Re: "Translation"

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Jason,

You must have been a better student than the undersigned.  Granted, I think
I have developed "language block" for the following reason:

When I was three and four I lived in Morocco.  I spoke English with my
parents, French with my best friend, and street Arabic with the part-time
maid.  The only problem was I didn't stay strictly  within the boundaries of
any one language at any one  time.  Scoldings, perhaps, Dr. Freud?

--Bruce

-----Original Message-----
From: jason varsoke <jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com>
To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
Date: Monday, October 18, 1999 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: "Translation"


>   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
>
>

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