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The translation is really bad. The very first paragraph is practically nonsensical. There are several sentences that are either badly wrong or maybe russian idi
by ccppurcell 2y ago
The translation is really bad. The very first paragraph is practically nonsensical. There are several sentences that are either badly wrong or maybe russian idioms translated directly. Machine translation is ok for a rough idea but it's not good enough to put out in the world and call a translation.
- apetresc 2y agoYou're right that the first paragraph is bad - but it's uncharacteristically bad. Maybe the translator/editor was still warming up his workflow at the start and never went back to revise it for some reason. I think you'll find the bulk of the book to be much better. At the very least, the English prose itself flows beautifully. And clearly the typesetting and restoration of the illustrations are truly top-notch. The first few pages are really an aberration. Considering the project is open source at https://gitlab.com/mirtitles/perelman-geometry https://gitlab.com/mirtitles/perelman-geometry, I'm tempted by the obviously-high level of effort to help patch up a lot of these problems in the early chapters.
- the-mitr 2y agoTranslator-typesetter here, yes you are right, I was to revisit the intial few pages and was "warming up" this was one of my first attempt. Will do so in the upcoming revision