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No Cosmere book in 2018, this is your chance GRRM or Rothfuss....

28 minutes ago, Demiandre said:

French people pretend the same, but it's true for about half of them. The other ones struggle with every 2 word

When I went to the Paris signing in October, there was translator with him for the stay. The open Q&A was translated for those who did not speak english (but the bookstore owner was the one translating, not the woman accompagnying Brandon).

Anyway, for anyone with sufficient knowledge in english, understanding him is a piece of cake. The accent is not really a problem, and he tends to articulate a lot more abroad I noticed. If someone can't speak english, they indeed chat with him throught the translator, which must be a bit awkward...

There is only one official language in France and all the TV shows are dubbed. My parents are Italian and you see the same dynamic in countries where there is only one dominant language. I live in the Dutch part and every show has subtitles instead of dubbing due to economic constraints. Even my IT courses were partially in English because it was the "official language" in IT.

If I want to be immersed in French or German I just need to drive 30 minutes. I wish we all spoke the same language as I don't see the added value in having all these languages. Humanity would be better off if we could focus on important things.

I live in Belgium and even though we have 3 official languages (Dutch, French and German) everybody younger than 40 speaks English. 

All my friends prefer to read books in their native language. Translated books can really change the whole atmosphere.