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Re: I got my books today. Camilla Send a noteboard - 23/11/2010 10:33:10 AM
Well, I got two of them, with two more following later. I have to say that the outside is nice (but only acceptably so), but the paper inside is hideously thin. I've gotten tissue accompanying wedding invitations thicker than the pages in these editions. The cost is appalling given the quality of the product. Folio Society books are much nicer and similarly priced.

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I don't agree that thin paper is a sign of poor quality. Quite the contrary.
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Julian Barnes on translation Camilla - 18/11/2010 05:49:37 PM 1017 Views
That's a very interesting article. Though it does sound like he'd never be happy. Legolas - 18/11/2010 08:06:09 PM 685 Views
That was a long article. Rebekah - 19/11/2010 07:05:12 PM 602 Views
Re: That was a long article. Camilla - 19/11/2010 09:59:24 PM 591 Views
Yeah, I think English translations on average are better than those in smaller languages. Legolas - 19/11/2010 10:16:44 PM 708 Views
Wow Camilla - 20/11/2010 10:45:08 AM 753 Views
Traddutore, traditore Larry - 20/11/2010 12:36:10 PM 701 Views
On balance, I'm glad I read the Steegmuller translation when I read the novel. Tom - 20/11/2010 05:14:42 PM 543 Views
Vas-tu faire s’enculée, Camille! Tom - 20/11/2010 05:26:08 PM 625 Views
If you don't mind a few grammatical corrections of your swearing... Legolas - 20/11/2010 05:42:57 PM 640 Views
It was a quick and dirty rendering Tom - 20/11/2010 05:53:13 PM 567 Views
Apparently so, with the use of "enculer" Larry - 20/11/2010 07:12:24 PM 590 Views
Actually, yes, it is The Temptation of St. Anthony Tom - 20/11/2010 08:43:08 PM 655 Views
And I didn't order from France. It's a US-based company that I bought it from. *NM* Tom - 20/11/2010 05:54:55 PM 245 Views
Oh, that'd cut down on delivery costs a fair bit, then. *NM* Legolas - 20/11/2010 06:01:46 PM 250 Views
Yes, it did. Tom - 20/11/2010 08:45:13 PM 551 Views
I love Pleiade editions Camilla - 21/11/2010 12:14:14 AM 569 Views
How tall are they, out of curiosity? Tom - 21/11/2010 12:50:57 AM 705 Views
Not tall Camilla - 21/11/2010 09:59:55 AM 589 Views
I got my books today. Tom - 23/11/2010 05:38:20 AM 796 Views
Re: I got my books today. Camilla - 23/11/2010 10:33:10 AM 611 Views
Regardless, if Pleiade is the best France has to offer, their book industry is awful. Tom - 23/11/2010 07:17:13 PM 859 Views
Let me guess... Larry - 23/11/2010 07:46:41 PM 563 Views
No. I don't think he's been released in a Pleiade edition. Tom - 23/11/2010 07:49:05 PM 584 Views
Re: Oh Authorial intent. Gaps - 21/11/2010 02:07:27 AM 694 Views
Like hell it's about authorial intent. Tom - 21/11/2010 05:40:22 AM 620 Views
Re: I didn't even read it, I guessed based on the author's initials. Gaps - 21/11/2010 01:37:40 PM 811 Views
So I take it you missed the whole part about Nabokov's translation of Eugene Onegin. Tom - 21/11/2010 03:28:14 PM 565 Views
Re: Yes, I missed all of that. Such a conclusion clearly follows from my previous response. *NM* Gaps - 21/11/2010 03:57:16 PM 335 Views
Actually it does. Your responses are just cheap tricks, not discussions. *NM* Tom - 21/11/2010 04:44:21 PM 255 Views
Re: Cheap tricks? Gaps - 21/11/2010 10:45:39 PM 666 Views
Barnes' article has little to do with authorial intent Larry - 21/11/2010 11:37:25 PM 603 Views
Why didn't you translate je ne sais quoi? Tom - 21/11/2010 11:46:23 PM 658 Views
Because I didn't feel like it? Larry - 22/11/2010 01:14:31 AM 626 Views
Well, I think you started the snarky replies. Tom - 21/11/2010 11:42:33 PM 576 Views
I think it is more about the "authentic experience" than about intent. Camilla - 21/11/2010 10:01:57 AM 602 Views
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