Stieg Larsson’s English translator: ¡Millennium 1 gana el Premio Qué Leer de los Lectores en España!

20 April 2009

Check this out, lectores de español. Qué Leer

Hay aquí un otro artículo muy interesante: "El extraño caso de Stieg Larsson"

Reg / SteveApril 20, 2009 at 1:02 PM
This comment from Dorte H got nuked as I was trying to put a picture up here:

Muy bien, senor!

No, I´d better not try to brag about my knowledge of Spanish - I do understand the title, however.
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Now translate the articles for me into Danish!
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Dorte HApril 23, 2009 at 3:03 PM
I wish I could, Reg.

I WAS bragging :D
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el ShyshMay 5, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Any chance to read Larsson's works for Expo in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese?
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Reg / SteveMay 5, 2009 at 4:37 PM
None that I've discovered...
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Stieg Larsson’s English translator