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| lingoleng Senior Member Germany Joined 5109 days ago 605 posts - 1290 votes  | Message 9 of 12 01 March 2012 at 1:40am | IP Logged | |||||
Please give me one example for the latter, so that I can have a look. Have things come so far, already? (Most bestsellers are bad books before the translation, and when translated they may become slightly worse. I mean, how can you do harm to a Dan Brown book, e.g.? I think a great share of the Brazilian market are pseudo-religion and sensational esoteric stuff, nothing to lose here, either. Well, ok, when I come to think about it, these books are also a major percentage of the German market, and I cannot give an opinion about the quality of these translations. But just to add a little more substance: I have read John Updike in German, and the translations of the rabbit series are wonderful, everybody can read these books in German and will learn a lot about the beauty of the - German language. That's one example why I don't like these general warnings about translations.) Edited by lingoleng on 01 March 2012 at 1:51am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Stephen7878 Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4592 days ago 34 posts - 48 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Greek, Italian | Message 10 of 12 01 March 2012 at 3:26am | IP Logged | |||||
I hadn't even realized you could filter by language. I just tried it right now and you are right, there are a few modern greek books available there. And it doesnt have to be Harry Potter, that was just one of the popular childrens' books that came to my head and I have read most of it in Spanish before and found it to be decently translated. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Rincewind Tetraglot Newbie Brazil Joined 4511 days ago 19 posts - 35 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish, French Studies: German, Russian | Message 11 of 12 01 March 2012 at 11:00am | IP Logged | |||||
I'll have to look for examples when I get home, but I have seen plenty of mistakes, and I've learned to avoid certain publishers who are crearly into it just to make as much money with as little investment as possible. I don't read bestsellers, pseudo-religious or sensational esoteric stuff, though, so I can't comment on those. I didn't say that others should avoid translations, though, I said that I avoid them, and that in my opinion one's much better off reading something written originally in the target language, which I still think is a good thing, even if translations are overall excellent in your target language. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| gee Diglot Newbie Greece Joined 4396 days ago 1 posts - 2 votes Speaks: Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Italian, Danish, French | Message 12 of 12 29 May 2012 at 2:33pm | IP Logged | |||||
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For free e-books check this address out. Scroll down a bit and you'll find a lot of sites and material.
http://genia700euro.pblogs.gr/2010/06/646881.html If you're looking for the real thing, here's an online bookstore that covers pretty much everything about greek literature (even translated in greek foreign literature) and the prices compared to similar greek sites is better. http://www.politeianet.gr/ And some works of one of my personal favourite Greek authors Penelope Delta (Πηνελόπη Δέλτα). These here are supposed to be children's books (easy for someone not fluent in the language) but adults can definetely enjoy reading them, you have my word! I would definetely recommend starting from here, you won't regret it. Edited by gee on 29 May 2012 at 3:09pm 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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