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Does this book have a lot of unexplained non-English (spanish?) words or am I reading a bad version?
Aditya Tawde I'm glad that there were no 'in the bracket' translation. It might have totally lost the original essence and been a distraction.
I'm from India. It t…moreI'm glad that there were no 'in the bracket' translation. It might have totally lost the original essence and been a distraction.
I'm from India. It took me some while to understand those words, but it did not obstruct the flow of my reading. Also, prior experience with US shows and Latin Telenovelas made it click when I heard 'Mija', 'Dio' 'Negra Bella' etc. (less)
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