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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] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I feel like whoever translated Lem's sillier works definitely deserves a massive hand because oh my god there is so much wordplay like this and it all carries over to english really well. Like all the drug names and made up words and Tarantoga's entire three page long ramble about 'futuology'/predictive etymology which I guess had to be entirely rewritten in order to work in English in The Futurlogical Congress

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

Yeah 100% agreed. It's crazy to me that it's a translation and not the original author's construction.