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Reply #1 - 2012 May 18, 2:07 pm
kodorakun Member
From: Seattle Registered: 2008-10-15 Posts: 276 Website

Nice little New Yorker blurb on the topic of translation -- it's regarding French-->English but still I think anyone that's into thinking about translation will appreciate this! It's a fun, short read focusing on the translation of the opening sentence of Camus' "The Stranger".

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/b … ation.html

k.

Reply #2 - 2012 May 18, 2:43 pm
Zgarbas Watchman
From: 名古屋 Registered: 2011-10-09 Posts: 1210 Website

Aw man, that's my favourite book <3. It's way too over-analyzing, though. No matter the translated word for mother the point still stands, and it's still one hell of an intro to a book. I do prefer the shorter sentence version to the original, since it lands more of a hit.

(completely offtopic, damn I wish the Japanese version this book wasn't 50$)

Reply #3 - 2012 May 18, 5:22 pm
HonyakuJoshua Member
From: The Unique City of Liverpool Registered: 2011-06-03 Posts: 617 Website

I Saw it here http://goo.gl/V1JD1 for 420 yen. the cost to send it 2 europe would be ￥3,400 but you could get a Japanese friend to send it over?

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