Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0014353, Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:01:15 -0800

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VN on translation
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Can anyone hazard an answer about what VN truly believed about translation?


Dear Charles,

We don't have to guess - - VN wrote some remarkable lines (probably from "An
evening of Russian poetry") that is something like:
a parrot's chatter,
the poet's head upon a platter

I'm probably mis-remembering, leaving something out. I'm not really sure
about the parrot - - but the John the Baptist imagery is clear in my memory.

Carolyn






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