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> Granted, I read the Portuguese translations so there might be differences in the “writing style”. I'm certain that translation could only improve the books;
by jgwil2 2y ago
> Granted, I read the Portuguese translations so there might be differences in the “writing style”.
I'm certain that translation could only improve the books; the English writing is quite poor.
- willangelo 2y agoIf the English writing is as bad as people say, I definitely agree
- acuozzo 2y ago> the English writing is quite poor It's conversational. It reads as if it were dictated and published sans editing. This is what most readers want, it seems. Honestly, this doesn't bother me. I can't imagine the oral tradition our species has enjoyed since time immemorial to be any more eloquent.
- devilbunny 2y ago> to be any more eloquent It usually is, though probably more for making it memorizable without major error than any other reason. Rhyme styles of oral traditions don't look too much like our penchant for rhyming the last vowel of sentences.