tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 07 04:38:04 1997
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Re: bIchuSchoHqu''a'
ja' qelayn:
><[email protected]> writes
>>[...]
>>So charghwI' is right: when translating anything, especially poetry, and
>>most especially poetry which has already been translated once, the
>>intent is far more important than the words.
>>[...]
>Not only poetry but also plays, I'm thinking of Shakespeare as I write
>this. You couldn't possibly get the correct moods across when
>translating Shakespeare if you did it word for word.
law' SeQpIr bom. Hamlet vIlaDtaHvIS, pIj mI'law' nachwIj.
A lot of what Shakespeare wrote *is* poetry. I often find
myself nodding slightly along with the meter when I read Hamlet.
-- ghunchu'wI'