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TRANSLATION. I don’t think so. I don’t know. Naked / Nude. Deutschen Demokratischen Republik German Democratic Republic.
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I don’t think so. I don’t know. Naked / Nude Deutschen Demokratischen Republik German Democratic Republic
English “had no use for the nuanced nailing of extended-family relationships. Their ‘aunts’ and ‘uncles’ seemed disrespectful and generic compared to our [Bangla words for] ‘father’s-side older brother’ or ‘mother’s second sister.’” Bharati Mukherjee
No, dear Theramenes, I’ve too long delayed In pleasant Trozen; my decision’s made. I’m off; in my anxiety, I commence To tax myself with shameful indolence. My father has been gone six months and more, And yet I do not know what distant shore Now hides him, or what trials he now may bear. No, no, my friend, we’re off! Six months have passed since Father heard the ocean howl and cast his galley on the Aegean’s skull-white froth. Listen! The blank sea calls us — off, off, off! I’ll follow Father to the fountainhead and marsh of hell. We’re off. Alive or dead, I’ll find him.
“England and America are two countries divided by a common language.” George Bernard Shaw
To help us understand the texts • To protect us from manipulation • Because our constant process of putting our thoughts into words is translation
Traditorre:Tradutore Translator = Traitor
Prose or verse • Original meter • Original rhyme scheme • Idioms
We went to the beach. • All of us went to the beach. • We drove to the beach. • We went toward the beach. • We went to a beach • We went to the seashore.
The politician ran for office. • The politician jogged for office. • The politician ran to his office. • The politician ran for the room in which he worked.
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The guard in Sophocles’ ancient Greek play Antigone, after bringing Princess Antigone to King Creon: “And now I reckon I’m entitled to split.”
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Genesis 2:25 - 3:1 And they were both naked [arumim], the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. Now the serpent was more subtil [arum] than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.
Matthew 16:18 Thou art Peter [Petrus], and upon this rock [petros] I will build my church.
Samuel Beckett Comment c’est Commencer (as in “commence”) How It Is
Max Ernst La femme 100 têtes La femme cent têtes La femme sans têtes The Hundred Headless Woman