spamjwood t1_iyrghee wrote on December 3, 2022 at 4:20 PM

Reply to comment by JoeK76 in How difficult the Witcher series is to read if English isn't my mother language? by [deleted]

I really wish I could read the Polish version unfortunately I don't speak Polish. I forced myself through most of the Witcher books and just gave up halfway through the second from last in the series. It works for some but wasn't working for me and I really do think the translation is to blame. With how many there are out there who recognize this however it seems like someone would go through the work of translating it again instead of just keep republishing the poor translation. Anyone listening at Amazon?

eregis t1_iyrmy5s wrote on December 3, 2022 at 5:03 PM

The problem is, Polish and English are very different languages, so translating between them is difficult. If a master translator made an attempt at re-translating Witcher it would probably improve, but in my opinion... not that much.