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Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Safety Biscuits posted:

Definitely seconding Tintin and Astérix, comics are great for language learning.

Asterix also has a lot of French wordplay that might help too

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WatermelonGun: May 7, 2009

Make sure to read Tintin in the Congo

# ? May 1, 2017 19:33

Rolo: Nov 16, 2005; Hmm, what have we here?

Is that one of the super duper racist ones?

# ? May 1, 2017 20:57

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Rolo posted:

Is that one of the super duper racist ones?

if racism were a rain drop, Tintin in the Congo would be the sea

# ? May 1, 2017 21:04

Tree Goat: May 24, 2009; argania spinosa

Mel Mudkiper posted:

Asterix also has a lot of French wordplay that might help too

they put out a weird american retranslation of asterix for some reason and the names were just dreadful even compared to the older english ones

panoramix -> UK getafix -> US magigimmix
abraracourcix -> UK vitalstatistix -> US macroeconomix

# ? May 1, 2017 21:19

Shibawanko: Feb 13, 2013

I always thought the English Asterix names were bad because they're French so their names should at least sound French.

# ? May 1, 2017 22:59

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

I imagine translating Asterix in general has to be awful

Its like when I saw a Spanish language performance of an Oscar Wilde play

# ? May 1, 2017 23:08

Eugene V. Dubstep: Oct 4, 2013; Can't post for 8 years!

Mel Mudkiper posted:

I imagine translating Asterix in general has to be awful

Its like when I saw a Spanish language performance of an Oscar Wilde play

Jesus. It's hard enough to get them right in English.

# ? May 1, 2017 23:25

Solitair: Feb 18, 2014; TODAY'S GONNA BE A GOOD MOTHERFUCKIN' DAY!!!

Tree Goat posted:

they put out a weird american retranslation of asterix for some reason and the names were just dreadful even compared to the older english ones

panoramix -> UK getafix -> US magigimmix
abraracourcix -> UK vitalstatistix -> US macroeconomix

I loathe those new names, but I'm perfectly fine with the UK ones. This might be because I grew up with that edition of select Asterix books, but I think the old names fit in well with the series' overall sense of humor.

# ? May 1, 2017 23:31

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

at the date posted:

Jesus. It's hard enough to get them right in English.

Spanish Shakespeare was also a hoot

Ser o no ser. Que un problema!

# ? May 1, 2017 23:32

WatermelonGun: May 7, 2009

I saw Avenue Q in Spanish. It was still stupid.

# ? May 1, 2017 23:45

Tree Goat: May 24, 2009; argania spinosa

Solitair posted:

I loathe those new names, but I'm perfectly fine with the UK ones. This might be because I grew up with that edition of select Asterix books, but I think the old names fit in well with the series' overall sense of humor.

the UK names are generally good. i always thought id�fix -> dogmatix was clever

# ? May 2, 2017 01:06

Shibawanko: Feb 13, 2013

I always liked Abraracourcix, which was the chief's name in the Dutch translation, same as in French. It sounded like a plausible gallic chief's name. Then they had to retranslate it and it became Heroix which sounds dumb.

But not as weird as the fact that Marcus Antonius is "Mark Anthony" in English which sounds like a good name for a keeper for Arsenal or something.

# ? May 2, 2017 13:06

BravestOfTheLamps: Oct 12, 2012; by FactsAreUseless; Lipstick Apathy

I think "Ils sont fous ces Romains!" was a line intended to be in Finnish all along.

# ? May 2, 2017 20:16

Peel: Dec 3, 2007

ok who jacked mel's account and is playing a cruel prank

# ? May 2, 2017 20:53

Burning Rain: Jul 17, 2006; What's happening?!?!

that's what reading Vann does to you

# ? May 2, 2017 21:05

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

True pretention lies in having the breadth of knowledge to be extra dismissive

# ? May 2, 2017 21:09

chernobyl kinsman: Mar 18, 2007; a friend of the friendly atom; Soiled Meat

Mel Mudkiper posted:

True pretention lies in having the breadth of knowledge to be extra dismissive

wisdom

# ? May 2, 2017 22:53

A human heart: Oct 10, 2012

Mel Mudkiper posted:

True pretention lies in having the breadth of knowledge to be extra dismissive

That's why I dismiss all your posts without reading them

# ? May 3, 2017 00:50

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

A human heart posted:

That's why I dismiss all your posts without reading them

But you had to read that post to reply snarkily to it.

Checkmate

# ? May 3, 2017 00:55

blue squares: Sep 28, 2007

2666 is poo poo

# ? May 3, 2017 03:55

blue squares: Sep 28, 2007

but I got the new Saunders and Underground Railroad, plus Wolf in the White Van

# ? May 3, 2017 04:29

Cloks: Feb 1, 2013; by Azathoth

blue squares posted:

but I got the new Saunders and Underground Railroad, plus Wolf in the White Van

Wolf in White Van is good but Universal Harvester was everything anyone with a negative opinion of John Darnielle would have expected him to write.

# ? May 3, 2017 04:49

Chamberk: Jan 11, 2004; when there is nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire

New Saunders is still the best book I've read all year.

# ? May 3, 2017 05:14

Officer Sandvich: Feb 14, 2010

Chamberk posted:

New Saunders is still the best book I've read all year.

Please read more books

# ? May 3, 2017 07:56

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

sorry Saunders owns

haters vacate

# ? May 3, 2017 12:29

chernobyl kinsman: Mar 18, 2007; a friend of the friendly atom; Soiled Meat

condolences about your bad opinion, officer sandvich

# ? May 3, 2017 14:10

Burning Rain: Jul 17, 2006; What's happening?!?!

Saunders is ok
hth

# ? May 3, 2017 14:21

Mr. Squishy: Mar 22, 2010; A country where you can always get richer.

Is it something in liking Saunders that makes Mel say "Haters vacate" or vice versa, or are the two unrelated. In any case, best not take the risk

# ? May 3, 2017 14:22

chernobyl kinsman: Mar 18, 2007; a friend of the friendly atom; Soiled Meat

saunders gets a shout-out in this article about the development of psychological internality in fiction and its correlation with social intelligence

# ? May 3, 2017 20:10

Xeom: Mar 16, 2007

I finished John Ciardi's translation of the Inferno and Purgatorio earlier this year, and It's really helped my understanding and appreciation of literature. If you are just starting out, as I am, I really can't recommend it enough. I read 'The Vegetarian' after finishing Purgatorio, and I don't think I would have enjoyed it half as much if I had not read Ciardi's translations first.

Please do get yourself a copy if you haven't already.

# ? May 6, 2017 16:25

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Xeom posted:

I finished John Ciardi's translation of the Inferno and Purgatorio earlier this year, and It's really helped my understanding and appreciation of literature. If you are just starting out, as I am, I really can't recommend it enough. I read 'The Vegetarian' after finishing Purgatorio, and I don't think I would have enjoyed it half as much if I had not read Ciardi's translations first.

Please do get yourself a copy if you haven't already.

That's a weird thing to say but I'm glad you enjoyed Dante

# ? May 6, 2017 22:22