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But the quality of the prose is the entire reason to read Austen in the first place. If you're going to throw out all her original language, why not just go watch Clueless instead? If the basic plot and themes of Emma are what you want, there are dozens of adaptations out there that will be much easier to consume than the original. You could always buy the Young Illustrated Classics edition. That's how I was originally exposed to much of the English canon as a child.
Austen was a beautiful and wickedly sharp prose stylist. It's worth slowing down and trying to appreciate it.
Mostly it seems like your problem is with the quality of Finnish translations. I'd rather the publishers work on improving the literary quality of their translated works than spend resources producing simpler English language versions.
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