…couldn't put down. Life of Pi by Yann Martel - loved the main story of the book, the controversial ending didn't bother me too much because I don't feel like it takes away from the story at all. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson - cheap fun and suspenseful The Road by Cormac McCarthy - I don't think much needs to be said about this book White Tiger by Aravind Adiga - extremely…
……书单的品味也更好。斯蒂芬·金的最爱：A. M. Homes 的《This Book Will Save Your Life》、伊恩·麦克尤恩的《星期六》、Christopher Lehmann-Haupt 的《The Mad Cook of Pymatuning: A Novel》、斯蒂格·拉森的《龙纹身的女孩》、Stef Penney 的《狼的温柔》、凯特·阿特金森的《何时会有好消息？》。J.K. 罗琳的最爱：多萝西·L·塞耶斯的《五条红鲱鱼》、我捕获……
…have better taste on their choice too. Stephen King's Favorite: This Book Will Save Your Life by A. M. Homes Saturday by Ian McEwan The Mad Cook of Pymatuning: A Novel by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel by Stef Penney When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel by Kate Atkinson J.K. Rowling's Favorite: The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers I Capture…
I remember reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and thinking it was like reading an IKEA catalog thanks to all the Scandinavian names. And then there was a scene (in the second book, IIRC), where there literally is a listing of products from the IKEA…
…there are better tests you could do. Ideally, you would choose a book that was published recently—after the model’s cut-off date—which is considered to be a good translation. But even something like The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, which is not particularly new and by no means obscure, would be better than a famous work of literature like The Three Musketeers that has many translations.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) was an absolute shitfest. The critics gave it rave reviews. So was the book, and the critics gave that rave reviews. I'm not sure how critical opinion shapes my evaluation of a film. (My…
Pax 是另一个违反了楼下某人指出的那条规则的例子。另外 Malm 是个姓氏，也是违反规则的（《龙纹身的女孩》里有个角色如果我没记错的话叫 Stefan Malm）。我记得当年跟我前妻一起看这套书，她说感觉像在翻宜家目录。我还以为她是指那些角色名和地名，……
Pax is another one that violates the rule that someone pointed out lower. Also Malm is a surname which is another violation of the rule (one of the characters in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was named, if I recall correctly, Stefan Malm). I remember reading the books with my then-wife and she said it was like reading an IKEA catalog. I thought she was referring to the character/place names,…
……根本停不下来。扬·马特尔的《少年Pi的奇幻漂流》——很喜欢书里的主线故事，那个有争议的结局倒没怎么劝退我，因为我觉得它完全没有削弱故事的精彩程度。斯蒂格·拉森的《龙纹身的女孩》和《玩火的女孩》——纯粹的爆米花爽书，悬念拉满。科马克·麦卡锡的《路》——我觉得这本不用多说什么了。阿尔温德·阿迪加的《白虎》——极其……
…couldn't put down. Life of Pi by Yann Martel - loved the main story of the book, the controversial ending didn't bother me too much because I don't feel like it takes away from the story at all. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson - cheap fun and suspenseful The Road by Cormac McCarthy - I don't think much needs to be said about this book White Tiger by Aravind Adiga - extremely…
……书单的品味也更好。斯蒂芬·金的最爱：A. M. Homes 的《This Book Will Save Your Life》、伊恩·麦克尤恩的《星期六》、Christopher Lehmann-Haupt 的《The Mad Cook of Pymatuning: A Novel》、斯蒂格·拉森的《龙纹身的女孩》、Stef Penney 的《狼的温柔》、凯特·阿特金森的《何时会有好消息？》。J.K. 罗琳的最爱：多萝西·L·塞耶斯的《五条红鲱鱼》、我捕获……
…have better taste on their choice too. Stephen King's Favorite: This Book Will Save Your Life by A. M. Homes Saturday by Ian McEwan The Mad Cook of Pymatuning: A Novel by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel by Stef Penney When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel by Kate Atkinson J.K. Rowling's Favorite: The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers I Capture…
我记得看《龙纹身的女孩》时就觉得，满眼都是斯堪的纳维亚名字，看书看得像在翻宜家产品目录。然后有一幕（如果我没记错的话是在第二部里），居然真的直接列了一串宜家的……
I remember reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and thinking it was like reading an IKEA catalog thanks to all the Scandinavian names. And then there was a scene (in the second book, IIRC), where there literally is a listing of products from the IKEA…
……其实有更好的测试方式。最理想的做法是挑一本最近刚出版的——也就是在模型数据 cut-off 之后的——而且公认翻译质量上乘的书。但退一步讲，哪怕选像《龙纹身的女孩》这种算不上特别新但也绝非冷门的作品，也比拿《三个火枪手》这种有一万个译本的传世名著要好。
…there are better tests you could do. Ideally, you would choose a book that was published recently—after the model’s cut-off date—which is considered to be a good translation. But even something like The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, which is not particularly new and by no means obscure, would be better than a famous work of literature like The Three Musketeers that has many translations.
电影版《龙纹身的女孩》（2011年版）简直就是一坨狗屎。可影评人却捧上了天。原著也是一样，书很烂，影评人还是一顿狂吹。我真不知道影评界的声音到底是怎么影响我对一部电影的评价的。（我的……
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) was an absolute shitfest. The critics gave it rave reviews. So was the book, and the critics gave that rave reviews. I'm not sure how critical opinion shapes my evaluation of a film. (My…
Pax 是另一个违反了楼下某人指出的那条规则的例子。另外 Malm 是个姓氏，也是违反规则的（《龙纹身的女孩》里有个角色如果我没记错的话叫 Stefan Malm）。我记得当年跟我前妻一起看这套书，她说感觉像在翻宜家目录。我还以为她是指那些角色名和地名，……
Pax is another one that violates the rule that someone pointed out lower. Also Malm is a surname which is another violation of the rule (one of the characters in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was named, if I recall correctly, Stefan Malm). I remember reading the books with my then-wife and she said it was like reading an IKEA catalog. I thought she was referring to the character/place names,…