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6628306 No.6628306 [Reply] [Original]

>having opinions on translations without knowing the original language

>> No.6628311

>not reading homer in the original latin

>> No.6628320
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>>6628306
You still can. I don't speak much Spanish, but pic related is >>>>>>>>>>>> over most other translations.

>> No.6628349

I can't read French, but I can read Proust.

>> No.6628356

i bet the people who post this shit don't even speak more than english

>> No.6628367

>>6628356
Why should they? The anglosphere big dicked the rest of the world. You should learn English first and your adorable little native gibberish second.

Hahahahaha!

>> No.6628413

It's still possible to appraise how good a translator is at writing in your language, which is primarily what they get paid for after all.

>> No.6628418

>>6628356
I speak 6 languages dickhead. 4 naturally and learnt Japanese and Russian.

>> No.6628420

>>6628356
I think it's Americans. If they can so much as order a coffee in another language they will go ahead and claim to be fluent.

>> No.6628425

>>6628418
but you still won't inherit the kingdom of heaven, so really what was it worth?