in the original
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: in the language used by the original writer
We read Homer in the original, not in translation.
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Condon credits Chicago director Rob Marshall with that choice and notes that his own take on Spider Woman stemmed more from Molina's own imaginings in the original novel than the Chicago approach.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
The guest suite, located in the original wing, comes with a walk-in closet and a full bath.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2025
The one thing Apple doesn't do is return the translation in the original speaker's voice.
—PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
Speaking about forgetting a line onstage as Kenickie in the original cast of Grease, and André De Shields, a Tony Award winner for Hadestown, telling a dirty anecdote about auditioning for The Full Monty, a show in which the actors do a striptease.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
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Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
The guest suite, located in the original wing, comes with a walk-in closet and a full bath.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2025
The one thing Apple doesn't do is return the translation in the original speaker's voice.
—PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
Speaking about forgetting a line onstage as Kenickie in the original cast of Grease, and André De Shields, a Tony Award winner for Hadestown, telling a dirty anecdote about auditioning for The Full Monty, a show in which the actors do a striptease.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
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