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> but it's not a full translation If it's a translation at all, then we need a new word for when you change a text from one language into another language. I
by karaterobot 1y ago
> but it's not a full translation
If it's a translation at all, then we need a new word for when you change a text from one language into another language. I think 'retelling' is a perfectly good word to use here!
- anactofgod 1y agoYes. Logue's are (brilliant) retellings, not translations. His source material were other English translations, since he was not literate in ancient Greek (as the article's author notes). ---------- See an East African lion Nose tip to tail tuft ten, eleven feet Slouching towards you Swaying its head from side to side Doubling its pace, its gold-black mane That stretches down its belly to its groin Catching the sunlight as it hits Twice its own length a beat, then leaps Great forepaws high great claws disclosed The scarlet insides of its mouth Parting a roar as loud as sail-sized flames And lands, slam-scattering the herd. “This is how Hector came on us.” ---------- If only he were able to complete his retelling.