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What's a book you consider impossible to properly translate out of its original language? Or the opposite. (hexbear.net)
submitted 11 months ago by GinAndJuche@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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I recently learned about the debacle that was the Swedish translation of Tolkien, and it got me wondering: “are there books that can only exist within a masterful use of the authors native tongue?”.

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[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not a joke, I don't remember the source though, unfortunately.

[–] GinAndJuche@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'll @ you if I find it. I'm going to look for it doggedly because this exists at the intersection of multiple oddly specific fascinations.

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Found it! It was a Tom Scott video.

[–] GinAndJuche@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

Awesome!

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

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