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« on: July 01, 2019, 02:35:17 PM »

Sorry if this is in the wrong place, but does anyone know of any Italian books, read in English, by native Italian narrators?
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« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2019, 11:33:21 PM »

This might be the wrong place, but I'm responding anyway.  Tongue

AFAIK, I've never seen any audiobook of Italian writers narrated in English by Italian narrators.

English-language audiobooks (written by foreign writers and translated into English) are produced for the English-speaking audience in mind, so the priority is placed on greater comprehension by the listeners rather than accuracy in pronunciation/intonation. For this reason, such accuracy is very often compromised.

I understand your wish to have the language not messed up by English-speaking narrators. I am a native Japanese speaker and have horrid experiences of Japanese passages/words being shredded terribly by some narrators. However, damage made by Japanese works read in English by Japanese narrators is worse. The entire work becomes unlistenable. So, I prefer to listen to native English narrators for any work of foreign origin.

Your case may not be as bad as in mine, but I don't think the publishers will opt for Italian narrators unless they're exceptionally fluent in English and have outstanding ability of a professional narrator, which I believe is nearly impossible.
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« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2019, 03:10:17 AM »

Thread moved to a more appropriate board as the request boards are for specific requests.
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