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That's odd Larry Send a noteboard - 17/11/2010 03:34:20 AM
There may be lots of very obscure words in Dutch that Legolas knows, whereas he won't know them in Italian. If Eco uses an advanced vocabulary (which he certainly does in Foucault's Pendulum, although that probably wouldn't be too bad to translate given all the Hebrew), then you'd need a very strong basis in Italian to read it, I'd think.


I've never thought of his Italian as being any more difficult than his use of medieval Latin, but maybe I just don't recall the more difficult words?
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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 895 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 958 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 917 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 884 Views
That's odd Larry - 17/11/2010 03:34:20 AM 917 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 1135 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 1020 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 934 Views
I was more speaking in general than to you specifically. Jacob - 18/11/2010 07:16:37 PM 1099 Views
There's an interesting article in English on the book... Tom - 16/11/2010 11:11:49 PM 983 Views
I'm equally surprised you won't be reading it in the original Larry - 16/11/2010 11:17:47 PM 912 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 983 Views
Likely the first two Larry - 17/11/2010 04:32:23 PM 937 Views
Why doesn't that stop the Germans, then? Tom - 17/11/2010 04:50:35 PM 984 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 947 Views
Oh, and the Spanish translation is already availabe, I see Larry - 16/11/2010 11:49:54 PM 1020 Views
I prefer the original. Like the stairs better than the dark doorway. *NM* Legolas - 17/11/2010 12:16:11 AM 467 Views
Same here Larry - 17/11/2010 12:19:04 AM 953 Views
I much prefer the original. Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 02:52:30 AM 843 Views
I wonder if it might be published as Prague Cemetery Larry - 17/11/2010 03:36:32 AM 1011 Views
Why do you think that, out of curiosity? Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 04:27:55 AM 963 Views
Just seems more compact Larry - 17/11/2010 04:32:40 AM 1002 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 917 Views
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:04:32 AM 923 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 903 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 1015 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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