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Foreigners Understand Shakespeare Better than English-Speakers

Foreigners Understand Shakespeare Better than English-Speakers

by David Tollen | Sep 6, 2022 | The Early Modern Age, Linguistics & Philology

It’s a sad reality, but English-speakers understand Shakespeare less than anyone else. That’s because foreigners regularly translate the bard’s plays — into German, Spanish, Mandarin, etc. — so they’re free to use language they...
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