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Translated texts or novels aren’t as “hyped”, as kids in our generation would say, compared to the usual English novels. This may be due to the fact that translated texts were never seen or put out in the society as the type of books people should read or be focusing on. If you look it up, translated novels aren’t given much recognition compared to other types of novels despite the number of amazing reviews and comments on some of them. Truth is, some people would prefer reading books they know they can relate to instead of books that would open up a new world and a new perspective on things they’ve never experienced which translated books does. In the article I read of Claudia Roth published in the New Yorker, translated books give a deeper insight as to what the people from the setting are experiencing which media chooses to ignore. Newspapers, news reports, tv ads, billboards, etc. do nothing but inform us about the situations and sometimes the information they put out are biased ba