"From below, from basements, from cellars, from sewers they rose..."

[Laelth]

8. German is vastly more difficult, admittedly.

Theoretically, I am competent in both French and German translation pursuant to the requirements of my Ph.D. program, but the truth is that my German professor took it easy on me and passed me on a terrible translation of Nietzsche’s “Die Nasten.” German is much, much harder than French.

Obviously, linguistic skills run in your family. I am certain that you are very proud of your son. My elder daughter I convinced to study Spanish—mercifully, because it’s so useful. My younger daughter, however, insisted upon French. I steered them both away from German.

-Laelth