もしただいま大恋愛の最中だったら、本など読むことを勧めしない。特に恋愛小説など。間違っても読んじゃいけない。あなたが現に夢中で打ち込んでいる恋愛の生ましい体験に比べたら、色あせてしまうにちがいないからだ。


> 1 - もしただいま大恋愛の最中だったら、本など読むことを勧めしない。特に恋愛小説など。間違っても読んじゃいけない。
>
> 2 - あなたが現に夢中で打ち込んでいる恋愛の生ましい体験に比べたら、色あせてしまうにちがいないからだ。

#### Sentence 1:

Can someone explain in the first sentence what does the 間違っても actually mean or
contribute to the sentence?

My interpretation: "IF you are in in the middle of being madly in love with
someone, it is recommended not to read romance novels. Even if you make a
mistake reading is forbidden."

How can you make a mistake and read a novel? Unless someone holds a gun to
your head, why would you make a mistake and read it, what is the mistake?

#### Sentence 2:

I do not understand what this 生ましい体験 means.

My interpretation: If you are actually devoting yourself to being madly in
love which is a test, the colours will fade away.

What colours are they talking about? Is this a metaphor or something? 比喩？




間違っても is an idiom used to prohibit something strongly. See [this
entry](https://jisho.org/word/%E9%96%93%E9%81%95%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A6%E3%82%82).
Since this is an idiom, you can translate it simply as "no matter what" or
"never, ever". It literally means "(Don't do it) even by mistake". See
[this](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/13200/5010), too.

[生々しい](https://jisho.org/word/%E7%94%9F%E3%80%85%E3%81%97%E3%81%84)体験 (生しい is
a typo) is "vivid experience". Perhaps you mixed up 体験 (experience) and 試験
(examination/test)?
[色あせる](https://jisho.org/word/%E8%89%B2%E8%A4%AA%E3%81%9B%E3%82%8B) is just
"to pale" or "to lose vividness", and it refers to no particular visible color
here. This usage is so common that I don't call it a 比喩. Finally, don't ignore
the ～に比べたら pattern ("if/when compared with ～").

> あなたが現に夢中で打ち込んでいる恋愛の生々しい体験に比べたら、[本による体験は]色あせてしまうにちがいないからだ。 (typo fixed)
>
> It's because [the experience of reading] must pale in comparison to the
> vivid experience of romance you're currently engrossed in.




間違っても is an idiom used to prohibit something strongly. See [this
entry](https://jisho.org/word/%E9%96%93%E9%81%95%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A6%E3%82%82).
Since this is an idiom, you can translate it simply as "no matter what" or
"never, ever". It literally means "(Don't do it) even by mistake". See
[this](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/13200/5010), too.

[生々しい](https://jisho.org/word/%E7%94%9F%E3%80%85%E3%81%97%E3%81%84)体験 (生しい is
a typo) is "vivid experience". Perhaps you mixed up 体験 (experience) and 試験
(examination/test)?
[色あせる](https://jisho.org/word/%E8%89%B2%E8%A4%AA%E3%81%9B%E3%82%8B) is just
"to pale" or "to lose vividness", and it refers to no particular visible color
here. This usage is so common that I don't call it a 比喩. Finally, don't ignore
the ～に比べたら pattern ("if/when compared with ～").

> あなたが現に夢中で打ち込んでいる恋愛の生々しい体験に比べたら、[本による体験は]色あせてしまうにちがいないからだ。 (typo fixed)
>
> It's because [the experience of reading] must pale in comparison to the
> vivid experience of romance you're currently engrossed in.

