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Medieval Latin is easy, though. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 17/11/2010 06:09:38 AM
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?

Fair enough; I don't recall looking any English up, but I know I would have had to consult a dictionary frequently I'd I were reading it in, say, French. The vocabulary one uses in foreign languages is typically tailored to rather different contexts than 14th century Europe.
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WANT. Larry - 16/11/2010 10:52:33 PM 1254 Views
How long does it take for his books to be translated into English? Rebekah - 16/11/2010 10:54:10 PM 881 Views
Roughly 1-2 years Larry - 16/11/2010 11:00:59 PM 832 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 899 Views
That is what drew me in as well, besides it being a novel by Eco Larry - 16/11/2010 11:18:38 PM 895 Views
Hence the "not Eco". Legolas - 16/11/2010 11:33:56 PM 951 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 820 Views
That's odd Larry - 17/11/2010 03:34:20 AM 851 Views
Medieval Latin is easy, though. Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 06:09:38 AM 842 Views
So's the Italian, more or less Larry - 17/11/2010 04:31:02 PM 1077 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 987 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 908 Views
Eco in Italian IS very difficult if you're not fluent. Jacob - 17/11/2010 03:09:52 PM 853 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 874 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 907 Views
I'm equally surprised you won't be reading it in the original Larry - 16/11/2010 11:17:47 PM 833 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 802 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 881 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 1144 Views
Interesting Larry - 17/11/2010 09:43:36 PM 872 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 869 Views
What are the American percentages, then? Legolas - 18/11/2010 02:48:08 PM 1099 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 951 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 783 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 902 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 855 Views
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:04:32 AM 850 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 842 Views
Re: Gaps - 17/11/2010 02:43:12 AM 951 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 944 Views
Yeah. Kuke - 17/11/2010 12:28:39 PM 999 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 900 Views
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