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Do you read theory in English or in your native language? (lemmygrad.ml)
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I've been primarily reading in English because that's the language that pretty much all theory is available in, but I've been having issues translating the ideas into my native language.

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[–] burlemarx@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Same. But usually it's much easier to find any book in English than in another language. Sometimes I don't even bother searching for something in my language.

But, as a parentheses, sometimes there's good theory produced by your same-langusge Marxist that is simply not available in English (and people in the Anglosphere aren't even aware it exists).