Re: "Translation"

jason varsoke (jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com)
Mon, 18 Oct 1999 15:54:16 -0400 (EDT) 

   I once translated Rilke's "The Blind Man" into English after having
only one year of German under my belt.  It was wonderful, beautiful.  


   Then I read the English translation of a "real" translator.  I was
terribly dissapointed.  

   Strange I know my translation had no shred of accuracy, but I sure
liked what was going on in the poem.

-j