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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 1236 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 874 Views
That was a long article. Rebekah - 19/11/2010 07:05:12 PM 789 Views
Re: That was a long article. Camilla - 19/11/2010 09:59:24 PM 773 Views
Yeah, I think English translations on average are better than those in smaller languages. Legolas - 19/11/2010 10:16:44 PM 914 Views
Wow Camilla - 20/11/2010 10:45:08 AM 959 Views
Traddutore, traditore Larry - 20/11/2010 12:36:10 PM 886 Views
On balance, I'm glad I read the Steegmuller translation when I read the novel. Tom - 20/11/2010 05:14:42 PM 722 Views
Vas-tu faire s’enculée, Camille! Tom - 20/11/2010 05:26:08 PM 809 Views
If you don't mind a few grammatical corrections of your swearing... Legolas - 20/11/2010 05:42:57 PM 834 Views
It was a quick and dirty rendering Tom - 20/11/2010 05:53:13 PM 754 Views
Apparently so, with the use of "enculer" Larry - 20/11/2010 07:12:24 PM 776 Views
Actually, yes, it is The Temptation of St. Anthony Tom - 20/11/2010 08:43:08 PM 857 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 340 Views
Oh, that'd cut down on delivery costs a fair bit, then. *NM* Legolas - 20/11/2010 06:01:46 PM 338 Views
Yes, it did. Tom - 20/11/2010 08:45:13 PM 748 Views
I love Pleiade editions Camilla - 21/11/2010 12:14:14 AM 760 Views
How tall are they, out of curiosity? Tom - 21/11/2010 12:50:57 AM 895 Views
Not tall Camilla - 21/11/2010 09:59:55 AM 791 Views
I got my books today. Tom - 23/11/2010 05:38:20 AM 998 Views
Re: I got my books today. Camilla - 23/11/2010 10:33:10 AM 816 Views
Regardless, if Pleiade is the best France has to offer, their book industry is awful. Tom - 23/11/2010 07:17:13 PM 1056 Views
Let me guess... Larry - 23/11/2010 07:46:41 PM 752 Views
No. I don't think he's been released in a Pleiade edition. Tom - 23/11/2010 07:49:05 PM 775 Views
Re: Oh Authorial intent. Gaps - 21/11/2010 02:07:27 AM 889 Views
Like hell it's about authorial intent. Tom - 21/11/2010 05:40:22 AM 806 Views
Re: I didn't even read it, I guessed based on the author's initials. Gaps - 21/11/2010 01:37:40 PM 1003 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 755 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 427 Views
Actually it does. Your responses are just cheap tricks, not discussions. *NM* Tom - 21/11/2010 04:44:21 PM 345 Views
Re: Cheap tricks? Gaps - 21/11/2010 10:45:39 PM 851 Views
Barnes' article has little to do with authorial intent Larry - 21/11/2010 11:37:25 PM 794 Views
Why didn't you translate je ne sais quoi? Tom - 21/11/2010 11:46:23 PM 850 Views
Because I didn't feel like it? Larry - 22/11/2010 01:14:31 AM 797 Views
Well, I think you started the snarky replies. Tom - 21/11/2010 11:42:33 PM 770 Views
I think it is more about the "authentic experience" than about intent. Camilla - 21/11/2010 10:01:57 AM 790 Views
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