When I have time later tonight, I'll translate the relevant passage near the end of the book
Larry Send a noteboard - 27/11/2010 06:57:23 PM
"Contempt" is not so much, though of course you as someone who's read the book will have a better view on whether "hate" or "contempt" was the best word to use.
It wouldn't be the first time that a title in translation was arguably better than the original title, but then that leads you to all sorts of philosophical questions about whether the translator really ought to try and improve on the original title.
Other than that, I might pick the books up, in Spanish or French, once they're all out in paperback or at least some cheap edition.
It wouldn't be the first time that a title in translation was arguably better than the original title, but then that leads you to all sorts of philosophical questions about whether the translator really ought to try and improve on the original title.
Other than that, I might pick the books up, in Spanish or French, once they're all out in paperback or at least some cheap edition.
Until then, I'll just note that I'm a translator who prefers to recast things into the second language's idiom, which in this case involves the semantics of "disdain," "contempt," and "hatred."
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
Andrzej Sapkowski, Times of Disdain/Tiempo del odio
- 27/11/2010 03:24:22 AM
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Bizarre that you would go to a Spanish translation 
(A translation note)
- 27/11/2010 04:05:28 PM
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(A translation note)
- 27/11/2010 04:05:28 PM
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Not really, when that's the only complete translation available in a language I read 
- 27/11/2010 06:54:18 PM
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- 27/11/2010 06:54:18 PM
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It's an interesting discussion about that title... "disdain" is indeed somewhat weak.
- 27/11/2010 06:35:14 PM
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When I have time later tonight, I'll translate the relevant passage near the end of the book
- 27/11/2010 06:57:23 PM
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Re: Andrzej Sapkowski, Times of Disdain/Tiempo del odio
- 27/11/2010 09:37:07 PM
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The main reason why I lean toward "hatred" is later on
- 27/11/2010 09:43:43 PM
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Yeah, there may be a slight difference between Czech and English meaning of the word
- 28/11/2010 10:49:23 AM
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Now for that passage near the end of the book I said I'd post
- 28/11/2010 02:35:38 AM
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Hm. I'd actually say it makes me more inclined to think "contempt" is right after all.
- 28/11/2010 10:50:09 AM
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I didn't quote what happened immediately afterward, as that is a major spoiler
- 28/11/2010 07:16:39 PM
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*NM*
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- 28/11/2010 11:03:18 AM
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- 29/11/2010 04:53:12 AM
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- 29/11/2010 04:53:12 AM
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I find it funny that all the discussion in the thread is about the best translation of the title.
- 28/11/2010 10:17:44 PM
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Time of Contempt is closest to original meaning
- 28/11/2010 11:42:56 PM
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Perhaps, but there's been a weakening of "contempt" in English over the past few generations
- 28/11/2010 11:55:16 PM
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Re: Perhaps, but there's been a weakening of "contempt" in English over the past few generations
- 29/11/2010 12:47:12 AM
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You made me want to go and reread this again
- 29/11/2010 12:07:46 AM
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I'm in the midst of re-reading The Tower of the Swallow
- 29/11/2010 12:32:23 AM
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- 29/11/2010 01:05:30 AM
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- 29/11/2010 05:02:48 AM
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- 29/11/2010 04:39:02 PM
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Still, seeing as many as six consonants together can be intimidating for some of us
- 29/11/2010 11:37:22 PM
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Re: Still, seeing as many as six consonants together can be intimidating for some of us
- 30/11/2010 02:27:03 AM
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- 30/11/2010 02:27:03 AM
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I refuse to give the Germans credit when it comes to language and grammar issues!
- 30/11/2010 03:04:30 AM
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- 30/11/2010 03:04:30 AM
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I don't see why; except maybe page long nouns
- 30/11/2010 04:22:37 PM
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- 30/11/2010 04:22:37 PM
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I dunno, some people dig saying "Machtübernahme" and "Größerdeutschland"
- 30/11/2010 05:53:43 PM
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