But it used the 1927 Knopf translation. Translation is fairly good.
It can't be that good if it didn't even translate its name from "Knopf" to "button".
Sorry, it was too good to pass up.
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*
Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain) by Thomas Mann
- 16/11/2011 06:16:08 AM
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What do they talk about?
- 16/11/2011 06:35:23 PM
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They didn't translate the French for you?
- 16/11/2011 07:22:27 PM
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If I recall, my edition too did not translate that passage
- 17/11/2011 02:43:16 AM
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That is just bizarre.
- 17/11/2011 04:59:38 AM
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I can't recall if they did or not
- 17/11/2011 05:21:01 AM
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My copy is extremely old as well.
- 18/11/2011 01:56:20 PM
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Nope. Franklin Library leatherbound.
- 18/11/2011 06:13:49 PM
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Looks like it didn't translate everything...
- 18/11/2011 06:18:50 PM
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Ha!
- 18/11/2011 06:29:42 PM
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Or Greek...he left the really good stuff in Greek.
- 18/11/2011 07:22:08 PM
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I was thinking of the older Loeb Library translations, but Gibbon will work as well!
- 18/11/2011 10:35:46 PM
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