Joanna Zgadzaj & Nancy Roberts from Stork Press ask: 'What is the problem with books in translation? Is it really true that readers do not want to read translations? And where does this attitude come from? When we talked to a number of booksellers we were told people who buy books don't care if it's a translated title or not, just whether it has a good story...'
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4 March 2013
"I am wary of translations", comments one reader on the booklovers' website Goodreads, which begs the question: what is the problem with books in translation? Is it really true that readers do not want to read translations? And where does this attitude come from? When we talked to a number of booksellers we were told people who buy books don't care if it's a translated title or not, just whether it has a good story.