Junot Diaz - You know, I was a kid who had difficulty speaking English when I first immigrated. But ...

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You know, I was a kid who had difficulty speaking English when I first immigrated. But in my head, when I read a book, I spoke English perfectly. No one could correct my Spanish. And I think that I retreated to books as a way, you know, to be, like, masterful in a language that was really difficult for me for many years.

Junot Diaz

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Wissen Sie, ich war ein Kind, das Schwierigkeiten hatte, Englisch zu sprechen, als ich zum ersten Mal eingewandert bin. Aber in meinem Kopf sprach ich perfekt Englisch, wenn ich ein Buch las. Niemand konnte mein Spanisch korrigieren. Und ich glaube, ich habe mich auf Bücher zurückgezogen, um eine Art zu beherrschen, die in einer für mich jahrelang wirklich schwierigen Sprache herrscht.

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