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Car wrote:Actually, e-reader sales went down again, IIRC, because people prefer tablets as they can do more with them and can be used for more kinds of books (photos, tables, comics are a problem on e-readers, as you mentioned yourself). Of course people who read a lot will prefer e-readers, but most people don't read that much after all.
Prowler wrote:If I ever get a tablet I won't use it to read books on it. The battery runs out as quickly as it runs on an android phone. While an e-reader's battery can last for a long time. I can read for about a couple of hours and the device only loses about 5% of its battery.
Plenty of my classmates study on their tablets. In this case I prefer paper. One thing is reading a novel, but for studying paper comes more in handy to me since it's easier to go to the page I want and highlight its important. information. Not to mention the fact that I don't need to worry about the battery running out.
Honestly, I don't see the need for a tablet so far.
Prowler wrote:Honestly, I don't see the need for a tablet so far.
Car wrote:Prowler wrote:If I ever get a tablet I won't use it to read books on it. The battery runs out as quickly as it runs on an android phone. While an e-reader's battery can last for a long time. I can read for about a couple of hours and the device only loses about 5% of its battery.
Plenty of my classmates study on their tablets. In this case I prefer paper. One thing is reading a novel, but for studying paper comes more in handy to me since it's easier to go to the page I want and highlight its important. information. Not to mention the fact that I don't need to worry about the battery running out.
Honestly, I don't see the need for a tablet so far.
I have an e-reader even though I also have a tablet for the same reasons, but I can see why people who don't read a lot, but prefer e-books (at least in some situations) would use them for it. If you only want to read e-books when you're on holidays, getting an e-reader might not make much sense, but books take up too much space and weight. If you already have or want a tablet anyway, you might as well use it for e-books, too.
I agree, but tablets can be nice when you want to surf the net or watch videos etc. for longer times. My tablet's battery isn't what it used to be, but it still lasts longer than a laptop's and it's smaller, too. There's definitely no need for a tablet, but it's just more convenient in some situations. For games it's nice as well.
Varislintu wrote:Prowler wrote:Honestly, I don't see the need for a tablet so far.
I think with most modern devices, the device creates the need -- after you own it. I didn't need a smart phone until I got one, nor a tablet. I don't have an e-reader because I don't need it -- but I probably would start needing it after getting it.
Well, a laptop was a product that I actually did perceive a need for, and purchased for that reason.
IpseDixit wrote:E-readers are very useful when it comes to reading in a foreign language because you just need to touch the word you don't know to find out its meaning, moreover the words you look up end up in a database that, besides the meaning of the word, also tells you the page and the sentence where you found that word.
Prowler wrote:I already have an android if I feel like gaming or browsing the net outside or at a public building. Plus it fits in my pocket. A tablet would be better for watching movies, I guess. But I doubt it replaces a good laptop. I guess it's a cheap fairly small combo of phone + computer. I suppose it comes in handy for businessmen and the like.
Prowler wrote:That's where tablets are a big advantage over androids.
Varislintu wrote:As an adult, I bought a bilingual Hungarian Folktales book in Hungary. Those stories were insane. A bit like the result of some kind of "blind translation" game or drug intake. There was this short one called "The Little Bladder" which I read out loud to my (Hungarian) boyfriend. We were laughing until crying and it's still a household joke.
(I put all the blame for it on the people behind that book; I'm not suggesting that Hungarians are weird or that folk stories are bad.)
Jegesmedve wrote:Folktales are supposed to be weird, not dead serious, aren't they?
Jegesmedve wrote:By the way, is that story 'A kis gömböc'? [If it is, then bladder is in my opinion a bad translation for gömböc, it has nothing to do with a urinary bladder.] It may be a metaphor for excess, greed or someone's big ego.
Varislintu wrote:Yes, I give you that. I think they work better when heard told by someone, than when matter-of-factly minimally translated and printed. From text you kind of expect more... embellishment and back-story, than from a lively oral account.
Yes, that's exactly the one! I think that unfortunately the book didn't really do very well with its English translations of the stories -- it felt like they were rushed. I guess they aimed for a purely pragmatic translation rather than an artistic one. Thanks, btw, for explaining the moral of the story -- I have been wondering what it might be.
Varislintu wrote:Thanks, btw, for explaining the moral of the story -- I have been wondering what it might be.
Jegesmedve wrote:They thought, everyone can Google the background information, if they are that interested.
Jegesmedve wrote:Come on, translating gömböc as a bladder gives a rather perverse taste to the story.
Jegesmedve wrote:Anyway, why don't you take a shot at the original Hungarian one? We're linguistically relatives, very distant relatives. I bet your boyfriend would help you.
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