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Re: That was a long article. Camilla Send a noteboard - 19/11/2010 09:59:24 PM
But interesting.

It is so difficult to find good translations. I always wonder what I've missed out on through my inability to read in another language. I really, really must get my French learning going. Alas. So slack.


You don't know what a bad translation is. Ok, that is perhaps a very strong statement. But Norwegian translations, especially Norwegian translations from 50, are truly horrid things in which the translator feels free to cut the stuff he doesn't like and introduce entirely new things he has dreamt up himself.


I am not a strong opponent of re-imagining a book. I like how Eco is translated (not always word for word, but recreating the feel of it).
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Julian Barnes on translation Camilla - 18/11/2010 05:49:37 PM 1062 Views
That's a very interesting article. Though it does sound like he'd never be happy. Legolas - 18/11/2010 08:06:09 PM 724 Views
That was a long article. Rebekah - 19/11/2010 07:05:12 PM 640 Views
Re: That was a long article. Camilla - 19/11/2010 09:59:24 PM 632 Views
Yeah, I think English translations on average are better than those in smaller languages. Legolas - 19/11/2010 10:16:44 PM 754 Views
Wow Camilla - 20/11/2010 10:45:08 AM 795 Views
Traddutore, traditore Larry - 20/11/2010 12:36:10 PM 740 Views
On balance, I'm glad I read the Steegmuller translation when I read the novel. Tom - 20/11/2010 05:14:42 PM 583 Views
Vas-tu faire s’enculée, Camille! Tom - 20/11/2010 05:26:08 PM 663 Views
If you don't mind a few grammatical corrections of your swearing... Legolas - 20/11/2010 05:42:57 PM 676 Views
It was a quick and dirty rendering Tom - 20/11/2010 05:53:13 PM 605 Views
Apparently so, with the use of "enculer" Larry - 20/11/2010 07:12:24 PM 629 Views
Actually, yes, it is The Temptation of St. Anthony Tom - 20/11/2010 08:43:08 PM 698 Views
And I didn't order from France. It's a US-based company that I bought it from. *NM* Tom - 20/11/2010 05:54:55 PM 262 Views
Oh, that'd cut down on delivery costs a fair bit, then. *NM* Legolas - 20/11/2010 06:01:46 PM 267 Views
Yes, it did. Tom - 20/11/2010 08:45:13 PM 596 Views
I love Pleiade editions Camilla - 21/11/2010 12:14:14 AM 614 Views
How tall are they, out of curiosity? Tom - 21/11/2010 12:50:57 AM 743 Views
Not tall Camilla - 21/11/2010 09:59:55 AM 629 Views
I got my books today. Tom - 23/11/2010 05:38:20 AM 836 Views
Re: I got my books today. Camilla - 23/11/2010 10:33:10 AM 650 Views
Regardless, if Pleiade is the best France has to offer, their book industry is awful. Tom - 23/11/2010 07:17:13 PM 899 Views
Let me guess... Larry - 23/11/2010 07:46:41 PM 604 Views
No. I don't think he's been released in a Pleiade edition. Tom - 23/11/2010 07:49:05 PM 627 Views
Re: Oh Authorial intent. Gaps - 21/11/2010 02:07:27 AM 734 Views
Like hell it's about authorial intent. Tom - 21/11/2010 05:40:22 AM 656 Views
Re: I didn't even read it, I guessed based on the author's initials. Gaps - 21/11/2010 01:37:40 PM 854 Views
So I take it you missed the whole part about Nabokov's translation of Eugene Onegin. Tom - 21/11/2010 03:28:14 PM 604 Views
Re: Yes, I missed all of that. Such a conclusion clearly follows from my previous response. *NM* Gaps - 21/11/2010 03:57:16 PM 358 Views
Actually it does. Your responses are just cheap tricks, not discussions. *NM* Tom - 21/11/2010 04:44:21 PM 269 Views
Re: Cheap tricks? Gaps - 21/11/2010 10:45:39 PM 710 Views
Barnes' article has little to do with authorial intent Larry - 21/11/2010 11:37:25 PM 640 Views
Why didn't you translate je ne sais quoi? Tom - 21/11/2010 11:46:23 PM 694 Views
Because I didn't feel like it? Larry - 22/11/2010 01:14:31 AM 664 Views
Well, I think you started the snarky replies. Tom - 21/11/2010 11:42:33 PM 616 Views
I think it is more about the "authentic experience" than about intent. Camilla - 21/11/2010 10:01:57 AM 638 Views
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