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Re: Transparent Things Group Reading: Chapter I (fwd) Seesaw
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Hullo from Holland.
`It might be entertaining to look at translations into other
languages to see how it is handled.'
In the Dutch translation of TT, Doorzichtige Dingen, Sjaak Commandeur has
translated the word `seesaw' just as `wip', the Dutch word for this
playground object. It is the same as with the Russian translation and
regarding the fact that mr. Commandeur is an excellent translator, I suspect
this semantic play is also untranslatable into Dutch.
Pity.
Yours,
Wim Sanders
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D. Barton Johnson
NABOKV-L
Hullo from Holland.
`It might be entertaining to look at translations into other
languages to see how it is handled.'
In the Dutch translation of TT, Doorzichtige Dingen, Sjaak Commandeur has
translated the word `seesaw' just as `wip', the Dutch word for this
playground object. It is the same as with the Russian translation and
regarding the fact that mr. Commandeur is an excellent translator, I suspect
this semantic play is also untranslatable into Dutch.
Pity.
Yours,
Wim Sanders
---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
D. Barton Johnson
NABOKV-L