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Anonymous Fri Jun 17 08:20:31 2022 No.20538225 [Reply] [Original]

Is Baudelaire worth reading in translation? Before the snobs start deriding me for reading translations I should tell you I can already read French at a high level. However I still fail to grasp some of its nuances and only really enjoy reading poetry in English.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 08:23:36 2022 No.20538229 Absofuckinglutely not an issue

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 08:24:44 2022 No.20538232 Marthiel Mathews and Jackson Mathews do such a good job with 'Flowers of Evil' that I'm inclined to say it reads nicer than the original kek. I know ESL fags here will (you) me for that take, but I stand by that opinion.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 08:26:05 2022 No.20538236 >>20538232 Thanks, I'll look for their translation.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 08:26:35 2022 No.20538239 >>20538236 nw. I think New Directions are the publisher.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 08:29:01 2022 No.20538244 >>20538225 There's an even better translator than the Matthews', Op. Check out Richard Howard's work. He captures all the rich sensuality of the original.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 08:35:57 2022 No.20538256 >>20538225 Yes because there's more to his poetry than just the jingle jangle of pretty sounds I read the James McGowan translation and it was adequate

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 08:41:24 2022 No.20538270 >>20538256 How fucking stupid are you? Translation is not just about the change of sounds but also the change of meaning

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 10:33:41 2022 No.20538511 File: 57 KB, 568x884, Paris Spleen.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20538225 The prose works are.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 10:53:17 2022 No.20538558 >>20538225 Don’t know who that is.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 11:14:10 2022 No.20538594 >>20538256 >he thinks a good sonic quality isn't fundamental to poetry how to spot a midwit

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 11:16:28 2022 No.20538597 >>20538270 Precisely, a good translator will alter the meaning of every single word of the original text.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 16:13:40 2022 No.20539716 >>20538225 Just read the translation next to the original.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 16:51:16 2022 No.20539851 >>20538225 >Baudelaire Who?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 16:52:37 2022 No.20539854 >>20539851 Is this a meme or have you really not heard of him? He's one of the most famous poets of all time.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 18:26:32 2022 No.20540198 >>20538225 Read it in French with an English translation next to it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 18:29:32 2022 No.20540216 >>20538225 Absolutely not. His poetry is not difficult at all. My daughter is a brainlet and she read that cunt when she was 7 in french.

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