It’s so interesting how a book that isn’t about language (as far as I know), has sparked more discussion regarding translations than I have ever seen! I adore languages, but lately have been so caught up in just how hard translation is — how can you properly convey the meaning of every sentence when there are so many layers that not everyone can notice? which is propelry demonstrated by the first sentence we’re discussing here — to the point where I don’t want to read too many translated works and feel like I should just learn the original language to fully digest the book. This discussion however has highlighted the beauty of translation (which I didn’t stop loving, but just formed a sort of fear about I guess) and made me excited to read this book — this translation! I have to resist the urge to not find various translations and compare them X

A fun little tidbit to add: I am reading an English translation while Dutch is actually my native language. In my mother’s words I’m reading “a translation of a translation” because of that. I disagree, because I believe my English to be excellent (not to toot my horn but I would dare say that I’m at C1, maybe even C2 level.) I do also have the Dutch translation now that I think of it… perhaps I’ll compare it with my English version, haha!