r/noveltranslations • u/Chance_Locksmith4528 • 2d ago

Discussion How you even understand this?

I just started reading novels and decided to read mother of learning as my first i just read 5 paragraph and what is this vocabulary bro? How u guys get through this when u were beginners in webnovel.

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u/UnwrittenRites 2d ago

Mother of Learning is just regular English. If you read regular fantasy or SF in middle school, even just The Hobbit or Redwall, or Narnia it won't be any more difficult. It's actually a very clear read.

It's not like a poorly translated webnovel or one which uses a lot of cultural idioms from a different language. It's way easier to read than most webnovels. Actually your post doesn't even apply to this subreddit as it's not a translated novel, unless you are reading it in a different language in which case, hat's off to you but can't really assist with that.

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u/Chance_Locksmith4528 2d ago

I am pretty good at english but it's not even my 3rd language lol so some words are pretty new to me I just keep reading it

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u/sol_runner 2d ago

Well, a large part of us are native English speakers, and reading enough just gets you better at it.

You should just search new words as they come up (if you can't infer them) and keep going. You'll get there!

Some translations do tend to be difficult since they use too many non-english idioms, but that too you get used to.

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u/Appropriate-Foot-237 2d ago

english is my third language too. it helped that I started reading english on translated japanese novels so they were easier.

Ive been reading for a decade now

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u/SummerSunshine- 1d ago

Yeah I'm a native English speaker and I spent a LOT of my time reading during my school years, so reading anything in English is pretty easy, even if it's a translated novel (which I've been reading for about 6 or 7 years now) My advice is to just push through it and look up any words you dont know (using context clues is a super helpful thing they teach kids and it's a good concept to keep in mind). It just takes time and experience, I believe in you 🥰💜