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>he reads homer in english
>he reads cicero in english
>he reads macchiavelli in english
>he reads heine in english
>he reads camus in english
Stop reading if youre not even able to learn a language

>> No.11852164

>>11852097
what if i do all of the above but english is my second language which proves i am able to learn one huh what now you pretentious queen

>> No.11852188

>>11852097
>英語分かる
落ちた

>> No.11852218

>>11852097

Kek, I always park my bike there

>> No.11852240

>>11852097
good thing I read all of them in Polish (and Camus in French as well)

>> No.11852314

Reading for the sounds of the prose is nice but the content isn't valueless.

>> No.11852333

>>11852097
What exactly is the point of this thread?

>> No.11852394

>mfw Ovid has a dozen translations in english and a decent one just came last year for mine
>no face

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>>11852333

>> No.11852454

>>11852333
OP's just larping as some polyglot when he himself only speaks English and probably Spanish in a very half-assed way. It's just typical /lit/ bullshit.

>> No.11852491

I read Homer in Ancient Greek and Cicero in Latin and guess what, I liked the translated version more. I would never force someone to go through all the hassle to learn dead languages just to read some authors. I do acknowledge that usually the original version is better but this doesn't mean the translated version is worthless. Also, how many languages do you know? Will you avoid books just because you can't read the original prose? I find that extremely awful and I'm sorry for you.

>> No.11852536

>>11852097
fuck off tryhard nobody cares

>> No.11854401

>>11852240
bazowe i czerwonopigulkowe

>> No.11854405

how to spot a pseud?
>He does not believe in translations
Yea just stop reading if you are that pretentious mate.

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>>11852097
>reads Camus

>> No.11854444

>>11852097
Learning any language but English, Mandarin and Spanish is the biggest psued indicator around. You have no interests besides larping as a continental 'intellectual' to make up for your complete lack of fortitude and insight in anything useful or relevant

>> No.11855476

>>11852097
Umm learning a language isn't really anything like appreciating the artistic merit of a work. Learning syntax and cases is a lot closer to math than anything in the humanities. This is why stemfags are often great at learning languages and lit browsers kind of suck at it. Consuming art should not be about making up a bunch of difficult tasks to prove how patric you are. It is about directly engaging with the content which can be done perfectly well in translation.
T. learned Latin and French and still just read in English because it is less of a struggle.

>> No.11855645

>>11855476
t. hasn't actually learned Latin or French