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camwyn ([personal profile] camwyn) wrote2022-08-24 08:41 am

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Spent some time yesterday at the Copley branch of the Boston Public Library while I was waiting for a nearby medical appointment. Wandered into the world languages section and gave the Italian part a look. Oh, hey, here's an author I recognize in a language I want to practice...

and now I have to keep telling myself that there is absolutely nothing wrong whatsoever with having a hard time translating written Italian into comprehensible English if the text you are starting from is a volume of essays on semiotics and conceptual linguistics by Umberto freaking Eco.
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[personal profile] neotoma 2022-08-24 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's a bit of a reach. Me, I'm probably going to start trying to read Spanish novels with middle readers.