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18 May 2010

[R]Please Stop Talking About Art!

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4 comments:

  1. Fantastico. "The fact that not everyone is cut out to be a translator doesn’t make translation mysterious; it makes it a profession."
    Me l'appendo sul muro della mia stanzetta.

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  2. Dear Wendell,

    I found this so thought-provoking that I wanted to comment but ended up writing a short post to respond to it. Then it got longer... Anyway:

    http://smuggledwords.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/on-translation-and-art/

    Anyway, I quote the other Giuseppe above. As usual, simple and effective... Keep up the great work!

    GMB

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  4. Posted for a friend who wasn't able to use the comments feature:

    "La cosa che mi ha colpito di più è stata l'affermazione che il traduttore letterario è "molto, molto invidiato" per il suo rapporto privilegiato con lo scrittore (ah sì ?!;-). Secondo me, sono proprio queste convinzioni distorte a danneggiare maggiormente la categoria, perché spingono i traduttori ad accettare tariffe da fame e ad avere un rapporto servile con gli editori, pur di circondarsi dell'alone misterioso dello scrittore e dell'artista." -- Anna

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