The only way to read it is in the original. Most of it is poetry.
Tom Send a noteboard - 18/01/2010 12:14:03 AM
Poetry really can't and shouldn't be translated. It has so much to do with the SOUND of words that it is best in its original language. Of course, most people reading it in Middle English will still end up applying a pronunciation that is similar to modern English, but it's closer and better.
I finally finished Monte Cristo, by the way. Why would anyone ever want to read it a second time?
I finally finished Monte Cristo, by the way. Why would anyone ever want to read it a second time?
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
/Other Literature: Canterbury Tales
- 17/01/2010 10:58:16 PM
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The only way to read it is in the original. Most of it is poetry.
- 18/01/2010 12:14:03 AM
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if you can't manage the middle english, though
- 18/01/2010 01:20:37 AM
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How can any intelligent person who knows modern English "not manage" Middle English? *NM*
- 18/01/2010 03:31:35 AM
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How can any intelligent person who can manage Middle English not be bored to death reading it? *NM*
- 18/01/2010 04:29:39 AM
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Re: The only way to read it is in the original. Most of it is poetry.
- 18/01/2010 07:53:05 AM
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I remember being really surprised by the Canterbury Tales in high school.
- 18/01/2010 01:18:56 AM
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I don't associate Penguin Classics with their modern desecrations.
- 18/01/2010 01:46:15 AM
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What's the deal with Penguin Classics?
- 18/01/2010 01:37:58 PM
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Re: What's the deal with Penguin Classics?
- 18/01/2010 04:10:53 PM
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There's much love for the Penguin Classics on my part. It makes my textbooks cost about 10 cents.
- 18/01/2010 09:45:26 PM
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Re: I like Eoin Colfer!
- 18/01/2010 10:20:57 AM
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Re: I like Eoin Colfer!
- 18/01/2010 10:22:11 AM
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I bought a bilingual edition (Middle and modern English), might have to read it at some point... *NM*
- 18/01/2010 04:50:53 PM
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I'm happy to say I first read this post in the original language 
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- 18/01/2010 10:42:41 PM
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- 18/01/2010 10:42:41 PM
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