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I didn't quote what happened immediately afterward, as that is a major spoiler Larry Send a noteboard - 28/11/2010 07:16:39 PM
Y su odio.

Eran hijos de los tiempos del odio. Y para los demás sólo odio tenian. Para ellos solamente contaba la fuerza. La habilidad en el manejo del arma que adquirieron pronto en los caminos. La decisión. El caballo rápido y la espada afilada.

With those sentences following it about only strength and power and ability with weapons counting for them, it makes more sense to me that they have "only contempt" for the others, than "only hate". And there's the passage before that where their arrogance and self-confidence is discussed, there too "contempt" seems more logical than "hatred".

Contempt can be a very strong and very ugly emotion, if you ask me, perhaps even worse than hatred, as it shows less respect for the other, dehumanizes him.


I think "contempt" is too weak of a word to describe this emotion, one that is akin to what spilled out on Kristalnacht. As I said above just now, perhaps "despite" would be a more apt description of that tenuous middle ground between mostly-passive (in regards to overt action) contempt/disdain and the more active hatred. It really is close to a loathing that's been depicted in this scene, a loathing of other groups/races that continues throughout this series.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Andrzej Sapkowski, Times of Disdain/Tiempo del odio - 27/11/2010 03:24:22 AM 1278 Views
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The main reason why I lean toward "hatred" is later on - 27/11/2010 09:43:43 PM 809 Views
Yeah, there may be a slight difference between Czech and English meaning of the word - 28/11/2010 10:49:23 AM 781 Views
Makes sense to me - 28/11/2010 07:13:08 PM 838 Views
Now for that passage near the end of the book I said I'd post - 28/11/2010 02:35:38 AM 766 Views
Hm. I'd actually say it makes me more inclined to think "contempt" is right after all. - 28/11/2010 10:50:09 AM 844 Views
I didn't quote what happened immediately afterward, as that is a major spoiler - 28/11/2010 07:16:39 PM 736 Views
Fair points. *NM* - 29/11/2010 12:26:28 AM 398 Views
Re: Now for that passage near the end of the book I said I'd post - 28/11/2010 11:03:18 AM 770 Views
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You made me want to go and reread this again - 29/11/2010 12:07:46 AM 820 Views
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I REALLY can't wait for this to come out in English - 30/11/2010 04:50:56 AM 832 Views
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