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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 1216 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 844 Views
That was a long article. Rebekah - 19/11/2010 07:05:12 PM 771 Views
Re: That was a long article. Camilla - 19/11/2010 09:59:24 PM 757 Views
Yeah, I think English translations on average are better than those in smaller languages. Legolas - 19/11/2010 10:16:44 PM 894 Views
Wow Camilla - 20/11/2010 10:45:08 AM 940 Views
Traddutore, traditore Larry - 20/11/2010 12:36:10 PM 869 Views
On balance, I'm glad I read the Steegmuller translation when I read the novel. Tom - 20/11/2010 05:14:42 PM 702 Views
Vas-tu faire s’enculée, Camille! Tom - 20/11/2010 05:26:08 PM 787 Views
If you don't mind a few grammatical corrections of your swearing... Legolas - 20/11/2010 05:42:57 PM 816 Views
It was a quick and dirty rendering Tom - 20/11/2010 05:53:13 PM 737 Views
Apparently so, with the use of "enculer" Larry - 20/11/2010 07:12:24 PM 756 Views
Actually, yes, it is The Temptation of St. Anthony Tom - 20/11/2010 08:43:08 PM 831 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 331 Views
Oh, that'd cut down on delivery costs a fair bit, then. *NM* Legolas - 20/11/2010 06:01:46 PM 328 Views
Yes, it did. Tom - 20/11/2010 08:45:13 PM 723 Views
I love Pleiade editions Camilla - 21/11/2010 12:14:14 AM 737 Views
How tall are they, out of curiosity? Tom - 21/11/2010 12:50:57 AM 878 Views
Not tall Camilla - 21/11/2010 09:59:55 AM 773 Views
I got my books today. Tom - 23/11/2010 05:38:20 AM 974 Views
Re: I got my books today. Camilla - 23/11/2010 10:33:10 AM 791 Views
Regardless, if Pleiade is the best France has to offer, their book industry is awful. Tom - 23/11/2010 07:17:13 PM 1042 Views
Let me guess... Larry - 23/11/2010 07:46:41 PM 732 Views
No. I don't think he's been released in a Pleiade edition. Tom - 23/11/2010 07:49:05 PM 760 Views
Re: Oh Authorial intent. Gaps - 21/11/2010 02:07:27 AM 865 Views
Like hell it's about authorial intent. Tom - 21/11/2010 05:40:22 AM 790 Views
Re: I didn't even read it, I guessed based on the author's initials. Gaps - 21/11/2010 01:37:40 PM 980 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 734 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 417 Views
Actually it does. Your responses are just cheap tricks, not discussions. *NM* Tom - 21/11/2010 04:44:21 PM 336 Views
Re: Cheap tricks? Gaps - 21/11/2010 10:45:39 PM 825 Views
Barnes' article has little to do with authorial intent Larry - 21/11/2010 11:37:25 PM 773 Views
Why didn't you translate je ne sais quoi? Tom - 21/11/2010 11:46:23 PM 833 Views
Because I didn't feel like it? Larry - 22/11/2010 01:14:31 AM 777 Views
Well, I think you started the snarky replies. Tom - 21/11/2010 11:42:33 PM 750 Views
I think it is more about the "authentic experience" than about intent. Camilla - 21/11/2010 10:01:57 AM 771 Views
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