Twa Slauerhoff-oersettingen: ‘In jûn’ en ‘De flechtlinge’

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In jûn

Weak-read talm’t de sinne de kym te fielen
As in frou mei ’t fjirtich wurden. Soer
Gniist de moanne him skealik ta, in skriele.
As in nomade yn de útflakke stielen
Lêste strielen (stjerrend blikkefjoer),
Fart er op de wetters fan La Manche.
,,Seis myl út de kust yn ’e jûnsoer’”,
Peinzget er drôf, ,,mei gjin inkelde kâns
Op in skipbrek of in aventoer.”

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Blog Lomme Schokker: Yn wêzen it gat

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No snap ik wêrom ús heit, de Vietnamveteraan, neat fertelle koe oer syn ûnderfiningen dêr yn de djipten fan de tunnels. No snap ik wêrom minsken net prate wolle, harren nea net uterje kinne oer the hole in their soul, the road to hell and beyond. No’t ik stadichoan út myn swiere depresje omheech krûp wol ik der eins ek net oer prate. Ik doar it net. Bin bang. Mar fan myn shrink moat ik it fan my ôfskriuwe. Nei dy ta sil ik ris wat besykje. Mar jonge, do silst it gat fan myn wêzen en de djipten fan myn wanhope nea fiele.… Lês fierder

Why the forgotten alternative translations of classical literature matter

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When they are creative, translations and imitations can be the most revealing form of criticism. It is sometimes said that translation is the most intimate form of reading; successful translations are also highly expressive. The English-language heyday of classical verse translation, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, produced works that people still read, enjoy, and study today, beginning with English classics such as Alexander Pope’s Homer and John Dryden’s Virgil. Translation has been central in what we now call the reception of ancient poetry through the ages.

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