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That's odd Larry Send a noteboard - 17/11/2010 03:34:20 AM
There may be lots of very obscure words in Dutch that Legolas knows, whereas he won't know them in Italian. If Eco uses an advanced vocabulary (which he certainly does in Foucault's Pendulum, although that probably wouldn't be too bad to translate given all the Hebrew), then you'd need a very strong basis in Italian to read it, I'd think.


I've never thought of his Italian as being any more difficult than his use of medieval Latin, but maybe I just don't recall the more difficult words?
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WANT. Larry - 16/11/2010 10:52:33 PM 1235 Views
How long does it take for his books to be translated into English? Rebekah - 16/11/2010 10:54:10 PM 866 Views
Roughly 1-2 years Larry - 16/11/2010 11:00:59 PM 815 Views
From what I can figure out by glancing at the Italian cover description, it sounds awesome. Legolas - 16/11/2010 11:10:02 PM 884 Views
That is what drew me in as well, besides it being a novel by Eco Larry - 16/11/2010 11:18:38 PM 882 Views
Hence the "not Eco". Legolas - 16/11/2010 11:33:56 PM 939 Views
I like challenges Larry - 16/11/2010 11:49:00 PM 961 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:06:58 AM 846 Views
But that's not to say there won't be more difficult Italian words he doesn't know. Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 02:43:06 AM 807 Views
That's odd Larry - 17/11/2010 03:34:20 AM 837 Views
Medieval Latin is easy, though. Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 06:09:38 AM 828 Views
So's the Italian, more or less Larry - 17/11/2010 04:31:02 PM 1064 Views
Re: But that's not to say there won't be more difficult Italian words he doesn't know. Camilla - 17/11/2010 10:41:57 AM 973 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Legolas - 17/11/2010 03:31:55 PM 945 Views
Re: Hence the "not Eco". Camilla - 17/11/2010 04:05:34 PM 895 Views
Eco in Italian IS very difficult if you're not fluent. Jacob - 17/11/2010 03:09:52 PM 838 Views
True, but I'm much more familiar with the language than I think most here realize Larry - 17/11/2010 04:29:45 PM 861 Views
I was more speaking in general than to you specifically. Jacob - 18/11/2010 07:16:37 PM 1016 Views
There's an interesting article in English on the book... Tom - 16/11/2010 11:11:49 PM 893 Views
I'm equally surprised you won't be reading it in the original Larry - 16/11/2010 11:17:47 PM 820 Views
Let me rephrase: I'm going to wait for a hardcover version in Italian or English. Tom - 17/11/2010 01:34:51 AM 829 Views
I guess it'll be English then Larry - 17/11/2010 01:36:45 AM 789 Views
I don't understand it. Are they cheap, poor or do they just not love books? Tom - 17/11/2010 05:05:08 AM 892 Views
Likely the first two Larry - 17/11/2010 04:32:23 PM 868 Views
Why doesn't that stop the Germans, then? Tom - 17/11/2010 04:50:35 PM 873 Views
Germans are odd, though! Larry - 17/11/2010 04:53:13 PM 816 Views
VAT is fairly modest on books, actually. Legolas - 17/11/2010 05:50:51 PM 1129 Views
Interesting Larry - 17/11/2010 09:43:36 PM 859 Views
It sounds like the French, Spanish and Italians don't read but the Germans do. Tom - 18/11/2010 01:44:21 AM 1078 Views
Might be that Larry - 18/11/2010 01:54:14 AM 856 Views
What are the American percentages, then? Legolas - 18/11/2010 02:48:08 PM 1086 Views
Yes, I don't think percentages are relevant. Gross statistics would matter much more. Ghavrel - 18/11/2010 10:52:24 PM 871 Views
Oh, and the Spanish translation is already availabe, I see Larry - 16/11/2010 11:49:54 PM 936 Views
I prefer the original. Like the stairs better than the dark doorway. *NM* Legolas - 17/11/2010 12:16:11 AM 438 Views
Same here Larry - 17/11/2010 12:19:04 AM 858 Views
I much prefer the original. Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 02:52:30 AM 768 Views
I wonder if it might be published as Prague Cemetery Larry - 17/11/2010 03:36:32 AM 935 Views
Why do you think that, out of curiosity? Ghavrel - 17/11/2010 04:27:55 AM 889 Views
Just seems more compact Larry - 17/11/2010 04:32:40 AM 932 Views
Eco's own history would seem to make that unlikely. Tom - 17/11/2010 05:11:42 AM 852 Views
True, there is that Larry - 17/11/2010 04:33:45 PM 839 Views
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:04:32 AM 837 Views
That's the cover I was trying to recall! Larry - 17/11/2010 01:22:35 AM 841 Views
Re: That's the cover I was trying to recall! Camilla - 17/11/2010 01:24:10 AM 808 Views
That was to fill out 25 2009 releases, I think Larry - 17/11/2010 01:27:51 AM 830 Views
Re: Gaps - 17/11/2010 02:43:12 AM 935 Views
Foucault's Pendulum Larry - 17/11/2010 03:33:09 AM 873 Views
I am one of those Baudolino haters out there. Tom - 17/11/2010 05:08:13 AM 928 Views
Yeah. Kuke - 17/11/2010 12:28:39 PM 920 Views
I love the weird and grotesque in literature, though Larry - 17/11/2010 04:27:21 PM 851 Views
Re: I'll read Foucault's Pendulum, then. Gaps - 17/11/2010 07:01:09 PM 884 Views
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