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Considering this is a list of books written in English, the language descended from Anglo-Saxon, what did you expect them to do? Include foreign books that their English readers can't read?

(And no, just because a non-English book is great and worth reading does not automatically confer that same status onto an English translation based upon that book.)




> what did you expect them to do? Include foreign books that their English readers can't read?

I've spotted few translated books in this list, so I don't see why this is a problem.

>And no, just because a non-English book is great and worth reading does not automatically confer that same status onto an English translation based upon that book.

I disagree, I think good translations are pretty much transparent. Substance matters more.




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