>he reads originals
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Is there anything more pleb than reading books in the original language?
>jealous monoglots can only read books in the original language
>patrician polyglots like myself can read the works of Goethe in French, the masterpieces of Proust in the superior Russian, Chinese and Japanese works in the opposite language, etc., opening up new vistas of interpretation and understanding
I tried reading a book in the original language once, just to see what it's like being a pleb, and it was a suffocating and nauseous experience. I pity those for whom there is no other option.
wtf I hate reading now!!
>>9609042
no anon you hate originals now
Shakespeare is best in the original Klingon.
If the quality of a book can't survive a translation it is a shit book. Art is universal.
>>9610257
what's the 18th century like?
>superior Russian
Russian is shit