Imagine knowing B2 of english, french and german. You can read a lot of books in different languages. Do you think this is pointless since it can be translated by some one else? Anyone here achieved this?
you learn languages at a university, you dumkopf
>>9168831
Anyone here achieved what?
Being trilingual? That's high school shit m8
>>9168831
Well the main trouble with translations is encountered when you read something translated from a rare language. I wonder if the explanation is as following : there's less translators, so there's less *good* translators. Could it be as simple ?
I mean if you read english translations from french or german or spanish, quite often you'll find very good ones. If you're looking for a good translation from finnish or something, it may be harder.
Conclusion - sadly enough I'm not too sure if it's so useful to know the most widely used languages.
>>9168831
B2 is not really enough to read most serious literature. I would aim for a C1 or so.