| Stron w wątku: < [1 2] | Poll: Do you prefer reading books in your native language(s)? Autor wątku: ProZ.com Staff
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Yaotl Altan 
Meksyk
Local time: 09:05
Członek ProZ.com
od 2006
angielski > hiszpański
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I read everything written in the languages I speak. Reading is a pleasure and I don't limitate it.
| | | | Eser Perkins
Turcja
Local time: 18:05
angielski > turecki
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SITE LOCALIZER | I prefer to read books in the language they were written | Jun 17, 2011 |
Odile Stuart wrote:
I think it is natural to want to read a book in its original language. However we like our job, translating will always be an approximation however wonderful and accomplished the translator is. I actually think of translation as an alchemy, an art, especially of course in literature. Which is why the translator needs more recognition; in this instance he or she is a re-creator.
Can't say it any better.
| | | | Mark Hamlen
Francja
Local time: 17:05
francuski > angielski
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| Except translations | Jun 17, 2011 |
If I want to read something translated from a language I don't know, I prefer French translations over English translations. Hmm.... does this mean French translators are better?
| | | | Diana Edmond
Wielka Brytania
Local time: 16:05
Członek ProZ.com
od 2008
włoski > rumuński
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| original language | Jun 17, 2011 |
If possible, I'd rather read a book in its original language. It is also good practice for learning new vocabulary.
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Christine Andersen
Dania
Local time: 17:05
Członek ProZ.com
od 2003
duński > angielski
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| As long as I'm not struggling, the original language... | Jun 17, 2011 |
Unfortunately I don't read as much as I should or would like to, but the summer holiday is over us, and maybe I will manage a little more the next couple of months.
I regard English and Danish as native languages for reading purposes and sometimes have difficulty remembering which language I read something in. It can be annoying when recomending a book to relatives...
It takes a little motivation to read Swedish and Norwegian, but if the book is interesting enough, I'm ... See more Unfortunately I don't read as much as I should or would like to, but the summer holiday is over us, and maybe I will manage a little more the next couple of months.
I regard English and Danish as native languages for reading purposes and sometimes have difficulty remembering which language I read something in. It can be annoying when recomending a book to relatives...
It takes a little motivation to read Swedish and Norwegian, but if the book is interesting enough, I'm off.
Ther was a time when I was just as happy with French or German, but I am afraid I am getting rusty. Maybe I should make the effort - the world looks fascinatingly different in a different language! ▲ Collapse
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to compare the comments here and the results of the poll. Do yes-answerers not dare expressing their view here?
I answered yes. Reading is a pleasure and should go smoothly. It should at the same time require no effort at all (because it is leisure) and be linguistically exciting (I mean that I want to feel very pecisely what kind of language is used, what is conveyed, all subtleties...) And these both conditions are present only in my mother tongue.
And no, I never try to "translat... See more to compare the comments here and the results of the poll. Do yes-answerers not dare expressing their view here?
I answered yes. Reading is a pleasure and should go smoothly. It should at the same time require no effort at all (because it is leisure) and be linguistically exciting (I mean that I want to feel very pecisely what kind of language is used, what is conveyed, all subtleties...) And these both conditions are present only in my mother tongue.
And no, I never try to "translate back" the book while reading it. Never occured to me. Translating is translating and reading is reading, I just dive into the story and don't bother whether the author is French, American, Finnish or Egyptian. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | As long as it's not translated | Jun 17, 2011 |
Either in Portuguese, English or French.
Not that translations are not good, there are some excellent ones out there but there is nothing like the original.
| | | | | In the original language... | Jun 17, 2011 |
... when possible!
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Aline Canino
Francja
Local time: 17:05
chiński > francuski
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| Yes, definitively! | Jun 17, 2011 |
Sophie Dzhygir wrote:
to compare the comments here and the results of the poll. Do yes-answerers not dare expressing their view here?
I answered yes. Reading is a pleasure and should go smoothly. It should at the same time require no effort at all (because it is leisure) and be linguistically exciting (I mean that I want to feel very pecisely what kind of language is used, what is conveyed, all subtleties...) And these both conditions are present only in my mother tongue.
And no, I never try to "translate back" the book while reading it. Never occured to me. Translating is translating and reading is reading, I just dive into the story and don't bother whether the author is French, American, Finnish or Egyptian.
Mainly for the reasons Sophie mentionned.
| | | | JaneD
Szwecja
Local time: 17:05
Członek ProZ.com
od 2009
szwedzki > angielski
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| Original language ideally, but English when I am tired! | Jun 17, 2011 |
Eser Perkins wrote: I prefer to read books in the language they were written
I much prefer reading books in the language they were written. The Millennium series is a case in point - I've read it in French and it's fine, but I like it better in Swedish.
However, when I am tired, or when I am in the middle of a large translation, I will read in English - if I get time! - just to give my brain a rest.
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I look at it as "strengthening that which is weaker." I don't read much at all in English these days, and I even prefer to read Spanish translations of works originally written in English. I feel that doing this "keeps me on my toes" in the same way that Reed alludes to.
[Edited at 2011-06-18 16:03 GMT]
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Angola
Local time: 17:05
angielski > francuski
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I PREFER reading in my mother tongue, but that does not mean I never read in my source languages, even books in English but hardly ever more than a newspaper or magazine in the others, now.
Reading in my mother tongue (native authors, contemporary) is a way to stay tuned, keep up with the language and its evolution. And I need it after reading only foreign languages, sometimes (often?) written by non-native speakers, 10-12 hours a day.
When reading a book translated fr... See more I PREFER reading in my mother tongue, but that does not mean I never read in my source languages, even books in English but hardly ever more than a newspaper or magazine in the others, now.
Reading in my mother tongue (native authors, contemporary) is a way to stay tuned, keep up with the language and its evolution. And I need it after reading only foreign languages, sometimes (often?) written by non-native speakers, 10-12 hours a day.
When reading a book translated from a language I know, I never TRY to translate back but can sometimes not help but guess what the original text must have been: some translations are ... well, you know... ▲ Collapse
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| Yes, unless it's a translation | Jun 18, 2011 |
For me, reading a translation is usually laborious and frustrating, even if I don't know the source language. When I was young I read the Russian novels in English and enjoyed them, but I don't think I could do that now.
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