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Even though the author is from Iran and originally speaks Persian, she wrote Persepolis in French. During an interview on Bookslut.com ([]) she answered the following when asked:

//Not really, because, well, the book ////Persepolis ////, I wrote for the other ones, not for Iranians. For Iranians I wouldn’t give so much explanation. And I speak in French, so it is now more obvious for me to write in French, and not in Persian. In a way, when I write in Persian, I think others can do it much better than me. “ // The book was translated into English by Blake Ferris and Satrapi's husband, Mattias Ripa. From the same interview on Bookslut.com she said:
 * //“Have you written very much in Persian? //**

//Absolutely. The words are not the same and the feeling is not the same. You know, they say in France that translation is like a woman. She is either beautiful or faithful. So it’s better when she’s beautiful because when she’s too faithful it might be very ugly. This is French people. This translation, though, is very well made. This is my American editor, who knows me very well who has made the translation. But in any translation you lose a little bit.” // Persepolis has been translated into several languages. These languages include English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Greek, Swedish.
 * //“Is the most difficult part of a translation the humor? //**

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