That's one of the many things I love about Derek Raymond's factory
books--it's not filled with slang, and the little that's there can be
figured out easily enough. There are several British crime writers now
whose work is clearly well-written, and I'd probably enjoy, but it
takes too much effort to translate/figure out the slang.
--Dave
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> Mario,
>
> I can corroborate the subtitling on BBC America. A friend was watching
> the British original of a new US show (Life on Mars? Eleventh Hour?
> forget which) and it was subtitled. On a related note, Mad Max was
> completely redubbed for its intial US release.
>
> I find myself accosting people with British accents to translate slang
> when I'm reading a English books, even more with Scottish ones,
> especially with Irvine Welch and/or James Kelman, but I usually get the
> overall meaning.
>
> Mark
>
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