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Old 28-Aug-2008, 07:31
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Default Re: Umberto Eco

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Originally Posted by fausto View Post
And Queneau is not easy to translate, I would guess.

But this particular bit must be one of the most frequently translated books in the universe, everybody has a try at it. While doing linguistics I mus have read parts of at least twenty different translations into German and English each. That makes translating it somewhat easier...
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