/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.18444586]

>there are thousands of amazing books that you'll never read because they will never be translated to your language

[Anonymous No.18444589]

you will read them in Heaven bro.

[Anonymous No.18444601]

>>18444586
If its any consolation some of the greatest writers like Homer never read Dante either. So consider yourself lucky.

[Anonymous No.18444635]

Post examples of that.

[Anonymous No.18444636]

>>18444601
maybe they read some masterpieces that are now lost, so it evens out

[Anonymous No.18444640]

Here are some for you to start:

https://theuntranslated.wordpress.com/

[Anonymous No.18444655]

Hmm that sucks assuming you're ESL
Sometimes I get sad that a text I want to read isn't translated in English but it's usually just obscure religious documents so it's not essential to me
I feel more sad about the works of literature that we've lost, would love to read the 52 chapter Zhuangzi

[Anonymous No.18444666]

>>18444636
>Only seven of his [Aeschylus] estimated seventy to ninety plays have survived.

[Anonymous No.18444680]

>>18444586
>there are thousands of old amazing books that are being sold into private collections never to see the light of day again
This is my main concern, the untranslated books can always be translated eventually. I routinely browse through book auctions and I find lots of interesting snippets of history in those lots - now long forgotten, not a single trace of them online

[Anonymous No.18444746]

what is the problem to learn 2-3 languages?

[Anonymous No.18444762]

And?

[Anonymous No.18444834]

>>18444601
Did you mean the reverse? Dante didn't read Homer.

[Anonymous No.18444844]

>there are thousands of amazing books that you'll never read because you're still reading infinite jest