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>reading Descartes
>get to the part where he says "i think therefore i am"
>translator put (COGITO ERGO SUM) in block capitals

>> No.15275980

>>15275974
>reading a translation
>ever
I've always been of the opinion that /lit/ needs an entry test to this site whereby you're forced to demonstrate satisfactory knowledge of at least two languages

>> No.15275983

>>15275980
youd still have to read a shitload of other stuff in translation even if you knew 5 languages fluently

>> No.15275984

>>15275980
This is an American website.

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>>15275974
>Original Latin alphabet has no lowercase letters
>”block capitals”

Pepe hasn’t been relevant for twenty years.

>> No.15276131

>>15275984
There's more reason for you to know two languages than there is for people in most other places.

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>>15275974
>reading Shakespeare
>get to the part where Hamlet says "to be or not to be"
>translator put it (SHOULD I END MY LIFE) in block capitals
>mfw

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>>15276162
>reading Shakespeare
>get to the part where Ishmael says "Call me Ishmael"
>translator put it (I GO BY ISHMAEL) in block capitals
>mfw

>> No.15276193

>>15275974
Why is a Frenchman speaking Latin???

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>>15275974
>reading Pliny the Younger
>get to the part where he uses greek words
>translator put (MONOLINGUAL PLEB) in block letters
>mfw

>> No.15276235

>>15276193
It’s a latin based language
>>15276162
And it’s properly spelled in all caps
This is another non-thread

>> No.15276629

>>15275974
Descartes was a brainlet who never knew himself

>> No.15276655

>>15276193
Because Latin was the patrician language back then.

>> No.15276681

>>15275974
>reading Nietzsche
>overman/superman instead of ubermensch

>> No.15276768

>>15276094
>2012 was twenty years ago
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it’s sinking.

>> No.15276776

>>15276768
>2020-2012 = 20 years
>quoting Pink Floyd ever
delete this post please.

>> No.15276796

>>15275980
what would be the point of everyone knowing two languages? that's why translators exist in the first place.

>> No.15276807

>>15275983
But with five languages you'd be all set for life with the major works of the canon: English, Italian, Spanish, Greek, French, German, Latin

>>15275984
But there are places on /int/ where people speak other languages. We should do that here too.

>>15276796
Because idioms and phrases get lost in translation.

>> No.15276809

>>15276768
>>15276776
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIpfWORQWhU

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>>15276807
Also need to learn Russkie and its alphabet.

>> No.15278262

>>15276776
Tourist.