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I actually thought the translator did a pretty good job (not to say that I can read Chinese or do a direct comparison). My only complaint was that I wish they'd
by monochromatic 9y ago
I actually thought the translator did a pretty good job (not to say that I can read Chinese or do a direct comparison). My only complaint was that I wish they'd westernized the names--they all sound too similar to my American ears.
- mattmanser 9y agoI felt the translation felt very awkward at times. Just scanning some articles about Ken Liu, it was his decision to try and stick to the original literary style, I think a lot of it came from that. In a lot of ways I liked it because the entire thinking behind the book was a different cultural thinking. But the resulting style is definitely a bit awkward in English and sometimes it was a little bit of a slog.