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<blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 7254111" data-attributes="member: 46713"><p>That was the book I read to _really_ learn English. It marks the point when I stopped looking up every unknown word and translating every sentence into German in my mind. Instead I started to get the meaning of words and sentences directly, often without being able to actually translate it.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and of course it was the AD&D books that were my original main incentive, the reason I wanted to get better at reading English texts. In 5th grade my DM lent me a binder containing a photocopied PHB and 'Deities & Demigods'. Naturally, he warned me not to look into the latter which only increased my curiosity. I was particularly fascinated by the Mythos chapter detailing several Great Old Ones and their spawn. I think, this was my first contact with Lovecraft's work.</p><p></p><p>My English teacher would later start to wonder about some odd additions to my vocabulary, and Gary Gygax' writing style also rubbed off a bit.</p><p></p><p>It didn't take me long to prefer reading the English original texts whenever possible, which weren't always easy to get back then. Again, this preference was reinforced by the annoyingly bad translations the AD&D books received when they were translated for the German market.</p><p></p><p>Ah, these were truly great times! To discover these unknown worlds, formerly hidden behind a language barrier, for the first time <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jhaelen, post: 7254111, member: 46713"] That was the book I read to _really_ learn English. It marks the point when I stopped looking up every unknown word and translating every sentence into German in my mind. Instead I started to get the meaning of words and sentences directly, often without being able to actually translate it. Oh, and of course it was the AD&D books that were my original main incentive, the reason I wanted to get better at reading English texts. In 5th grade my DM lent me a binder containing a photocopied PHB and 'Deities & Demigods'. Naturally, he warned me not to look into the latter which only increased my curiosity. I was particularly fascinated by the Mythos chapter detailing several Great Old Ones and their spawn. I think, this was my first contact with Lovecraft's work. My English teacher would later start to wonder about some odd additions to my vocabulary, and Gary Gygax' writing style also rubbed off a bit. It didn't take me long to prefer reading the English original texts whenever possible, which weren't always easy to get back then. Again, this preference was reinforced by the annoyingly bad translations the AD&D books received when they were translated for the German market. Ah, these were truly great times! To discover these unknown worlds, formerly hidden behind a language barrier, for the first time :) [/QUOTE]
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