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Interesting. There's a longstanding dead-tree series with the same idea, published by Penguin: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/BMH/penguin-parallel-te
by wool_gather 8y ago
Interesting. There's a longstanding dead-tree series with the same idea, published by Penguin: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/BMH/penguin-parallel-text https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/BMH/penguin-parall... (Possibly other publishers, too, but this is the one I know of.)
You get the same collection of short stories in two languages (one always being English) on facing pages. One important difference these books have with that website is that (I believe) in all cases, it's the English that's the translation. This is, I think, best for a native English speaker who's learning the other language. The non-English is not simply correct, but actually idiomatic. Any deficiencies in the English are easy to gloss over/ignore.
- abecedarius 8y agoI started out restricting myself to original works with English translations, but it turned out the most important quality was that it be fun to read and at the right level for me. This was easier to find with translations of English books for children/teens that I knew were fun, like Harry Potter and Roald Dahl. Someone further along can shift their mix back.