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Just seems more compact Larry Send a noteboard - 17/11/2010 04:32:40 AM
Surely our fondness for compound nouns doesn't extend that far. :P


Then again, when Zafón's El juego del Ángel was translated into English, it was The Angel's Game and not The Game of the Angel, which would be the more literal translation. Italian's very close to Spanish in that regard.
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WANT. Larry - 16/11/2010 10:52:33 PM 1276 Views
How long does it take for his books to be translated into English? Rebekah - 16/11/2010 10:54:10 PM 895 Views
Roughly 1-2 years Larry - 16/11/2010 11:00:59 PM 849 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 914 Views
That is what drew me in as well, besides it being a novel by Eco Larry - 16/11/2010 11:18:38 PM 909 Views
Hence the "not Eco". Legolas - 16/11/2010 11:33:56 PM 965 Views
I like challenges Larry - 16/11/2010 11:49:00 PM 987 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:06:58 AM 870 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 834 Views
That's odd Larry - 17/11/2010 03:34:20 AM 865 Views
Medieval Latin is easy, though. Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 06:09:38 AM 855 Views
So's the Italian, more or less Larry - 17/11/2010 04:31:02 PM 1093 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 999 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Legolas - 17/11/2010 03:31:55 PM 971 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Camilla - 17/11/2010 04:05:34 PM 920 Views
Eco in Italian IS very difficult if you're not fluent. Jacob - 17/11/2010 03:09:52 PM 868 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 888 Views
I was more speaking in general than to you specifically. Jacob - 18/11/2010 07:16:37 PM 1046 Views
There's an interesting article in English on the book... Tom - 16/11/2010 11:11:49 PM 920 Views
I'm equally surprised you won't be reading it in the original Larry - 16/11/2010 11:17:47 PM 852 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 856 Views
I guess it'll be English then Larry - 17/11/2010 01:36:45 AM 816 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 924 Views
Likely the first two Larry - 17/11/2010 04:32:23 PM 894 Views
Why doesn't that stop the Germans, then? Tom - 17/11/2010 04:50:35 PM 907 Views
Germans are odd, though! Larry - 17/11/2010 04:53:13 PM 843 Views
VAT is fairly modest on books, actually. Legolas - 17/11/2010 05:50:51 PM 1158 Views
Interesting Larry - 17/11/2010 09:43:36 PM 885 Views
It sounds like the French, Spanish and Italians don't read but the Germans do. Tom - 18/11/2010 01:44:21 AM 1108 Views
Might be that Larry - 18/11/2010 01:54:14 AM 882 Views
What are the American percentages, then? Legolas - 18/11/2010 02:48:08 PM 1115 Views
Yes, I don't think percentages are relevant. Gross statistics would matter much more. Ghavrel - 18/11/2010 10:52:24 PM 896 Views
Oh, and the Spanish translation is already availabe, I see Larry - 16/11/2010 11:49:54 PM 967 Views
I prefer the original. Like the stairs better than the dark doorway. *NM* Legolas - 17/11/2010 12:16:11 AM 446 Views
Same here Larry - 17/11/2010 12:19:04 AM 881 Views
I much prefer the original. Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 02:52:30 AM 797 Views
I wonder if it might be published as Prague Cemetery Larry - 17/11/2010 03:36:32 AM 965 Views
Why do you think that, out of curiosity? Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 04:27:55 AM 916 Views
Just seems more compact Larry - 17/11/2010 04:32:40 AM 957 Views
Eco's own history would seem to make that unlikely. Tom - 17/11/2010 05:11:42 AM 881 Views
True, there is that Larry - 17/11/2010 04:33:45 PM 868 Views
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:04:32 AM 864 Views
That's the cover I was trying to recall! Larry - 17/11/2010 01:22:35 AM 868 Views
Re: That's the cover I was trying to recall! Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:24:10 AM 834 Views
That was to fill out 25 2009 releases, I think Larry - 17/11/2010 01:27:51 AM 857 Views
Re: Gaps - 17/11/2010 02:43:12 AM 968 Views
Foucault's Pendulum Larry - 17/11/2010 03:33:09 AM 901 Views
I am one of those Baudolino haters out there. Tom - 17/11/2010 05:08:13 AM 958 Views
Yeah. Kuke - 17/11/2010 12:28:39 PM 1014 Views
I love the weird and grotesque in literature, though Larry - 17/11/2010 04:27:21 PM 877 Views
Re: I'll read Foucault's Pendulum, then. Gaps - 17/11/2010 07:01:09 PM 916 Views
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