The only language I know with any fluency is English. I want to read The Trial by Franz Kafka. The Trial was written in German and if I read an English translation I feel I am not really reading Kafka. Am i the only one who feels this way? Does it even matter?
Think of it like a film adaptation of a book, or a particular production of a stage play: it’s not the original, but it’s a work of art in its own right that others have contributed their interpretation to.