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Poll: How much of the literature you read is translated?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 05:48
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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10% or less? Mar 13, 2025

I tend to read books in the languages I master, so I’m not sure what the percentage will be, it probably varies a lot according to what was published that year in different languages that somehow caught my eye or was recommended to me.

Oscar Núñez Alfaro
 
Vera Schoen
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Sweden
Local time: 06:48
German to Swedish
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About 60% Mar 13, 2025

I read the original when there are'nt any good translations (i.e. English history) available, but I do believe in nurturing my own language and keeping up with it's changes, so I read a lot of translated books.

Lieven Malaise
 
Liena V.
Liena V.  Identity Verified
Latvia
Local time: 07:48
Member (2014)
French to Latvian
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Over 90% Mar 13, 2025

It used to be the opposite, but now almost everything I read outside work is translated. There are 2 reasons for that:

1. I read books written in languages I do not know (from the most recent ones I can remember it has been Icelandic, Finnish, Danish, Italian, Armenian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Polish, Czech, Estonian, Lithuanian...)
2. Even when I could read the original, I still prefer good translations. It helps me to turn off the "work mode" and stay in touch with my own la... See more
It used to be the opposite, but now almost everything I read outside work is translated. There are 2 reasons for that:

1. I read books written in languages I do not know (from the most recent ones I can remember it has been Icelandic, Finnish, Danish, Italian, Armenian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Polish, Czech, Estonian, Lithuanian...)
2. Even when I could read the original, I still prefer good translations. It helps me to turn off the "work mode" and stay in touch with my own language. ▲ Collapse


Oscar Núñez Alfaro
Vera Schoen
 


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