If it’s a language I know, I read the original. If it’s a language I’m not fluent in, I usually go for English translations (not my native language) because it’s easier to find a good translation in it. Although there were times when translations to my native language turned out to be way better, because it’s also a widely spoken language with a pretty well developed culture of translations and literature in general.
And I wouldn’t say you always need to be super fluent to read in a non-native language. If I didn’t start reading in English I wouldn’t know it fluently.
If it’s a language I know, I read the original. If it’s a language I’m not fluent in, I usually go for English translations (not my native language) because it’s easier to find a good translation in it. Although there were times when translations to my native language turned out to be way better, because it’s also a widely spoken language with a pretty well developed culture of translations and literature in general.
And I wouldn’t say you always need to be super fluent to read in a non-native language. If I didn’t start reading in English I wouldn’t know it fluently.