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Poetry is what is lost in translation

Posted 392 days ago by John Gray

A common misconception is that translation is simply a question of transferring information from one language to another, via a sort of linguistic algebra, and that there is therefore such as thing as the ‘right’ translation of any given text. …

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Fun with vowels 1: lipograms and Eunoia

Posted 458 days ago by John Gray

‘He rebels. He sets new precedents. He lets cleverness exceed decent levels…He prefers the perverse French esthetes: Verne, Peret, Genet, Perec…Relentless, the rebel peddles these theses, even when vexed peers deem the new precepts “mere dreck”‘. A few weeks ago

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