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Because I didn't feel like it? Larry Send a noteboard - 22/11/2010 01:14:31 AM
This whole discussion is just going to get me reading Ada again. The entire novel is an extended series of puns and interlingual word play. Imagine trying to translate THAT into, say, Chinese...


I just finished reading a translation of The Analects of Confucius. I think I can imagine that :P

I plan on re-reading Ada sometime in the near future. But first, a few other works that I want to read in order to reimagine certain thoughts. Too many "easy" works recently.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Julian Barnes on translation Camilla - 18/11/2010 05:49:37 PM 1065 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 727 Views
That was a long article. Rebekah - 19/11/2010 07:05:12 PM 641 Views
Re: That was a long article. Camilla - 19/11/2010 09:59:24 PM 634 Views
Yeah, I think English translations on average are better than those in smaller languages. Legolas - 19/11/2010 10:16:44 PM 757 Views
Wow Camilla - 20/11/2010 10:45:08 AM 799 Views
Traddutore, traditore Larry - 20/11/2010 12:36:10 PM 743 Views
On balance, I'm glad I read the Steegmuller translation when I read the novel. Tom - 20/11/2010 05:14:42 PM 585 Views
Vas-tu faire s’enculée, Camille! Tom - 20/11/2010 05:26:08 PM 665 Views
If you don't mind a few grammatical corrections of your swearing... Legolas - 20/11/2010 05:42:57 PM 678 Views
It was a quick and dirty rendering Tom - 20/11/2010 05:53:13 PM 606 Views
Apparently so, with the use of "enculer" Larry - 20/11/2010 07:12:24 PM 632 Views
Actually, yes, it is The Temptation of St. Anthony Tom - 20/11/2010 08:43:08 PM 701 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 263 Views
Oh, that'd cut down on delivery costs a fair bit, then. *NM* Legolas - 20/11/2010 06:01:46 PM 269 Views
Yes, it did. Tom - 20/11/2010 08:45:13 PM 599 Views
I love Pleiade editions Camilla - 21/11/2010 12:14:14 AM 617 Views
How tall are they, out of curiosity? Tom - 21/11/2010 12:50:57 AM 746 Views
Not tall Camilla - 21/11/2010 09:59:55 AM 630 Views
I got my books today. Tom - 23/11/2010 05:38:20 AM 839 Views
Re: I got my books today. Camilla - 23/11/2010 10:33:10 AM 653 Views
Regardless, if Pleiade is the best France has to offer, their book industry is awful. Tom - 23/11/2010 07:17:13 PM 901 Views
Let me guess... Larry - 23/11/2010 07:46:41 PM 606 Views
No. I don't think he's been released in a Pleiade edition. Tom - 23/11/2010 07:49:05 PM 629 Views
Re: Oh Authorial intent. Gaps - 21/11/2010 02:07:27 AM 736 Views
Like hell it's about authorial intent. Tom - 21/11/2010 05:40:22 AM 659 Views
Re: I didn't even read it, I guessed based on the author's initials. Gaps - 21/11/2010 01:37:40 PM 857 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 606 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 712 Views
Barnes' article has little to do with authorial intent Larry - 21/11/2010 11:37:25 PM 643 Views
Why didn't you translate je ne sais quoi? Tom - 21/11/2010 11:46:23 PM 696 Views
Because I didn't feel like it? Larry - 22/11/2010 01:14:31 AM 666 Views
Well, I think you started the snarky replies. Tom - 21/11/2010 11:42:33 PM 618 Views
I think it is more about the "authentic experience" than about intent. Camilla - 21/11/2010 10:01:57 AM 639 Views
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