Poll: How much of the literature you read is translated?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portekiz
Local time: 14:48
Üye (2007)
İngilizce > Portekizce
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10% or less? 08:40

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.

 
Vera Schoen
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İsveç
Local time: 15:48
Üye (2008)
Almanca > İsveççe
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About 60% 09:00

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 Vijupe
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Letonya
Local time: 16:48
Üye (2014)
Fransızca > Letonca
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Over 90% 14:36

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
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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.
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