My choice, hands down, is to ignore the poetry in languages I don't read.
Tom Send a noteboard - 10/11/2010 01:44:32 AM
I'd rather not read it than read something that is a bad copy of the original. Poetry has as much to do with the SOUND of the combinations of words as it does with their meaning. Rhythm, pitch, rhyme, alliteration - they all appear frequently in poetry. To read it in translation is an empty gesture, in my opinion. You can get some value out of it, but it's sort of like the appreciation of Chinese culture one can get from going to a decent sit-down Chinese restaurant with the fu-animals by the door and a big aquarium with fish and the lazy susan in the middle of the table.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Poetry:
08/11/2010 02:07:39 AM
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Re: Poetry:
08/11/2010 04:13:38 AM
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This is why people dislike you.
09/11/2010 07:03:17 PM
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Umm...I care?
09/11/2010 08:42:55 PM
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Because you should care about being intelligent, rather than appearing to be intelligent.
09/11/2010 10:32:04 PM
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Again, why would I care?
09/11/2010 10:38:21 PM
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No one can make you care about being decent, or intelligent, or a viable member of the community.
09/11/2010 10:41:34 PM
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I think it's rather pointless, to be honest.
09/11/2010 10:54:17 PM
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Then why are you even here?
09/11/2010 10:59:49 PM
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I don't know. I thought I'd see how long I could string you along.
09/11/2010 11:00:37 PM
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You're the one who doesn't care.
09/11/2010 11:02:11 PM
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I care only as much as I care. What others think is irrelevant to that.
09/11/2010 11:04:15 PM
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But you're still responding to me.
09/11/2010 11:05:37 PM
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Because I'm stringing you out until you quit.
09/11/2010 11:10:18 PM
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I'm not going to. I find this entertaining.
09/11/2010 11:12:27 PM
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I do as well. It's fun pretending to be an asshole, I'll admit.
09/11/2010 11:17:34 PM
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Come now, who's pretending?
09/11/2010 11:22:18 PM
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That is officially the last one before I start editing and making them NM. *NM*
09/11/2010 11:24:12 PM
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Me, most of the time
09/11/2010 11:40:26 PM
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Keep telling yourself that. *NM*
09/11/2010 11:46:34 PM
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Why would I? It's not something I think much about these days. Again, what others think is trivial. *NM*
10/11/2010 12:01:03 AM
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Are you 5?
09/11/2010 11:14:26 PM
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Nah
09/11/2010 11:15:48 PM
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But you were asked about it originally. That was my point.
09/11/2010 11:23:25 PM
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And I was evasive about it at the time. When pressed, I answered more fully.
09/11/2010 11:48:27 PM
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Why be evasive?
10/11/2010 12:16:19 AM
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Because I didn't want to spend an hour pulling out a few dozen books.
10/11/2010 12:19:55 AM
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Ye gods. Could you people at the very, very least make your messages NM?
09/11/2010 11:17:25 PM
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I must say, I'm glad you all decided to play up when I was having an evening off. *NM*
10/11/2010 12:08:59 PM
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I disagree with your claim that there can be no value in translations.
09/11/2010 08:51:20 PM
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Not "no value", but "different value" is what I would argue
09/11/2010 09:55:54 PM
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I don't disagree, but you can't possibly learn all languages, yet you can read translations of all.
09/11/2010 10:56:58 PM
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My choice, hands down, is to ignore the poetry in languages I don't read.
10/11/2010 01:44:32 AM
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An English translation of The Divine Comedy was pivotal to my conversion to Christianity.
10/11/2010 11:04:57 AM
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Ooh, good survey. I've been thinking for a while we needed more poetry discussion.
08/11/2010 10:58:24 AM
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I think you underestimate the number of translations of the Bible.
09/11/2010 01:20:30 AM
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Did they just translate logos as... life-light?
09/11/2010 07:14:28 PM
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Yes. Yes, they did. *NM*
09/11/2010 09:56:09 PM
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I think poetry is largely overrated.
08/11/2010 06:12:59 PM
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the problem is most good poets are dead and dead people tend to fail at marketing
08/11/2010 06:44:18 PM
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I like some poetry, but by no means all.
09/11/2010 12:28:41 AM
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Now that you mention it, The Imperfect Enjoyment might rank among my favourite poems. *NM*
09/11/2010 12:46:56 AM
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It is excellent
09/11/2010 08:16:01 PM
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Re: Nice
11/11/2010 01:39:48 AM
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Man. . . That voice? Yeah. He should be reading me stories every night.
11/11/2010 11:57:02 AM
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Re: Man. . . That voice? Yeah. He should be reading me stories every night.
12/11/2010 04:36:22 AM
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