tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565893280908397886.post5046783788861837119..comments2024-03-28T21:33:06.181-04:00Comments on Hope. Dreams. Life... Love: Beyond the Book. I Don't Think I'd MindElaine Cantrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05668294337075373288noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565893280908397886.post-61689440863174126592021-03-23T13:36:04.735-04:002021-03-23T13:36:04.735-04:00I've read many translated books, most of them ...I've read many translated books, most of them classics. I had to read The Iliad for school and hated it. Years late if picked up a different translation for some reason and I loved it. The translator mattered.<br />A couple of my books have been translated. The only translation I could read even a bit was the Dutch version. From what little I could tell, it caught the spirit of the book . . . but it was 50 pages shorter! How the heck did that happen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com