THAIPHUKET Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 My wife likes to read. Can you suggest some well translated Engl. books? And name the Engl title and show it in Thai letters too? Don´t worry about subjects, based on the English title I see what will catch her interest. Obviously, novels about love and all that are always a good read. Perhaps combined with some light history, travel stories, whatever, no restrictions in brainstorming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancali Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Thai bookstores carry most popular English-language books translated in to Thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THAIPHUKET Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 (edited) Thai bookstores carry most popular English-language books translated in to Thai. But they don´t show the English title, so how am I supposed to know what it´s about, author is not much of help and the condensed summary I can´t read. That is the reason that I am hoping for someone to come up with suggested titles. I am happy to look at a web site, if there is one showing Engl/Thai titles. Edited May 8, 2012 by THAIPHUKET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rak sa_ngop Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Well your wife may not take to Jack Reacher, but I think he is great. He is the creation of English born author Lee Child and 2 of the books (to my knowledge) have be been translated to Thai Killing Floor ลานละเลงเลือด Die Trying ตาต่อตา ตายต่อตาย Lots of blood, gore and dead bodies but cracking good reads. If anybody has come across any other Lee Child books in Thai, please let us know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klons Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Thai bookstores carry most popular English-language books translated in to Thai. But they don´t show the English title, so how am I supposed to know what it´s about, author is not much of help and the condensed summary I can´t read. That is the reason that I am hoping for someone to come up with suggested titles. I am happy to look at a web site, if there is one showing Engl/Thai titles. Here are some available from B2S http://www.b2s.co.th/products.php?typeid=1&typecode=101006000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THAIPHUKET Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 Perfect, Klons !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klons Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Just in case you didn't notice, there is also a Romantic Category link on the side นวนิยายแปลโรแมนติก There are some translated from english in there also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THAIPHUKET Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 sure, I did not :-) I went to the largest Thai book shop in Chiang Mai and asked 3 ladies to show me a book they like. They came up with one. Outside and inside teddy bears. No, no, I said, a book for adults. I bought is after they all had convinced me it was indeed an adult book. Must be true, my wife can´t stop reading it. Now I am thinking, looking at book covers that are few things which illustrate the cultural differences in mindset more than illustrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THAIPHUKET Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Come to think of it, my original question may reflect a typical western arrogance, if so it was not meant that way. I am sure there are Thai authors too, who have written novels, travel stories about the Farang world. Can you name some? As I said, the idea is to broaden the horizon. Or, in which Thai publication can one find good reviews on Thai books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoot Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Check on this website : http://www.gracepublish.com/index.php?mo=30&typeid=2137 All of them are English romantic novels translated to Thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THAIPHUKET Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 Wonderful these choices! It is gratifying to see that she can´t put a book down, once started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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