#anyway everyone read a sonnet to orpheus with at least three different transations and then even if u don't know german try reading
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this type of post is literally my hugest pet peeve
#translation isn't jyst flawed approximations diluting the purity of a language it's also a really interesting art form thoight process etc#once u move past the incredibly boring 'how close is it to the real thing' fixation!!!#what does 'truth' & 'grasp' even mean in this case?? there are very few cases where there's a single truth to grasp in a book imo#anyway everyone read a sonnet to orpheus with at least three different transations and then even if u don't know german try reading#the orig german out loud to get a feel for the wordplay rhythm rhyme schemes#your life will be forever changed!!!!!!!!!#translation allows u to read a text Thru a different lens it doesn't Warp it's a glass#altho it can obv be done w orientalist racist etc intent + effect but that's not due to muddying a language
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