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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 1255 Views
How long does it take for his books to be translated into English? Rebekah - 16/11/2010 10:54:10 PM 882 Views
Roughly 1-2 years Larry - 16/11/2010 11:00:59 PM 833 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 901 Views
That is what drew me in as well, besides it being a novel by Eco Larry - 16/11/2010 11:18:38 PM 897 Views
Hence the "not Eco". Legolas - 16/11/2010 11:33:56 PM 953 Views
I like challenges Larry - 16/11/2010 11:49:00 PM 977 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:06:58 AM 858 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 821 Views
That's odd Larry - 17/11/2010 03:34:20 AM 852 Views
Medieval Latin is easy, though. Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 06:09:38 AM 843 Views
So's the Italian, more or less Larry - 17/11/2010 04:31:02 PM 1078 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 988 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Legolas - 17/11/2010 03:31:55 PM 959 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Camilla - 17/11/2010 04:05:34 PM 909 Views
Eco in Italian IS very difficult if you're not fluent. Jacob - 17/11/2010 03:09:52 PM 854 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 875 Views
I was more speaking in general than to you specifically. Jacob - 18/11/2010 07:16:37 PM 1030 Views
There's an interesting article in English on the book... Tom - 16/11/2010 11:11:49 PM 908 Views
I'm equally surprised you won't be reading it in the original Larry - 16/11/2010 11:17:47 PM 834 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 844 Views
I guess it'll be English then Larry - 17/11/2010 01:36:45 AM 803 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 909 Views
Likely the first two Larry - 17/11/2010 04:32:23 PM 883 Views
Why doesn't that stop the Germans, then? Tom - 17/11/2010 04:50:35 PM 886 Views
Germans are odd, though! Larry - 17/11/2010 04:53:13 PM 832 Views
VAT is fairly modest on books, actually. Legolas - 17/11/2010 05:50:51 PM 1146 Views
Interesting Larry - 17/11/2010 09:43:36 PM 874 Views
It sounds like the French, Spanish and Italians don't read but the Germans do. Tom - 18/11/2010 01:44:21 AM 1090 Views
Might be that Larry - 18/11/2010 01:54:14 AM 871 Views
What are the American percentages, then? Legolas - 18/11/2010 02:48:08 PM 1100 Views
Yes, I don't think percentages are relevant. Gross statistics would matter much more. Ghavrel - 18/11/2010 10:52:24 PM 884 Views
Oh, and the Spanish translation is already availabe, I see Larry - 16/11/2010 11:49:54 PM 952 Views
I prefer the original. Like the stairs better than the dark doorway. *NM* Legolas - 17/11/2010 12:16:11 AM 441 Views
Same here Larry - 17/11/2010 12:19:04 AM 871 Views
I much prefer the original. Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 02:52:30 AM 784 Views
I wonder if it might be published as Prague Cemetery Larry - 17/11/2010 03:36:32 AM 949 Views
Why do you think that, out of curiosity? Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 04:27:55 AM 903 Views
Just seems more compact Larry - 17/11/2010 04:32:40 AM 942 Views
Eco's own history would seem to make that unlikely. Tom - 17/11/2010 05:11:42 AM 866 Views
True, there is that Larry - 17/11/2010 04:33:45 PM 856 Views
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:04:32 AM 852 Views
That's the cover I was trying to recall! Larry - 17/11/2010 01:22:35 AM 858 Views
Re: That's the cover I was trying to recall! Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:24:10 AM 822 Views
That was to fill out 25 2009 releases, I think Larry - 17/11/2010 01:27:51 AM 843 Views
Re: Gaps - 17/11/2010 02:43:12 AM 952 Views
Foucault's Pendulum Larry - 17/11/2010 03:33:09 AM 887 Views
I am one of those Baudolino haters out there. Tom - 17/11/2010 05:08:13 AM 945 Views
Yeah. Kuke - 17/11/2010 12:28:39 PM 1002 Views
I love the weird and grotesque in literature, though Larry - 17/11/2010 04:27:21 PM 865 Views
Re: I'll read Foucault's Pendulum, then. Gaps - 17/11/2010 07:01:09 PM 901 Views
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