Question for those who likes "War and peace"

[zgirnius]

Alla:
> He tells me that English translation does not have French sentences 
> in, everything is translated in English, but he did not remember 
for 
> sure.
> 
> Is that true, if anybody remembers? I will of course go check it 
out 
> myself, but maybe I don't have to bother.
> 

zgirnius:
The English translation I most recently read included some French. I 
couldn't say whether it was all of the French dialogue which should 
have been there, though, or just a little to suggest the Russian 
aristocrats of the time spoke French and considered this very 
sophisticated of themselves. Unfortunately it was a library book, so 
I could not tell you what edition, who the translator was, etc.

But I agree it should be handled the same way it appears to have been 
handled in the Russian edition you read (with translations of the 
French in footnotes for those readers who do not read French.)

I wonder how this is handled in French translations...