 9:46pm | IP Logged |
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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. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| tudwell Groupie United States Joined 5625 days ago 41 posts - 48 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Icelandic | Message 66 of 177 25 December 2009 at 8:29am | IP Logged |
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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 Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 5592 days ago 636 posts - 708 votes Speaks: Russian*, FrenchC1, English, Italian, Spanish Studies: German, Japanese, Hungarian, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Turkish, Mandarin Studies: Ancient Greek, Hindi | Message 67 of 177 25 December 2009 at 12:14pm | IP Logged |
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In my native Russian, I'm reading «Загадочные племена на голубых горах» by Blavatskaja.
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| genini1 Senior Member United States Joined 5267 days ago 114 posts - 161 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 68 of 177 25 December 2009 at 9:06pm | IP Logged |
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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 Triglot Senior Member Poland myspace.com/aqueda_v Joined 5813 days ago 154 posts - 164 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Japanese Studies: Mandarin | Message 69 of 177 17 February 2010 at 10:04pm | IP Logged |
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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 :)
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| pim Tetraglot Newbie Netherlands Joined 5194 days ago 5 posts - 7 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German, French Studies: Italian, Russian | Message 70 of 177 17 February 2010 at 10:35pm | IP Logged |
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В.Я. Пропп: Русский героический эпос
Мережковский: Стихотворения V. Hugo: Les misérables Edited by pim on 20 February 2010 at 12:11pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Anacreon Tetraglot Groupie United States Joined 5656 days ago 47 posts - 48 votes Speaks: English*, German, French, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 72 of 177 24 April 2010 at 7:57pm | IP Logged |
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Celine: Mort a credit
Garcia: Cien an~os de soledad Knut Hamsun: Hunger 1 person has voted this message useful |
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