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>be german
>read translation moby dick
>enjoy it, even the parts some would describe as boring or tough
>finish it, pretty good read
>research a little about different translations
>turns out I have the one where 2/3 of the book were just cut out
>mfw

>> No.16250864

The encyclopedic bits or... ? Read it in french and thought it was great.

>> No.16250884

>>16250813
>stumble on the autobiography of Malcolm x on youtube
>listen to it all the way through
>it was the abridged
>all that time was wasted
>have to find and listen to the unabridged
>listen to the Screwtape Letters on youtube
>someone in the comment sections says this is not the unabridged edition
>listen for a few more minutes
>decide to not risk it, and find the audiobook in overdrive
>it wasn't abridged, there might not even be an abridged version, but it doesn't matter

>> No.16250892

>>16250864
>The encyclopedic bits or... ?
Yes.
I will read some Kafka for now and in the future I need to buy the full english version if I want the full Moby Dick experience

>> No.16250901

>>16250892
Not him but did it include “the whiteness of the whale”? I’m curious because it’s the best chapter of the book

>> No.16250911
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>>16250813
>be danish
>buy danish translation of War and Peace
>all of the war sections of the book are cut out

>> No.16251316

>>16250901
no.

>> No.16251479

>>16251316
Lmao, it’s incredible that there are enough people who get filtered so hard by the non-narrative parts of Moby-Dick that publishers butcher it to give it wider appeal. The books themes don’t work without the non-narrative chapters and yet they omit them

>> No.16251515

wow, almost like abridgments are perfectly fine when done well for verbose books

>> No.16251525

>>16251515
Major reddit cope

>> No.16251618

>>16251515
the Wilhelm Strüver translation cuts the book from around 1000 pages to just 300

>> No.16251823

>>16251515
no, nope, noooooooooooo NO
fuck you

>> No.16251931

>>16251515
Except Moby-Dick’s encyclopaedic sections are important to understanding the meaning of the book, OP’s copy omits “the whiteness of the whale” the most central of any chapter to the books primary themes.
>varied language bad
>t.Soulless pleb who can’t into art
The only people who read abridged books do so because they only care about plot, if you read for the plot then you should stick to genre fiction.

>> No.16252783

>>16250813
You cant read a translation of Moby Dick. All Dialogue/Monologue is lost and not repircable.
t. german

>> No.16253239

>be angloid
>read edition of Wealth of Nations
>enjoy it, even the parts some would describe as boring or tough
>finish it, pretty good read
>research a little about different editions
>turns out I have the one where 1/2 of the book were just cut out
>see what is cut out
>corn laws.jpg
>praise God and thank him for it

>> No.16254328

How do i know if the version im reading is the complete one? Why the actual fuck

>> No.16254353

>>16253239
Wealth of Nations was so fucking dry and huge that the people would just keep referencing it and not actually reading it, even in the first few decades after it was published.

>> No.16254379

>>16250813
>decide on getting Zhuangzi
>translation to my native language is significantly cheaper than any English translation
>it arrives
>it's a random compilation of stories that takes from everywhere and is poorly translated with grammatical errors here and there
>they cheaped out on glue so it's already coming apart after a few pages of reading
>fuck it
>buy the Brook Zipporin translation
>it's great
>later I realize this is still missing some of the commentaries
Not that big of a deal, mostly in it for the inner chapters but fuck me, I'll just read the remaining commentaries online. Most of them seem like filler anyways with some gems here and there like the story about Zhuangzi's wife.

>> No.16254384

>>16253239

>SILVER

i still have nightmares about that shit

>> No.16254390

>>16254353

I literally had this exact same thing with I think a first edition (and not the Canaan) in recent months. I feel validated by this thread desu

>> No.16254402

>>16254390
I have no idea what you mean by this because I'm drinking steel reserves. Anyways, I got this information from a guy who's studying economics at a pretty good grad school right now.

>> No.16254658

>>16254328
by not being retarded

>> No.16254664

>>16254353
>>16254402
It's not that hard it takes about a month to go through it and it's pretty interesting. Consider you and your friends are just retarded

>> No.16254712

>>16254379
>Zhuangzi
based

>> No.16254713

>>16254328
First check that it has every chapter listed here: https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/42/moby-dick/

>> No.16255443

>>16250813
Should’ve read the English version. English has won. Germoids should denounce their “language”

>> No.16255455

>>16250813
>be romantic
>not germanic
>read heidegger translation
>muuh you need to speak germanic
>learning germamic
>mfw

>> No.16255494

>>16254353
If Smith tires you, what will Ricardo do?

>> No.16256028

>>16250911
Er de faktisk det?

>> No.16256076
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>>16256028
jeg ville have undersøgt Prahls oversættelse nærmere, men jeg købte den impulsivt i Røde Kors...
nårh ja, den er også oversat fra fransk.

>> No.16256369

>>16254379
The Martin Palmer translation of Chuang-Tzu is what I read and I recommend it. As far as I am aware it is a full translation.

>> No.16256502

>>16250813
Just read it in English you absolute retard.

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>>16256502
Oh thanks for your advice. Don't know where I would be without you! :)