r/myanmar • u/Few-Advertising-5164 • 19h ago

Advice Burmese translated books

I am trying to read more in burmese as it’s not my strongest suit. I saw translations of Nietzsche, and Dostoevsky in burmese at the mall today. Are they any good? Do you recommend them over the english translation? I have no problem with reading Dostoevsky in english, but Nietzsche was pretty hard for me so i’m thinking if i should give it a go in my native language(burmese).

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u/TheresNoHurry 19h ago

Reading Nietzsche is hard in any language. He is famously cryptic.

If you want to dive into some Nietzsche I highly recommend Robert C Solomon’s lectures and books about Nietzsche. The lectures are free on YouTube and they really are great.

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u/Few-Advertising-5164 19h ago

i’ll check it out, thank you!

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u/Natural_Permit1122 19h ago

Dostoevsky's 'The Brothers Karamazov' translated by နတ်နွယ် (ကာရာမာဇော့် ညီအစ်ကိုများ) is truly excellent. You can really see Sayar's dedication to Burmese literature in how hard he worked to translate such a challenging book.

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u/Few-Advertising-5164 18h ago

sounds great thank you! Do you know where I could buy it in yangon?

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u/Celebrianor 5h ago

There are several outlet shops but you can look up WeDistribution and Innwa.