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Lost in Translation II

Robert Frost said, “Poetry is what gets lost in translation.” When something is translated, phrases tend to get rendered down, curtailed, simplified. Still, even in translation, some new voice is asserting its own flair, knuckling its own spin into a basic meaning.

One morning earlier this week, avoiding the lessons in my Chinese text book, I stumbled onto a daily affirmation site, and I tried to translate a bit into Chinese. I asked Mandy to check it over, and then I posted it and…

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Added by Fin MacDonald on July 24, 2012 at 14:30 — 9 Comments

Lost in Translation

A little experiment: I translated a daily affirmation, with a little help, into Chinese. I hope some Chinese speakers will translate it back into English. Then I would like to post the original with the new translations. Please translate!

我有心耐，是好心人。周围的人也是好心的。不管什么事情发生了，心无杂念，所以我跟别人和睦相处。

Added by Fin MacDonald on July 21, 2012 at 7:53 — 7 Comments

Fin's book in Ferney's artwork.

It's surreal; it's mysteriously mind-bending; its out on Amazon with Ferney's art work: Angels, Delirium Liberty. I REALLY need reviews! If you would like to do one, I'll give you one of the old copies for free.

Added by Fin MacDonald on July 8, 2012 at 11:42 — 13 Comments