[译] 我打算读几本英文原著小说。
[误] I am going to read a few original English novels.

[正] I am going to read a few English novels in the original.
[注] original 作为形容词有“原始的，原本的，独创（非抄袭的）”等意思。作为名词，the original 是“原作”，in the original 是“原文”。“读莎士比亚原著”是 read Shakespeare in the original (即英文)。