Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Translation quality

Amazon is obviously a great place to find any books.  More importantly, I've discovered that Amazon customer reviews of children's books in Spanish offer helpful comments about the quality of the translation.  For example, I learned that "Green Eggs and Ham" had a really great translation, so I got it.  It's not quite as great as the original, but the translation does manage to convey the spirit and keep most of the rhymes, which is quite a challenge!  Sam I Am is Juan Ramon, as in "No me gustan los huevos verdes con jamon.  No me gustan nada, Juan Ramon!"

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