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Anonymous09/20/26, 00:12No.25542011Japanese (and Chinese) literature and translations
What is the point of reading books from these literary traditions when the translated product is radically different on all accounts compared to the original and you are basically reading an adaptation?
Just look at Kawabata's translations...
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Anon09/20/26, 00:33No.25542045
You go and learn the language then you nigger waito-piggu
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Anon09/20/26, 01:01No.25542088
>woah bro translation is in itself an art form bro like woah bro you have the original like in Japanese, konichiwa, and then like someone translates it into english and then like it is not a 1:1 translation woah bro it is like an entirely different book when you think about it
Profoundly inspiring, OP
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Anon09/20/26, 01:04No.25542097
I'm need of a source for Japanese language epubs
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Anon09/20/26, 07:27No.25542490
Well what's the point indeed? Just learn the language and read the original version. Mission accomplished.
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