It is. I was so gloomy yesterday on the train - tired after work, hungry and then I started reading and soon I was laughing and I felt much better. :)
And yes, sometimes it is the case of the original novel not being good and not the fault of translation - I think that's the case with SCI. But also - I saw a lot of very bad professional translation (one of the most horrific was the Polish translation of Brokeback Mountain - there was nothing left of Annie Proulx's beautiful prose), so I don't really expect much from amateurs. That's why it's such a nice surprise when the amateur translation is good. :)
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It is. I was so gloomy yesterday on the train - tired after work, hungry and then I started reading and soon I was laughing and I felt much better. :)
And yes, sometimes it is the case of the original novel not being good and not the fault of translation - I think that's the case with SCI. But also - I saw a lot of very bad professional translation (one of the most horrific was the Polish translation of Brokeback Mountain - there was nothing left of Annie Proulx's beautiful prose), so I don't really expect much from amateurs. That's why it's such a nice surprise when the amateur translation is good. :)