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>Yeah, no. Usually good books get translated, period. Great books certainly get translated in every direction. But for merely good books, I wouldn't be surpris
by edmccard 12y ago
>Yeah, no. Usually good books get translated, period.
Great books certainly get translated in every direction. But for merely good books, I wouldn't be surprised if readers outside the US consumed more books translated from English than readers in the US consume books translated from other languages.
- LBarret 12y agoQuite americano-centric, no ? Considering that the average reader reads more in Europe than in the US and that there is a very dynamic domestic industry in many of these countries, I would say the opposite. And I didn't even take India and China into account... source: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nop-world-culture-scoretm-index-examines-global-media-habits-uncovers-whos-tuning-in-logging-on-and-hitting-the-books-54693752.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nop-world-culture-sc...
- jules 12y agoWhy? I don't think so for the simple reason that academic books in English usually aren't translated because people in countries outside of the US can read English. Even academic books that do not have any native English speaking authors are usually written in English. Books are more likely to be translated to English than from English, because translating to English multiplies the size of the audience many times, whereas the other way around does not.