Poll: How much of the literature you read is translated? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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I tend to read books in the languages I master, so I’m not sure what the percentage will be, it probably varies a lot according to what was published that year in different languages that somehow caught my eye or was recommended to me.
| | | | Vera Schoen 
Sweden
Local time: 17:32
Member (2008)
German to Swedish
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I read the original when there are'nt any good translations (i.e. English history) available, but I do believe in nurturing my own language and keeping up with it's changes, so I read a lot of translated books.
| | | | Liena Vijupe
Latvia
Local time: 18:32
Member (2014)
French to Latvian
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It used to be the opposite, but now almost everything I read outside work is translated. There are 2 reasons for that:
1. I read books written in languages I do not know (from the most recent ones I can remember it has been Icelandic, Finnish, Danish, Italian, Armenian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Polish, Czech, Estonian, Lithuanian...)
2. Even when I could read the original, I still prefer good translations. It helps me to turn off the "work mode" and stay in touch with my own la... See more It used to be the opposite, but now almost everything I read outside work is translated. There are 2 reasons for that:
1. I read books written in languages I do not know (from the most recent ones I can remember it has been Icelandic, Finnish, Danish, Italian, Armenian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Polish, Czech, Estonian, Lithuanian...)
2. Even when I could read the original, I still prefer good translations. It helps me to turn off the "work mode" and stay in touch with my own language. ▲ Collapse
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