tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332356.post5633787221909256965..comments2024-02-23T09:57:39.102+01:00Comments on Leftbanker: ¡Hasta La Victoria...Nunca!leftbankerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13990365189051313153noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332356.post-92149082825648899572011-08-05T19:28:01.128+02:002011-08-05T19:28:01.128+02:00I recommend Paco Ibanez singing the poems of Lorca...I recommend Paco Ibanez singing the poems of Lorca, Gongora, Neruda, Jimenez, Hernandez and so on. Great words, great rhythm! (I'm struggling too, and I can't even speak "football")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332356.post-82483713747227375292011-08-02T08:34:50.343+02:002011-08-02T08:34:50.343+02:00I usually alternate between originals and translat...I usually alternate between originals and translations. It's not like translations are horrible inept and ungrammatical, and I think that I've already learned Spanish, at least a great deal. I'm reading a translation of The Bonfire of the Vanities*, not El Patito Feo.<br /><br />My next book will be Don Quijote, no shit. This has always been my goal in Spanish. Wish me luck.<br /><br />*If you haven't read this book yet you should get on it soon. I think it's the best American novel. Period.leftbankerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13990365189051313153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332356.post-15091848055159871002011-08-01T11:00:00.317+02:002011-08-01T11:00:00.317+02:00I'm not sure I'd try learning Spanish thro...I'm not sure I'd try learning Spanish through translations of Engilsh novels. Unless you're absolutely sure of the quality. I've seen a lot of chapuzas, even in novels by famous writers by Hemingway, etc.Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332356.post-23933677276822281312011-07-31T20:57:07.359+02:002011-07-31T20:57:07.359+02:00We used to have language laboratories at school. Y...We used to have language laboratories at school. You would record yourself and then hear yourself through earphones. It helped tighten up my French accent at least. Another thing - write some stories for local Spanish magazines - tell them to fix as necessary (!).Lenoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12933569673776013122noreply@blogger.com