am I fucking up my time by reading a translated edition of infinite jest?
>>8155999
Where did you find that edition? I really want it now.
>>8156005
pic is unrelated
it's just a recent edition of a classic italian novel
probabbly came out when evangelion was on tv kek
Secondo me si, e te lo dico dopo aver fatto un confronto tra l'originale (letto integralmente) e la traduzione (leggiucchiata poi).
>>8156023
This honestly, Infinite Jest relies a lot on quirks of the English language, I can't even imagine how it would work translated.
>>8156029
You could argue that for every book - I'm not one of those
>reading translations
guys but really, the limit of our ability to think is our language/vocabulary, and not two languages overlap perfectly as maps when trying to describe the territory of reality
>>8156056
That's true but some books require reading in the original language more than others.
>>8156064
Yeah, get what you're saying. I mean, it's the difference between a scribbler and writer: one thinks in terms of stories and how to put them on paper with the blunt instrument if language,one thinks in terms of language and how to let it express itself through the story.