I think there's something like 70 phonemes that utilize 26 letters in English, so yeah, the Latin alphabet is poorly adapted for that, especially after the Great Vowel Shift of the 15th century. I just bemoan the fact that most English dialects do not have a proper second person plural form (y'all needs to be mandatory ).

But German as a model? -ig, -ch is pronounced so many different ways!




It's actually the opposite; they are swamped with work, there being so few of them. I remember a conversation I had with a Serbian writer, Zoran Živkovi?, this past summer about translation jobs. He told me that if I were to learn enough Serbian to be able to translate from it into English, that I'd have more than enough work for me if I were to live in a place like Belgrade. Even here in the US, where Spanish translators are much more plentiful than most other languages, there's more than enough work available...provided that the people needing the translations done are willing to pay the $25-100/hr. rates that good ones easily earn.




Mine don't affect my vision as much as they do my breathing and energy levels. I am lucky that I don't have vertigo yet from this






Yes, there is that. Quite a while to recover from that




Maybe not, but it is a dull translation, lacking much of the energy and humor I've found in the Spanish translation. If it's noticeable between translations, imagine how it'd be compared to the original.




I live 35 miles away from a major city. My local library does have Quo Vadis, but not his other work. It'd make more sense for me to buy a used copy from Amazon or ABEbooks. Not too bad, only $15 for the 1890 Jeremiah Curtin translation. He's the guy who translated the edition of Quo Vadis I read and enjoyed immensely, so I'll probably go for that one next week.