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Do you read in your native language or in English? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/books@lemmy.ml
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My “problem” is that I cannot (or rather don’t like to) read in my native language.

Ever since I was a kid, everything I did was in English (PC gaming, online chatting and searching things up like guides).

When I got back into reading (couple of years ago), my first book was in English. Ever since then I have been reading books only in the English language. Whenever I try to read in my native language, I can’t concentrate, get bored quickly and easily.

However, if I pick up the same book in the English language. I can guarantee that, I’ll keep reading it.

Recently got a book gifted to me, the book is in my native language. I want to read it, the story seems interesting but can’t get into it because it is in my native language. Might just get the ebook version in English, ha.

Was wondering if anyone else has this too.

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[–] 3 points 7 months ago

I'll pretty much read anything in English unless it was originally written in German, which is my first language. I usually find translations into German clumsy and turgid. English translation tend to have a better flow. A recent example would be The The Body Problem, which is originally Chinese. I tried reading the German translation and it was pretty awful. The English one was much better.

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