lostwonder@beehaw.org to Literature@beehaw.org · 6 months agoEnglish-Language Books Are Filling Europe’s Bookstores. Mon Dieu!www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10file-text
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Publishers are complaining that people prefer to read the novels in English instead of their native tongues.
minus-squareghashullinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI would never read a Danish translation of an English novel. I i would even prefer an English translation if it’s in a language I can’t read. I started reading in English in my early teens, and it stuck.
I would never read a Danish translation of an English novel. I i would even prefer an English translation if it’s in a language I can’t read.
I started reading in English in my early teens, and it stuck.