tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post3221161303486752632..comments2024-02-27T13:06:28.163+01:00Comments on love german books: Julia Franck and her Translatorskjdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236984779717127341noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-73496995216518777732008-12-11T21:34:00.000+01:002008-12-11T21:34:00.000+01:00Honestly: Did you read the book and did you treat ...Honestly: Did you read the book and did you treat yourself with a twenty hour so confessed poorly reading? What envy and deep prejudices you must suffer? I'm not sure about the income part, but having read the book in our reading circle we've also discussed one reviews accusation, the book would be chockfull of mistakes - like you suppose. All together we've found two printing mistakes and two Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-65131411715332958792008-09-24T19:16:00.000+02:002008-09-24T19:16:00.000+02:00Hey! I hope you get round to reading it.Hey! I hope you get round to reading it.kjdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16236984779717127341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-35012735804558016562008-09-24T17:35:00.000+02:002008-09-24T17:35:00.000+02:00I picked this up at last year's frankfurt book fai...I picked this up at last year's frankfurt book fair but haven't read it yet.<BR/><BR/>I landed on your site by bloghopping. You can follow my progress on my latest post on my blog.<BR/><BR/>I translate advertising from German into English and have my first lit job coming up too!Lenore Appelhanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16664671644163369772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-68699678365987437222008-09-22T17:12:00.000+02:002008-09-22T17:12:00.000+02:00Is it? I must admit I was so instantly captivated ...Is it? I must admit I was so instantly captivated by the plot, atmosphere and techniques that I didn't notice.kjdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16236984779717127341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305631555616445080.post-40968624243306223372008-09-21T11:58:00.000+02:002008-09-21T11:58:00.000+02:00Well, of course "it's a good feeling" that her boo...Well, of course "it's a good feeling" that her book is being translated into 28 languages - she's made a truckload of money from the translation deals. Plus, the book will no doubt be improved on, especially in terms of language - the German original is so poorly written (chock-full of blatant howlers and mistakes) that it can only get better in translation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com