Daniel AJ Sokolov
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Stable anti-fascist. Tech journalist, jurist, squash player. Reporting from North America for https:// social.heise.de/@heiseonline All rights reserved. Searchable PS: It's THE Yukon, cheechako.
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Daniel AJ Sokolov
@newstik@social.heise.de
Stable anti-fascist. Tech journalist, jurist, squash player. Reporting from North America for https:// social.heise.de/@heiseonline All rights reserved. Searchable PS: It's THE Yukon, cheechako.
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Apr 03, 2026
@Rycaut It has been done. But you'd see how widely off the translation is. So it's not in the interest of the publisher. 🙂
Last year, I tried this with one of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry books, reading original and translation side by side. Flight to Arras. (Pilote de guerre).
I was shocked. I couldn't get beyond a couple of pages. I looked for a better or more true-to-the-original translation, but the Foundation Saint-Exupéry has never approved a second translation.
To wit: 1/2
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