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The Stranger (The Labyrinths of Echo, #1)
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Hmm. Has anyone out there read this in the original Russian? Or any language other than English?
I really hated the way it was written, but I think that might be the fault of the translator.
The story itself was actually kind of charming, in a Gilbert and Sullivan Meet Sam Spade in Oz kind of way.
I really hated the way it was written, but I think that might be the fault of the translator.
The story itself was actually kind of charming, in a Gilbert and Sullivan Meet Sam Spade in Oz kind of way.
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I'm really glad to hear that! I felt like the bones of the story were actually good, but the translator used all these really tired cliches that just ruined the whole effect. Maybe they'll get someone else for the next one.
It was the same with Harry Potter translation into russian. Retribution and justness, maybe. 
I think, if the translator doesn't know that russian letter "x" sounds like "h" and transripts it like eng "x", the hole translation can't be good. =(