Compare transation to original.

[hardgainer]

Right guys. did u ever had a chance to compare book to the one translated? What difference does the translation make? Don't u think that translated books and even movies losing their meaning in a way? Like something being lost in translation?

[Mike_i]

Are you kidding? There are whole forums about things like "how to translate Terry Pratchett" . I think his books loose about 40-60% of jokes, etc. after translation.

I am pretty sure you can speak russian too
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[alekscooper]

There's an interesting reverse example of Kurt Vonnegut books. Many people tend to belive, that the Russian translation is way better that the original texts. I personally thinks it's because the vocabulary is richer.

[hardgainer]

I wouldn't b so sure about "vocabulary" though Mike,sure i speak russian no prob,otherwise i wouldn't b here lol but i'm convinced somehow that u surpass me in this field ))

[FiL]

[Mike_i]

Что то я не понял - чего тут все русскоговорящие на аглицком общаются? Мне английского и на работе хватает
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[Theonna]

Некоторые обороты и выражения не переводимы дословно и в пересказе тоже не вполне отражают смысл.
Вообще даже когда одну и ту же книгу читают люди, для которых язык написания родной, то и то каждый понимает по своему. Хороший перевод, тот, который включает в себя как можно большее разнообразие толкований на языке перевода, которые при этом возможно близки к толкованиям на языке оригинала.
А так- да, в переводе книги меняются по эмоциональному содержанию, по смысловому и действительно иногда теряют часть содержания, но не исключается возможность, что хороший переводчик на самом деле напишет гораздо более интересную вещь "по мотивам", чем породивший ее оригинал.

It is not possible to fully translate some figures of speech and expressions, literally or in free translation they always loose or distort original meaning.
Even if the same book is presented to the native speakers of the language of that book, each reader understands it in his own way.
Good translation is one, that includes as many meaning for translation as it is possible with those meanings coming as close as possible to the meanings of the original.

Generally, books in translation do change their emotional value, their meaning and some times loose some of the content, but it is possible that good translator can write a better, more interesting book than the original it was based on.
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[justslide]

I'd say Stephen King's books are way better in Russian translation.
I'd read everything he'd written, when I was a teenager, in Russian.

Tried reading some it in English recently - and hated it. The language seemed strange - too colloquial, like he wasn't writing the story, but telling it.

Maybe it's just the age/experience thing, maybe it's not)

[bogdatov]

justslide
Same for Arthur Clark books. Tried them in English ... original felt like is kinda dull
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[mirrial]

Недавно прочитала рецензию на книгу "Книжный вор" Зузака. В ветке комментариев есть хороший пример на обсуждаемую тему.
http://www.livelib.ru/review/112853/comment/156519#comments
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[Rss_Navy]

The Russian lacks of some Grammar Tenses to express the thoughts of those who write in Russian more clearly. Unlike the French, for instance, who make strenuous efforts to keep their language 'pure', Brits have never been averse to adopting words from any language if they seem useful, with the result that in hundreds of cases English has several words meaning roughly the same thing, but each subtly different in nuance, whereas Russian and other languages have far fewer terms...and often only one !

[hardgainer]