Translations

>>8406663
do people here genuinely fall for the '>reads translations' meme and go out and learn an entire new language only to fall short of the original work because it is not their mother tongue?

>>8406680
I've read books both in translation and in the original language, and 90% of time the original is better.

>>8406690
Of course, but you cannot learn all languages (I say this as someone who knows 4 at a decent enough level to read), and by not reading translations you're limiting your horizon.

Douglas Hostadter wrote a wonderful book on literary translation titled Le Ton beau de Marot. :)