Twilight books in different languages
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Re: Twilight books in different languages
well one of my little habits is when i'm in a foreign country, i buy a book in that language. so i now have a Twilight in French, spanish and the host in italien. i would LOVE if they made twilight in Irish (they did for HP and Eoin Colfer books)
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Re: Twilight books in different languages
I considered, for a moment, getting them in swedish since bookstores around here don't really have a wide choice of english literature in stock...
After seeing how they had translated the titles I turned to the net and ordered the english ones from there...
Twilight -> "if I could dream"
New moon -> "when I hear your voice"
Eclipse -> "the sound of your heart"
Since I adore the way SM write, I'm not gonna bother whit the translations anymore, seeing these titles just make me believe it would ruin my twilight experience
After seeing how they had translated the titles I turned to the net and ordered the english ones from there...
Twilight -> "if I could dream"
New moon -> "when I hear your voice"
Eclipse -> "the sound of your heart"
Since I adore the way SM write, I'm not gonna bother whit the translations anymore, seeing these titles just make me believe it would ruin my twilight experience
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I wanted to start doing that when I was in Nice this September, but then I thought: I'm never ever going to read it in French, so I decided not to buy Twilight in French.epona wrote:well one of my little habits is when i'm in a foreign country, i buy a book in that language. so i now have a Twilight in French, spanish and the host in italien.
I do love the French titles though:
Twilight > Fascination
New Moon > Temptetion
Eclipse > Hesitation
Breaking Dawn > Revelation
Only Temptation doesn't really fit in my eyes :S
I've read all the books in English, which is a different language for me. I've only read Twilight in Dutch. One liners like humor me and do I dazzle you? are hard to translate, but I love the Dutch cover art with its bright colors and a subtitle.
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I have all for books in English (my native language would be German). I didn't buy the books in German (and I'm not planning on doing it in the future) because I prefer books in the original language. Even the trailer is horrible in German.... It simply sounds wrong.
The translations of the titles are a bit strange:
Twilight > Bis(s) zum Morgengrauen (rough translation: until dawn)
New Moon > Bis(s) zur Mittagsstunde (until noon)
Eclipse > Bis(s) zum Abendrot (until sunset)
Breaking Dawn > Bis(s) zum Ende der Nacht (unitl the end of night)
The part "Bis(s)" is a kind of pun since the German words for "until" (bis) and "bite" (Biss) are similar.
The translations of the titles are a bit strange:
Twilight > Bis(s) zum Morgengrauen (rough translation: until dawn)
New Moon > Bis(s) zur Mittagsstunde (until noon)
Eclipse > Bis(s) zum Abendrot (until sunset)
Breaking Dawn > Bis(s) zum Ende der Nacht (unitl the end of night)
The part "Bis(s)" is a kind of pun since the German words for "until" (bis) and "bite" (Biss) are similar.
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^ I heard about that, playing with the words bis und Biss. I think it's really cool.
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At the moment I am pondering about buying the books in dutch. But I'm not sure yet, I read them all in english. And I don't want to break the magic in reading them in my own language, if that makes sense.
Only Twilight (they kept Twilight as the title in dutch, to keep the reconisation I think) and New Moon (Nieuwe Maan) are out in dutch. Eclipse (Eclips) is being released november 12th.
Reading them in dutch would give me a bit of the feeling I am reading a new book, and it would lenghten the Twilight sage experience cause I would still have the release of the Breaking Dawn translation to look forward too.
Hmm, hard dicisions.
Only Twilight (they kept Twilight as the title in dutch, to keep the reconisation I think) and New Moon (Nieuwe Maan) are out in dutch. Eclipse (Eclips) is being released november 12th.
Reading them in dutch would give me a bit of the feeling I am reading a new book, and it would lenghten the Twilight sage experience cause I would still have the release of the Breaking Dawn translation to look forward too.
Hmm, hard dicisions.
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I think they should have the new moon and eclipse translations switched over. New moon, mostly is hesitation and Eclipse more Temptation according to me.crashing_waves wrote:
I do love the French titles though:
Twilight > Fascination
New Moon > Temptetion
Eclipse > Hesitation
Breaking Dawn > Revelation
Only Temptation doesn't really fit in my eyes :S
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I plan on buying the Japanese version of the "Twilight" series. I fell in love with the pictures and now I want the whole thing, but what good is it if you can't read Japanese?! >.<
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I guess I better start learning Japanese.
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I guess I better start learning Japanese.
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Re: Twilight books in different languages
I really wish I could find cheaper versions of the books in French. I really want them, but at the moment, they are a little too pricey for me.
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I have 2 books in Slovak (my motherlanguage)
Twilight - Súmrak
New Moon - Nov
and now I ordered rest in English , hope it'll come soon. I'd like to have japanese version too, because of illustration. They're very nice ^-^
Twilight - Súmrak
New Moon - Nov
and now I ordered rest in English , hope it'll come soon. I'd like to have japanese version too, because of illustration. They're very nice ^-^