Re:Ghana will no longer sell cocoa to Switzerland
by elmomle on Friday March 19, 2021 @07:16PM
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That's ostensibly for the translator (of course it's more for the publisher). You can get (typically Edwardian-era or earlier) public domain translations, or the original Latin, for free in lots of places.
Re:Ghana will no longer sell cocoa to Switzerland
by Andrew_nenakhov on Saturday March 20, 2021 @04:56AM
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I read it in russian, and I specially checked that russian translator died almost a hundred years ago.
Re:Ghana will no longer sell cocoa to Switzerland
by elmomle on Sunday March 21, 2021 @09:15PM
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Ah, yes that was rather Anglocentric of me, apologies. And that's a lousy situation--any idea why that's the case?
Re:Ghana will no longer sell cocoa to Switzerland
by madeofmeat on Friday March 19, 2021 @08:55PM
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They have a public domain English translation free at gutenberg.org
Just recently had a bit of a good laugh about this. I decided to read Caesar's notes on Gallic wars, and downloaded some random .fb2
It turned out to be a preview fragment, which ended with a stern warning that it is illegal to break copyright laws and that this book can be legally purchased via provided link. I'm sure Gaius Julius is very happy with how these guys protect his interests.