The Other Side of the Road has no sense to me TBH

I remember you explained the book to me at yours the other week. Why is the publisher obsessed with keeping the translation as a literal translation rather than an accurate one?

Posted By: Brandonio on October 14th 2014 at 19:23:37

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More wrath wisdom needed please (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 14, 18:31:29
- If you want to avoid literalism but keep "road" how about (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 14, 19:53:03
  - Funnily enough crossing the road was one of my first ideas (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 14, 20:01:20
- cheers for the input. Much appreciated (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 14, 19:13:31
  - The Other Side of the Road has no sense to me TBH (General Chat) - Brandonio, Oct 14, 19:23:37
    - they've mention it every time we discuss the book, but none of them are native english (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 14, 19:28:37
      - there is a book called... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Oct 14, 19:36:39
        
        ha yeah, seems like there's a lot of these books (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 14, 19:41:21
- The final journey to a new beginning. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 14, 18:57:30
  - like it, but it can't really be *that* different (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 14, 19:03:20
- How about "crossing over", or "the other side"? (General Chat) - Old Man, Oct 14, 18:55:20
  - well, it is sort of important, but it can be whatever I want really (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 14, 18:57:56
- The view from the other side of the road (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Oct 14, 18:53:40
  - or 'My view from the other side of the road" (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Oct 14, 18:55:31
    - that's not bad, but I reckon I prefer just "the other side of the road" if you think that (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 14, 19:01:01
- The other side of the road sounds good to me (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Oct 14, 18:42:08
  - you think? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 14, 18:46:48
    - I was thinking along the lines of (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Oct 14, 18:54:12
      - that's what I'm trying for so I guess it's fine. Chairs (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 14, 18:56:44

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