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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: epicure who wrote (54171)8/8/2002 2:48:15 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
Translating poetry is extraordinarily difficult.

I hve yet to find a translation of Homer that I really like.

Or of Dante. In fact, the current edition of Dante I'm reading is straight prose -- the translator didn't even try to match the rhyme and metre. I think that was smart -- the translation works very well. In other translations, the awkwardness of the attempt to put it into poetry without losing the meaning interferes with the text, IMO. This is the first time I've read Dante and been able to focus on the content alone.
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