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What are some of the best translated fiction books you've read? (literature.cafe)
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Could be translated from english to another language you speak or translate to english from another language

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

La Disparition by George Perec in French, translated to English as A Void. Neither version uses the letter 'e'. I think the French original is better since the translator had to cheat a bit with the numbers (5 and 26 appear frequently for self-referential reasons, and when spelled in French don't use e, but are translated as numerals.) but was still impressed. I read the side-by-side translated version, although I'm only marginally literate in French.