About translations...

DairyPirate · Post by **DairyPirate** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:29 pm

Are there any German translations of the Recluce series, and if so, where could I order them?

lmodesitt · Post by **lmodesitt** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:51 pm

Heyne translated the first 11 books into 14 volumes. Many are available on Amazon, but the prices are truly outrageous. Because I'm not a German speaker, I can't honestly say whether there are German sources that would be better and cheaper.

L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

DairyPirate · Post by **DairyPirate** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:55 am

I just looked at the prices... That's not an amount I'd be willing to spend. I guess I'll be sticking with English only, then.

tollbaby · Post by **tollbaby** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:51 am

DairyPirate, you can likely get a local bookseller to give you a quote for ordering them. That way, if you still feel that it's too expensive, you're not under any obligation

DairyPirate · Post by **DairyPirate** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:02 pm

I might just do that.

marcyb · Post by **marcyb** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 4:24 am

I'm a german native speaker, but I much prefer the english books. Not only do they split some books into two volumes (see the post of Mr Modesitt!), which increases the cost further, but comparing german and english versions of one book (gravity dreams) I realized that the translator just skipped whole sentences where translation would have been difficult. I could not translate them properly either, but I know what they mean and mostly those are the sentences that make me smile.
So I strongly recommend reading the english books instead of the german ones. For me reading the englich books serves two purposes. First I can enjoy the original wordplay which suffers greatly by translation (especially the dialogues!). Second it is the most enjoyable way to improve my english.

DairyPirate · Post by **DairyPirate** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:14 am

The reason why I was actually interested in purchasing the translations was to improve my German, but as I see it's probably not worth the price, I won't bother. I'll check out a few other favorite books.

marcyb · Post by **marcyb** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:38 am

To improve your German, you might try a German Writer. My proposal would be Wolfgang Hohlbein. I don't like all his books, but "Wolfsherz" or "Dunkel" are definitely good reads.

Emperor · Post by **Emperor** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:47 am

I want to learn German, but apart from that I'm glad the books are available in English, I sometimes have to reread parts a few times just to get it, and English is my first language lol