I talked to some German guy on my course a couple days ago who claimed to have read the complete works of Shakespeare. I asked him what his favourite play was, he answered “Hamlet, of course,” and then intoned “Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage”.

>>24559153 (OP)
Why does it sound better in German?

>>24559153 (OP)
Crazy how this happened a couple days ago despite that we have this exact thread down to the quotation every few weeks

>>24559320
it actives the Kantian neurons

>>24559153 (OP)
Jawoll.

>>24559153 (OP)
>reposting an old thread that got a lot of replies to try to farm (You)s
Despicable.

>>24559153 (OP)
>Greatest writer in the English language is infinitely improved by translation
Oh no no no
How is the French?

>>24559320
because it's the original
>>24559328
hehe

Shakespeare is not for "reading".
They are scripts for live shows.

>>24559529
feil.