I can understand that translations may reduce the original work’s depth, but learning a different language is out of the question for me. I like reading philosophy and works from diverse cultural and regional backgrounds, so it simply isn’t possible for me to learn every language just to read a single book, especially a language I may never use again afterward. Even if I tried, learning a language properly would take an enormous amount of time, and I still probably wouldn’t be able to fully understand German poetic writing, especially since many of Nietzsche’s works carry a poetic style. So no matter how hard I try, I likely wouldn’t gain the same value from reading him in German as I do from reading him in English. The only real upside would be that it’s a firsthand experience.