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Well, you might need it for part of José María Arguedas' Los ríos profundos Larry Send a noteboard - 29/12/2010 05:56:31 AM
Seriously, I'm trying to think of something that I would (a) want to read and (b) need to read in translation. Persian poetry is all I'm coming up with, and even then I'm sort of lukewarm about that. There are a few books in Czech or Polish that would have qualified (namely, Kundera and Lem) but I read them before this new policy. Then there are so many languages which don't seem to have produced anything that I would be interested in, like Hungarian, Urdu, Turkish, Swahili and Vietnamese.

So...come up with some ideas! Suggest books that I would need to read in translation!!! I'm curious...am I really through with translations?


Quite a bit of it utilizes the Cuzco dialect of Quechua, so I imagine the Spanish translations of that might be of use ;)

I'm guessing you don't need help with South Slavic languages? There are quite a few Serbian writers that would be worth reading even in translation. I myself need to resume studying that language, since I want to read Andri?'s work in the original.

Oh, and you could always read that translation I did that's being published next year :P

And before I forget, Ngugi wa Thiong'o may or may not be worthy of your attention, but virtually all of his novels are only available in translation, albeit ones that he himself did from his native East African language (name I forget now) into English.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

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I think I'm through with translations Tom - 29/12/2010 04:53:47 AM 578 Views
Well, you might need it for part of José María Arguedas' Los ríos profundos Larry - 29/12/2010 05:56:31 AM 339 Views
I'm sure they're good writers, but are they GREAT writers? Tom - 29/12/2010 10:14:11 PM 341 Views
Thiong'o is Larry - 29/12/2010 10:46:00 PM 360 Views
Since I can read Spanish the question of who is or isn't great in Spanish is moot. Tom - 29/12/2010 11:57:18 PM 357 Views
I agree on the Spanish Larry - 30/12/2010 12:47:30 AM 371 Views
If the Kalevala were actually historic I might be tempted. Tom - 30/12/2010 05:27:00 AM 342 Views
It's a common 19th century thing, I'll admit Larry - 30/12/2010 10:49:42 PM 368 Views
Sadly, a lot of people STILL think The Da Vinci Code was historically accurate. Tom - 31/12/2010 12:04:40 AM 324 Views
Ha! Larry - 31/12/2010 03:53:32 AM 351 Views
I mentioned Persian poetry as an "iffy" call. Tom - 31/12/2010 05:52:29 AM 356 Views
I've had that happen with some Romance language poetry Larry - 31/12/2010 06:07:42 AM 325 Views
Norwegian? or other Scandinavian languages? Camilla - 29/12/2010 01:44:46 PM 340 Views
No, no interest. Tom - 29/12/2010 10:10:26 PM 372 Views
Re: No, no interest. Camilla - 29/12/2010 10:11:45 PM 425 Views
I'm basing this on others not being translated or mentioned or discussed. *NM* Tom - 29/12/2010 10:14:48 PM 148 Views
Seriously? Camilla - 29/12/2010 11:24:34 PM 368 Views
I'm dismissing authors that don't have general acceptance in the literary canon. Tom - 30/12/2010 12:01:18 AM 372 Views
You are only going to read what people read in college? Camilla - 30/12/2010 12:08:43 AM 326 Views
Let me state it otherwise: no one outside Scandinavia reads those people. Tom - 30/12/2010 05:25:28 AM 366 Views
August Strindberg definitely is a big name. And as for Blixen... Legolas - 30/12/2010 07:00:42 PM 354 Views
Ew...Out of Africa...I hated that movie. Tom - 30/12/2010 09:41:35 PM 341 Views
See my point? Legolas - 30/12/2010 10:23:27 PM 366 Views
I guess I do see your point. Tom - 30/12/2010 11:59:39 PM 319 Views
Re: I guess I do see your point. Camilla - 31/12/2010 03:00:07 PM 354 Views
Oh, and I read and loved Kierkegaard. Tom - 29/12/2010 10:15:05 PM 323 Views
in translation? *NM* Camilla - 29/12/2010 11:58:13 PM 159 Views
Yes, in translation. I don't know Danish and am not going to learn. *NM* Tom - 30/12/2010 12:02:14 AM 156 Views
Seems to me like you're just ignoring the books in languages you don't speak, tbh... Legolas - 29/12/2010 09:58:15 PM 334 Views
None of those people sound interesting. Tom - 29/12/2010 10:09:08 PM 379 Views
Odd question prompted by this. Has The Lord of the Rings ever been published in Elvish? *NM* MightyYT - 01/01/2011 04:21:21 AM 187 Views
No. The Elvish languages aren't developed enough for that. *NM* Legolas - 01/01/2011 11:25:21 AM 153 Views
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