{"id":63302,"date":"2025-06-11T08:01:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/do-you-prefer-to-read-in-the-original-language-copy-or-translated-to-your-language\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T08:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:01:43","slug":"do-you-prefer-to-read-in-the-original-language-copy-or-translated-to-your-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/do-you-prefer-to-read-in-the-original-language-copy-or-translated-to-your-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you prefer to read in the original language copy or translated to your language"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Hebe N.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I\u2019ve been using English for such a long time in my daily life now, I find it hard to \u2018get into\u2019 books written in my own language (Dutch). It\u2019s a pity though, and something that I plan to remedy at some point again. How about you?<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-1248158343\"><div id=\"thefa-2509240945\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Take control of your life<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/start.thefabulous.co\/onboarding\/fabulous-initial?utm_source=community-qa&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=afterfirstquestionoranswer-purple-achievegoals\" class=\"banner-cta red w-inline-block\">\r\n<div>Start today<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Rene Z.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I prefer to read books in translation. This way I get more impressions from what I read. I associate reading in the original with the educational aspect rather than with enjoying literature, so I do it rarely. In addition, the language of some writers is full of rarely used or completely unfamiliar words, the search of the meaning of which can kill the very desire to read.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hebe N. I\u2019ve been using English for such a long time in my daily life now, I find it hard to \u2018get into\u2019 books written in my own language (Dutch). It\u2019s a pity though, and something that I plan to remedy at some point again. How about you? Rene Z. I prefer to read books in translation. 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