I'm not wasting years of my life to become fluent in a language I don't even hear spoken around me on a daily basis just to read a fucking book. Translations are FINE.
>>25511978> Translations are FINE.μή εἰσῐ́
>>25511989Yes they are, loser.
>>25511978Yeah, I would only learn a language if I had personal interest in the language itself. Learning an entire language just so you can read the handful of great books written in that language is nuts. There’s more than enough English literature to fill anyone’s lifetime even if you avoid translations completely
>>25512030>English literatureThat's the problem that cultured people avoid by learning another language.
i hear arabic and hindi/urdu around me on a daily basis but there is nothing but religionslop in those languages worth reading.
>>25512289I'm glad I don't live in whatever shithole it is you live in.
>>25512294nyc metro area son, i also hear spanish obv.
>>25512295I'd feel sorry for you but mutts brought it on themselves.
>>25511978>Translations are FINE.If you‘re okay with your understanding capping at the B-/C+ level. There are many things for which I have a passing interest and this statement thereby applies to me.Oh, and obviously this goes exclusively for prose because the idea that most poetry has ever been handled and transformed by an writer whose skill holds par with the source material is retarded on the face of it.
>>25512296t. totally unfamiliar with NYC
