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Re:Ask HN: What was the one book that you read and it actual... by svat on Thursday September 13, 2018 @11:34PM (#17984504)
I haven't read Siddhartha, and expect I won't like it, but perhaps the Sanskrit idioms translate better into German? (https://shreevatsa.wordpress.com/2014/07/01/sanskrit-and-ger...) Did you read the book in German? Or if not, which translation (Wikipedia lists at least six: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siddhartha_(novel...)?
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Re:Ask HN: What was the one book that you read and it actual... by unmole on Friday September 14, 2018 @12:53AM (#17984758)
I read the Hilda Rosner's 1951 English translation. Maybe I'll give one of the newer translations a try.
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