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[Worthy4England]

When reading a Spanish novel do you translate it as you go, or do you go word-by-word and read it at a much slower pace?

DISCLAIMER - NOT AN INSULT OR ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING, JUST AN HONEST QUESTION WITH NO ULTERIOR MOTIVE SO NO NEED TO GET A PADDY ON

It isn't easy, in fact, in El Coronel it was damned hard work.

Think I've managed El Coronel ok translating as I go.

I read passages and try for the general meaning (in which key words are a big help.) If I have it, I carry on, but then again there are certain unfamiliar words you come across that make you curious.
Dictionary time then. Word order isn't as important in Spanish as it is in English. I have a two inch thick copy of Don Quixote in Spanish. (I gave up) I just didn't have that sort of time available.

Tango - I only managed the words in the title - not the whole bloo*y book!

[TANGODANCER]

When reading a Spanish novel do you translate it as you go, or do you go word-by-word and read it at a much slower pace?

DISCLAIMER - NOT AN INSULT OR ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING, JUST AN HONEST QUESTION WITH NO ULTERIOR MOTIVE SO NO NEED TO GET A PADDY ON

It isn't easy, in fact, in El Coronel it was damned hard work.

Think I've managed El Coronel ok translating as I go.

I read passages and try for the general meaning (in which key words are a big help.) If I have it, I carry on, but then again there are certain unfamiliar words you come across that make you curious.
Dictionary time then. Word order isn't as important in Spanish as it is in English. I have a two inch thick copy of Don Quixote in Spanish. (I gave up) I just didn't have that sort of time available.

Tango - I only managed the words in the title - not the whole bloo*y book!