This achievement is all the more remarkable considering that Conrad did not learn English until he was well into his twenties, picking it up on his voyages with the British merchant navy.
B’éachtaí fós é seo ó tharla go raibh an scór caite go maith ag Conrad sular fhoghlaim sé Béarla agus é ar thurais le cabhlach ceannaigh na Breataine.