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[Seven]

Ah, Joyce. Someone once pointed out that without British imperialism bringing English to Ireland, the English-speaking world would never have had Yeats, Joyce, Shaw, Beckett or Heaney. I think that's as good an argument against British imperialism as I've ever read.

Beckett's best work was written in French though.

 

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[mikhail]

Terry Pratchett - Kleine freie Männer
English title is The Wee Free Man

How does Pratchett hold up translated? He tends to use a lot of puns and subtle word play that I'd have thought wouldn't translate well.

Beckett's best work was written in French though.

Really? I didn't know that.

 

[Lawnchair Bes]

short story

Arthur C. Clarke - The Star

absolutely lovely

 

[bianconero]

Beckett's best work was written in French though.

Which work would that be then?

 

[Osman]

Finished reading King Rat, finished reading Gates of Fire (Battle of Thermopylae).

Started reading a polish fantasy book, one of a series, called Witcher Saga. So far its really interesting, because it has its own mythodology and freaky unique fables thats quite new to me. With western/anglo fantasy books, the worlds and the figures are all too common and familiar (same elves, wizards, faires etc), but reading eastern european fables is bit interesting. Read The Russian Nightwatch/Daywatch series a little last year, and it was too in its way refreshing too see another cultures little fables and fantasy stories, they are a bit darker

 

[Seven]

The Alchemist by Coelho.

It's not the kind of book I like, but it was okay reading.

 

[Seven]

How does Pratchett hold up translated? He tends to use a lot of puns and subtle word play that I'd have thought wouldn't translate well.


Really? I didn't know that.

Which work would that be then?

En attendant Godot .

 

[GordoDeCentral]

just picked up The Anatomy of Melancholy not sure what to expect...

 

[swag]

just picked up The Anatomy of Melancholy not sure what to expect...

Leonard di Caprio playing the role of a festering pustule in the movie version.

 

[bianconero]

En attendant Godot .

His translations of the works origanally written in french are rather major rewritings into English, so are de facto a new work.
Which do you prefer?

 

[Seven]

His translations of the works origanally written in french are rather major rewritings into English, so are de facto a new work.
Which do you prefer?

Don't weasel yourself out of this one. Looks ugly.

 

[bianconero]

Don't weasel yourself out of this one. Looks ugly.

There was I thinking I could have an intelligent discussion with you about the various merits of the great Sam's (who I have both studied and admire) works: how wrong was I.

I forgot you are only interested in oneupmanship.

 

[SABSAB]

How does Pratchett hold up translated? He tends to use a lot of puns and subtle word play that I'd have thought wouldn't translate well.

He hold up. Not as good as in English but still good! My problem was allways that because he is using so much puns and subtle words play I wasn´t able to understand with my school english
Now I´m reading them in German and English. First German to understand and then I understand the english Version better and get all the jokes they were not able to translate (but the german translater are realy good!)
But especially in that book the small men had a strange slang and I start it in english and after a few lines I was like WTF????? What´s going on????

 

[Febrina]

My cousin said 'Twilight' is good.
I haven't read it but I think it's too 'teenager' to me.

 

[mikhail]

...But especially in that book the small men had a strange slang and I start it in english and after a few lines I was like WTF????? What´s going on????

Yes, I recall them from another of his books. It's essentially phonetic Scottish English with a few distinctive made up words and phrases, so a fluent speaker can sound it out (or oot, as they might say), but it'd be a nightmare for anyone else.

 

[Dostoevsky]

En attendant Godot .

Just finished reading that book.

I heard it's really bad but I just think it isn't for everyone.I think it was a good one.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

aah the days when Alex was godot

 

[Dostoevsky]

I was talking to Martin and he said the same,hehe.

What do you think about the book?

 

[GordoDeCentral]

its meant as a play, so it needs an outside agent to rid it of some of the staleness you might experience. Are you reading it for a class?

 

[Dostoevsky]

Yeah...maybe.

They might skip it this year but I just wanted to read it.