<![CDATA[It seems that for more than a hundred years, no one noticed that the Icelandic "translation" of Bram Stoker's »Dracula« was basically fan fiction.]]>It seems that for more than a hundred years, no one noticed that the Icelandic "translation" of Bram Stoker's »Dracula« was basically fan fiction. 😄

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.eus/users/Gailetagilearen_Alaba/statuses/116492699297592982https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.eus/users/Gailetagilearen_Alaba/statuses/116492699297592982Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:25:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that for more than a hundred years, no one noticed that the Icelandic "translation" of Bram Stoker's »Dracula« was basically fan fiction. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:09:15 GMT]]>@kyonshi The debate on that is pretty much the very next sentence, yes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/esureL/statuses/116492635705289070https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/esureL/statuses/116492635705289070Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:09:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that for more than a hundred years, no one noticed that the Icelandic "translation" of Bram Stoker's »Dracula« was basically fan fiction. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:37:41 GMT]]>@esureL not really fanfiction, but rather an earlier draft of the novel. It seems some parts are in there that had been in Stoker's drafts but which were removed in the finished English version.

Well. And there was the usual translate from a translation and "oh let's change this for my local audience" going on that was rather common in older translations.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/kyonshi/statuses/116492511577921718https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/kyonshi/statuses/116492511577921718Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:37:41 GMT