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Borges: The Homeric Versions (pdf) https://gwern.net/doc/borges/1932-borges-thehomericversions.pdf https://gwern.net/doc/borges/1932-borges-thehomericversions.

• blueyes 3y ago
  Very relevant, thank you! I've always liked the quote from Borges, which I hope is not apocryphal, that 'The original is unfaithful to the translation.' I'm not sure I buy his analogy that multiple drafts of a single work are like translating the initial version into subsequent ones, only in the same language. But I appreciate it as a marvelous idea!
  • pallas_athena 3y ago
    It is not apocryphal: here, top of the last page https://gwern.net/doc/borges/1943-borges-onwilliambeckfordsvathek.pdf https://gwern.net/doc/borges/1943-borges-onwilliambeckfordsv... BTW, I don't know why Gwern has so many Borges texts on their website, but for sure I am grateful!