Hey guys. August 20th, the french translation of infinite jest will be released.Thought on it ? (I 've already reserved mine).>inb4 "Muh, read book in native languages"Yes, but I like to have a translation, If I don't understand properly something.

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Anonymous 07/31/15 (Fri) 10:19:27 No.5924

Hey guys. August 20th, the french translation of infinite jest will be released.

Thought on it ? (I 've already reserved mine).

>inb4 "Muh, read book in native languages"

Yes, but I like to have a translation, If I don't understand properly something.

Anonymous 07/31/15 (Fri) 12:50:22 No.5925

Is this the first time it gets translated to french? Is your country really that unwelcoming to foreign literature or was this a just a case?

Anonymous 07/31/15 (Fri) 14:06:00 No.5927

i'm not french. but even if i was, i would not be particularly thrilled about it.

what's the point of reading someone else's translation when i pretty much capable of reading the original?

Anonymous 08/04/15 (Tue) 10:14:34 No.5982

>>5925

Infinite jest wasn't a huge commercial deal, that's just it. Translater translate what is selling, not what is good.

Anonymous 08/04/15 (Tue) 19:58:56 No.5993

>>5982

Also, there is copyrights over infinite jest, the editor had to give french right to a translater, and they gave it to "éditions de l'olivier" a very small company.

Anonymous 08/05/15 (Wed) 18:32:58 No.5998

>>5982

>Infinite jest wasn't a huge commercial deal

Also not that great of a novel. But it's forbidden to say that aloud or they will take your /lit/ card from you and ban you from hipsterland altogether.

Anonymous 08/05/15 (Wed) 18:42:03 No.5999

>>5998

When I see how this board is low, I think you can say what you want, nobody will read it anyway.

Anonymous 08/05/15 (Wed) 18:49:31 No.6001

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>>5999

>Pic related because board is dead.

Anonymous 08/05/15 (Wed) 19:02:08 No.6002

GET

Anonymous 08/05/15 (Wed) 21:30:22 No.6003

How is Wallace's prose? Don't know if I should read this in english

Anonymous 08/06/15 (Thu) 11:37:05 No.6017

>>6000

Anonymous 08/06/15 (Thu) 11:44:25 No.6019

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>>6003

It's very special. It's like the point of view of an autist. Personally, I quite like it.

Anonymous 08/06/15 (Thu) 20:04:56 No.6031

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>>5998

I thought we all knew it was terrible and kept trying to make it relevant just so that we could keep laughing at it from the side. Kind of like this board's equivalent to In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.

Anonymous 08/12/15 (Wed) 08:25:35 No.6120

>>6003

Some parts are very good, especially when characters are high.

Some parts are incredibly stupid.

Most of it reads like a first draft.

Anonymous 08/13/15 (Thu) 03:53:46 No.6136

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>>6019

On the topic of autism, have you read this gem?

http://www.ulillillia.us/stories/10elementalmasters/home.shtml

Anonymous 10/25/15 (Sun) 01:18:40 No.7225

>>5924

i notice now from the title that they probably missed the reference in the title.