By: Piotr Kowalczyk
Great article. I’m a non English writer, from my perspective things are different, but I have to agree with the conclusions: “The future of publishing will not be an English-language affair and we...
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In an ideal world we’d all have the leisure to sit on our chaise-longues reading Proust in the original and eating peeled grapes. Alas, it takes an immense amount of time, effort and (yes) money to...
View ArticleBy: Corinna Hasofferett
I arrived in Israel at 13. two years later – and with numerous books of literary prose read in Hebrew – I finally found that I’ve read a full book without even once opening the dictionary. It is...
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Yes, but that’s total immersion. It’s completely different from trying to learn a new language at night school after work, or even at college when you are not exposed to the language anywhere else....
View ArticleBy: Aili
While I admit that it takes time and a serious commitment to learn another language, I don’t really comprehend why one wouldn’t put in that effort if, say, one’s favorite book were in another language....
View ArticleBy: Audrey D.
I agree with this post to a certain extent. On plenty of occasions, I’ve tried to find books written in my native French but have found translations (from English) instead. In that case, I would...
View ArticleBy: sam89
i agree with this article. it really takes a lot for a person to learn other language. I am fond of learning various l; languages all over the world. I am using translation apps as my primary means of...
View ArticleBy: John Warren
Reminds me of the old joke: “What do you call a person who speaks three languages? Trilingual. What do you call a person who speaks two languages? Bilingual. What do you call a person who speaks one...
View ArticleBy: Nolan
Excellent article! I’m a regular reader of foreign books. In my opinion it’s one of the best ways to master foreign language if one doesn’t have an option of regular oral chat with foreigners as...
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