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As a Spaniard and Spanish native speaker, i agree with you. Also, from Wikipedia's page for 2666: "Over 1100 pages long in its Spanish edition and almost 900 i
by barredo 16y ago
As a Spaniard and Spanish native speaker, i agree with you. Also, from Wikipedia's page for 2666:
"Over 1100 pages long in its Spanish edition and almost 900 in its English translation"
Seems like English it's a bit more direct than Spanish in average. The wording is shorter.
- alextp 16y agoI'm brazillian and can't speak (but can read) spanish. The translations of bolaño to english I've glanced over read really bad, when compared to the original (or the translations to portuguese). I think terseness is an issue here.