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Q&A Words in author's native language?

It used to be common practice in scholarly works and in popular works aimed at educated audiences to quote works in the the language they were written in, at least for major classical and modern Eu...

posted 8y ago by Mark Baker‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2020-01-03T20:41:49Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:47:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:47:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
It used to be common practice in scholarly works and in popular works aimed at educated audiences to quote works in the the language they were written in, at least for major classical and modern European languages. This is not a matter of the author using _their_ native language, however, but of using the original language of the quotation.

This is less common practice today, presumably because Latin, Greek, French, German etc. are far less often taught in schools and far less often required for bachelor's or even advanced degrees. However, examples of it may still exist.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-08-23T03:20:02Z (about 8 years ago)
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