Japanese level of the novels ?

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Danodare
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Japanese level of the novels ?

Post by Danodare »

Hello,

what exactly is the literary level of the 12k novels ? Would a motivated student with a good dictionary find it unreadable ? I know about 1000 kanji very well and a lot more not very well.

Thanks in advance,
-Danodare
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MegaDuck
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Post by MegaDuck »

Ok i do not know the answer to your question but i think i know someone who does. Go to this site,

http://people.cornell.edu/pages/kf49/Tw ... s/menu.htm

This is the site of a guy who is translating the novels into english. Either E-mail him or post a message on the foram and he will know how complicated the novels are.
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Orlha
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Post by Orlha »

u can't read it with only the knowledge of a 1000 kanji words.. On the average, a daily eng book you read everyday of the same level as the 12k novel will contain at last 3000+ different words
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