| Pages in topic: < [1 2] | Poll: In what language was the last book you read for pleasure/leisure written? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Jack Doughty 
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:12
Russian to English
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In memoriam | Source - English | May 31, 2015 |
At least 95% of my reading is in my native language, English, but I have also read books in Russian (target), German, French and Spanish. I first came across one of my favourite books, The Good Soldier Svejk, in German (Der Brave Soldat Svejk).
I enjoy literary translation best, and it is a pleasure to translate a book I really enjoy in the original into English. I am translating a series of science fiction novels at present, and I think it is a really interesting and rewarding job to turn... See more At least 95% of my reading is in my native language, English, but I have also read books in Russian (target), German, French and Spanish. I first came across one of my favourite books, The Good Soldier Svejk, in German (Der Brave Soldat Svejk).
I enjoy literary translation best, and it is a pleasure to translate a book I really enjoy in the original into English. I am translating a series of science fiction novels at present, and I think it is a really interesting and rewarding job to turn them into natural-sounding English which I hope no-one would ever realize is a translation. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | English / Japanese | Jun 1, 2015 |
Tend to read in English, unless it is by Japanese author.
Presently enjoying Arnaldur Indrioason, the Icelandic crime fiction writer, translated in English.
I was reminded of the time when Peter Hoeg's original English translated book 'Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow' was released in the US as 'Smilla's Sense of Snow' and the flurry of articles discussing the difference in the translations. I wondered the same for Icelandic as well as it's a place I've been wanting to visit & l... See more Tend to read in English, unless it is by Japanese author.
Presently enjoying Arnaldur Indrioason, the Icelandic crime fiction writer, translated in English.
I was reminded of the time when Peter Hoeg's original English translated book 'Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow' was released in the US as 'Smilla's Sense of Snow' and the flurry of articles discussing the difference in the translations. I wondered the same for Icelandic as well as it's a place I've been wanting to visit & learn more about.
For pleasure, I read Japanese crime mysteries in the original - old school like Matsumoto Seicho, Morimura Seiichi and popular authors such as Higashino Keigo, Yokoyama Hideo etc. ▲ Collapse
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