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bemildred

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20. LOL. Good translation is wizardry, magic, instinct.

Reply to Igel (Reply #18)

Sun Aug 18, 2013, 08:57 AM

Aug 2013

I thought some of the usages were "strange", but that just means it's over my head. But purty on the tongue. French is good at that.

Since I have you here, do you have an opinion about Pevear and Volokhonsky? I have read a couple of theirs and found them very readable, more modern usages and often a better sense of what is going on. But I have no useful Russian, and I slways wonder if that is just because it's more like what I read all the time, familiar?

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Wes Clark & Robin Wright on Egypt [View all] elleng Aug 2013 OP

Interesting, thanks. bemildred Aug 2013 #1

Didn't the US overthrow a democracy and install the Shah? delrem Aug 2013 #2

Why yes, I think we did. bemildred Aug 2013 #3

My problem is that Clark is now speaking in retrospect. delrem Aug 2013 #5

Eh. I'm not "supporting" him, I'm just not willing to dump on him. bemildred Aug 2013 #6

I like your posts, bemildred, delrem Aug 2013 #7

I don't like to do personalities and groupthink much. It muddies the water. bemildred Aug 2013 #10

and he wasn't 'in power' then, either, elleng Aug 2013 #11

OK, and the Egyptian military coup just slaughtered over 600 people. delrem Aug 2013 #12

Distorted the US role in history? elleng Aug 2013 #13

He IS smart, intelligent, and honest, elleng Aug 2013 #9

That's what I remember. bemildred Aug 2013 #15

True. truebluegreen Aug 2013 #27

And we may yet have a mess, if Badr/Tamarrud get their way (per der Spiegel) Igel Aug 2013 #4

Poe? The Raven? bemildred Aug 2013 #8

'sweetly knocking on the door of my room, this and nothing more' elleng Aug 2013 #14

I gave it up after High School, wish I had not. bemildred Aug 2013 #16

Right, can't do everything! elleng Aug 2013 #17

French in college, as well. Igel Aug 2013 #19

I had that happen to me. bemildred Aug 2013 #21

That's SOME learning experience! elleng Aug 2013 #22

It still feels strange. bemildred Aug 2013 #24

Good of you. elleng Aug 2013 #25

Good for me is how I think of it. bemildred Aug 2013 #26

With ? 3 years high school French, elleng Aug 2013 #23

Indeed. Mallarme's translation. Igel Aug 2013 #18

LOL. Good translation is wizardry, magic, instinct. bemildred Aug 2013 #20