>he doesn't translate the works he read by himself to gain maximum understanding
Я тaким мaкapoм выyчил pyccкий, пoкa читaл pyccких клaccикoв. Я из Aляcки бaй зe вэй
I do
>translating at all
Done translating about 50 lines of Ovid's Ibis yesteday, latin poetry is a fucking bitch to read, and english translations usually just abandon it's syntax entirely
http://pastebin.com/XLheaDnS