The greatest author in the English language read translations.

>>8942104
but i do

>>8942104

But how do you know that Shakespeare couldn't read Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, Hebrew and Spanish?

That's right. You don't.

>>8942184
We know almost for sure he could read Latin and Italian, and he could probably read French too. As for the other languages you mentioned, we have little evidence to show that he knew them.

In any case, your argument is stupid. We know for a fact that Shakespeare read translations.

>>8942104
there's nothing inherently wrong with reading a translated work. what's wrong is trying to argue that the work is the creation of the original artist.

>>8942217
>he could read Latin and Italian

is this why his work can sound beautiful when read out loud

>>8942345
Like most students at the time, I assume he would have been taught to pronounce Latin as if it were English, which causes Latin poetry to lose its meter when read aloud. The study of Latin meter was thus more of an abstraction. So I'm not sure.