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Re: Hence the "not Eco". Camilla Send a noteboard - 17/11/2010 01:06:58 AM
C'mon, Italian isn't THAT much different from Spanish (or Portuguese) ;)

I don't rule out reading a book in Italian at some point - I sometimes read news articles in Italian, and that works more or less, if I look up key words. But Eco uses words I don't even know in Dutch, nevermind in any other language. :P And writes seriously long books. I don't think it's worth spending perhaps dozens of hours of extra time (compared to reading it in Dutch or English) while still only understanding 75% of what I read, just to be able to say I read it in Italian.


It should be said: the words you don't know in Dutch are in all probability the words you won't know in Italian either. Difficult words are difficult across language barriers. I don't think Eco would be much worse to read than someone else.
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WANT. Larry - 16/11/2010 10:52:33 PM 1329 Views
How long does it take for his books to be translated into English? Rebekah - 16/11/2010 10:54:10 PM 942 Views
Roughly 1-2 years Larry - 16/11/2010 11:00:59 PM 894 Views
From what I can figure out by glancing at the Italian cover description, it sounds awesome. Legolas - 16/11/2010 11:10:02 PM 956 Views
That is what drew me in as well, besides it being a novel by Eco Larry - 16/11/2010 11:18:38 PM 954 Views
Hence the "not Eco". Legolas - 16/11/2010 11:33:56 PM 1021 Views
I like challenges Larry - 16/11/2010 11:49:00 PM 1044 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:06:58 AM 915 Views
But that's not to say there won't be more difficult Italian words he doesn't know. Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 02:43:06 AM 881 Views
That's odd Larry - 17/11/2010 03:34:20 AM 913 Views
Medieval Latin is easy, though. Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 06:09:38 AM 904 Views
So's the Italian, more or less Larry - 17/11/2010 04:31:02 PM 1133 Views
Re: But that's not to say there won't be more difficult Italian words he doesn't know. Camilla - 17/11/2010 10:41:57 AM 1045 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Legolas - 17/11/2010 03:31:55 PM 1017 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Camilla - 17/11/2010 04:05:34 PM 963 Views
Eco in Italian IS very difficult if you're not fluent. Jacob - 17/11/2010 03:09:52 PM 915 Views
True, but I'm much more familiar with the language than I think most here realize Larry - 17/11/2010 04:29:45 PM 931 Views
I was more speaking in general than to you specifically. Jacob - 18/11/2010 07:16:37 PM 1098 Views
There's an interesting article in English on the book... Tom - 16/11/2010 11:11:49 PM 981 Views
I'm equally surprised you won't be reading it in the original Larry - 16/11/2010 11:17:47 PM 911 Views
Let me rephrase: I'm going to wait for a hardcover version in Italian or English. Tom - 17/11/2010 01:34:51 AM 902 Views
I guess it'll be English then Larry - 17/11/2010 01:36:45 AM 876 Views
I don't understand it. Are they cheap, poor or do they just not love books? Tom - 17/11/2010 05:05:08 AM 981 Views
Likely the first two Larry - 17/11/2010 04:32:23 PM 934 Views
Why doesn't that stop the Germans, then? Tom - 17/11/2010 04:50:35 PM 982 Views
Germans are odd, though! Larry - 17/11/2010 04:53:13 PM 887 Views
VAT is fairly modest on books, actually. Legolas - 17/11/2010 05:50:51 PM 1213 Views
Interesting Larry - 17/11/2010 09:43:36 PM 930 Views
It sounds like the French, Spanish and Italians don't read but the Germans do. Tom - 18/11/2010 01:44:21 AM 1178 Views
Might be that Larry - 18/11/2010 01:54:14 AM 922 Views
What are the American percentages, then? Legolas - 18/11/2010 02:48:08 PM 1181 Views
Yes, I don't think percentages are relevant. Gross statistics would matter much more. Ghavrel - 18/11/2010 10:52:24 PM 944 Views
Oh, and the Spanish translation is already availabe, I see Larry - 16/11/2010 11:49:54 PM 1018 Views
I prefer the original. Like the stairs better than the dark doorway. *NM* Legolas - 17/11/2010 12:16:11 AM 466 Views
Same here Larry - 17/11/2010 12:19:04 AM 952 Views
I much prefer the original. Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 02:52:30 AM 842 Views
I wonder if it might be published as Prague Cemetery Larry - 17/11/2010 03:36:32 AM 1010 Views
Why do you think that, out of curiosity? Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 04:27:55 AM 958 Views
Just seems more compact Larry - 17/11/2010 04:32:40 AM 999 Views
Eco's own history would seem to make that unlikely. Tom - 17/11/2010 05:11:42 AM 924 Views
True, there is that Larry - 17/11/2010 04:33:45 PM 916 Views
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:04:32 AM 922 Views
That's the cover I was trying to recall! Larry - 17/11/2010 01:22:35 AM 938 Views
Re: That's the cover I was trying to recall! Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:24:10 AM 901 Views
That was to fill out 25 2009 releases, I think Larry - 17/11/2010 01:27:51 AM 903 Views
Re: Gaps - 17/11/2010 02:43:12 AM 1013 Views
Foucault's Pendulum Larry - 17/11/2010 03:33:09 AM 944 Views
I am one of those Baudolino haters out there. Tom - 17/11/2010 05:08:13 AM 1001 Views
Yeah. Kuke - 17/11/2010 12:28:39 PM 1055 Views
I love the weird and grotesque in literature, though Larry - 17/11/2010 04:27:21 PM 923 Views
Re: I'll read Foucault's Pendulum, then. Gaps - 17/11/2010 07:01:09 PM 959 Views
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