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Re: But that's not to say there won't be more difficult Italian words he doesn't know. Camilla Send a noteboard - 17/11/2010 10:41:57 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.


Oh, yes, quite possibly. Or a good dictionary, at any rate.
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WANT. Larry - 16/11/2010 10:52:33 PM 1333 Views
How long does it take for his books to be translated into English? Rebekah - 16/11/2010 10:54:10 PM 944 Views
Roughly 1-2 years Larry - 16/11/2010 11:00:59 PM 896 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 961 Views
That is what drew me in as well, besides it being a novel by Eco Larry - 16/11/2010 11:18:38 PM 955 Views
Hence the "not Eco". Legolas - 16/11/2010 11:33:56 PM 1022 Views
I like challenges Larry - 16/11/2010 11:49:00 PM 1046 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:06:58 AM 918 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 888 Views
That's odd Larry - 17/11/2010 03:34:20 AM 918 Views
Medieval Latin is easy, though. Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 06:09:38 AM 909 Views
So's the Italian, more or less Larry - 17/11/2010 04:31:02 PM 1138 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 1050 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Legolas - 17/11/2010 03:31:55 PM 1021 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Camilla - 17/11/2010 04:05:34 PM 965 Views
Eco in Italian IS very difficult if you're not fluent. Jacob - 17/11/2010 03:09:52 PM 916 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 936 Views
I was more speaking in general than to you specifically. Jacob - 18/11/2010 07:16:37 PM 1100 Views
There's an interesting article in English on the book... Tom - 16/11/2010 11:11:49 PM 984 Views
I'm equally surprised you won't be reading it in the original Larry - 16/11/2010 11:17:47 PM 915 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 903 Views
I guess it'll be English then Larry - 17/11/2010 01:36:45 AM 883 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 985 Views
Likely the first two Larry - 17/11/2010 04:32:23 PM 939 Views
Why doesn't that stop the Germans, then? Tom - 17/11/2010 04:50:35 PM 986 Views
Germans are odd, though! Larry - 17/11/2010 04:53:13 PM 888 Views
VAT is fairly modest on books, actually. Legolas - 17/11/2010 05:50:51 PM 1216 Views
Interesting Larry - 17/11/2010 09:43:36 PM 934 Views
It sounds like the French, Spanish and Italians don't read but the Germans do. Tom - 18/11/2010 01:44:21 AM 1183 Views
Might be that Larry - 18/11/2010 01:54:14 AM 925 Views
What are the American percentages, then? Legolas - 18/11/2010 02:48:08 PM 1182 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 1023 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 957 Views
I much prefer the original. Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 02:52:30 AM 846 Views
I wonder if it might be published as Prague Cemetery Larry - 17/11/2010 03:36:32 AM 1013 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 1004 Views
Eco's own history would seem to make that unlikely. Tom - 17/11/2010 05:11:42 AM 925 Views
True, there is that Larry - 17/11/2010 04:33:45 PM 921 Views
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:04:32 AM 924 Views
That's the cover I was trying to recall! Larry - 17/11/2010 01:22:35 AM 939 Views
Re: That's the cover I was trying to recall! Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:24:10 AM 904 Views
That was to fill out 25 2009 releases, I think Larry - 17/11/2010 01:27:51 AM 904 Views
Re: Gaps - 17/11/2010 02:43:12 AM 1019 Views
Foucault's Pendulum Larry - 17/11/2010 03:33:09 AM 946 Views
I am one of those Baudolino haters out there. Tom - 17/11/2010 05:08:13 AM 1002 Views
Yeah. Kuke - 17/11/2010 12:28:39 PM 1057 Views
I love the weird and grotesque in literature, though Larry - 17/11/2010 04:27:21 PM 926 Views
Re: I'll read Foucault's Pendulum, then. Gaps - 17/11/2010 07:01:09 PM 963 Views
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