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[Closed] Added Books/Editions > need help combining foreign language editions of two books please:

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message 1: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Vegan (lisavegan) | 2400 comments So these two books can be combined with the other editions:

Well, I just tried with a translator to translate (German? to English) unsuccessfully with these two books:

Ein einziger Blick

Das Bootshaus unten am Fluss

Either there's another Michelle Richmond author who writes in German or the translations I got did not make sense.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.


message 2: by Cait (new)

Cait (tigercait) | 4988 comments Oh, a straight-up title translation is useful maybe half of the time! But WorldCat has the original title on the first one and the author's website had the second one, so I combined them for you.


message 3: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Vegan (lisavegan) | 2400 comments Thank you Cait! Apparently my brain is on one of its many mini vacations. ;-)


message 4: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Title translation is an art!

(Sometimes, a really WEIRD one.)


message 5: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Vegan (lisavegan) | 2400 comments Weird indeed Rivka, as I found out with these two books. It always makes me wonder about entire book translations as well, although I will continue to read them.


message 6: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
No translation is identical to the original, and some are better than others. But since I can't easily read anything longer than a few pages in any language but English, I think I'm stuck. ;)


message 7: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Vegan (lisavegan) | 2400 comments Same here re being stuck. I'd rather read less than ideal translations than be confined to reading books originally written in English.


message 8: by Kathrynn (last edited May 20, 2009 08:24AM) (new)

Kathrynn | 187 comments Could someone fluent in other languages combine this author's books. Sure do thank you!


message 9: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Looks like Spanish and German are the issues.


message 10: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Oh, that looks nice and neat! :) Thanks, Aldawen.


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