Vanessa Woolley
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I am working on this book (in french), as a far from fluent speaker. Any advice on reading books in a foreign language?
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Elvira Ribacu
Yes, start with another one. This one had too many unknown words even in my native language, I can't imagine how hard it would've been to read it in French.
TheAccidental Reader
Sometimes I get the book in both languages and read one chapter in French, and then again in English. And maybe then, yet again in French. Some books have line by line translations, too---in an interlinear fashion. For example, Le Grand Meaulnes. https://www.amazon.com/Learn-French-G...
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