/lit/ - Literature

Does anyone else feel a little like they're in an uphill battle with the whole autodidact path? I can study philosophy all I want, but I will never get the opportunity as a philosophy major that attends a prestigious college. They have people to share ideas with and debate, they have their works published, they have feedback and guidance from professors and are assisted by the state to continue their pursuit. The autodidact has nothing but his will to learn. I feels suffocating, like I'm getting buried in a pile of books while these people glide over all of it and get published.

I feel like I missed my mark in adolescence by not trying to be a model student and weasel my way into the ivory towers. Apologies for the blogpost.

Does anyone have experience in translating books into different languages?

I was thinking about translating a book to help myself understand another language better. It would be translate a novel or poem, I was thinking something more along the lines of a history book or something like that.

St Petersburg

Perché non l'hai ancora letto, anon?

Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare
la donna mia quand'ella altrui saluta,
ch'ogne lingua deven tremando muta,
e li occhi no l'ardiscon di guardare.
Ella si va, sententosi laudare,
benignamente d'umiltà vestuta;
e par che sia una cosa venuta
da cielo in terra a miracol mostrare.
Mostrasi sì piacente a chi la mira,
che dà per li occhi una dolcezza al core,
che 'ntender no la può chi no la prova:
e par che de la sua labbia si mova
un spirito soave pien d'amore,
che va dicendo a l'anima: Sospira.


Trovi un difetto

Ha un'altro umore, piu' secolare, ma forse cambierei 'Sospira' per 'Respira'