tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post6186059607598350574..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Avoid Career Suicide or Self-Homicide in Online Firefights -- Reb MacRathKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-48780250029777084972022-11-14T16:08:32.504+00:002022-11-14T16:08:32.504+00:00Thanks, Bill. It's interesting to picture some...Thanks, Bill. It's interesting to picture some translator a thousand years from now, using an OED from the 1950s, trying to make sense of such basic Millennial words as 'dig it', 'get your groove on', and 'Google.' <br /><br />Language evolves. And translators have to remember that dictionary definitions aren't always our best friends.<br /><br />Reb MacRathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03645014425062542505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-28552288821812011402022-11-14T16:03:06.775+00:002022-11-14T16:03:06.775+00:00Sandra, thanks for the vote of confidence. I belie...Sandra, thanks for the vote of confidence. I believe I'm on the right track for a lively version of this poet that modern readers will love.Reb MacRathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03645014425062542505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-4640302094546004472022-11-14T11:43:40.430+00:002022-11-14T11:43:40.430+00:00I’m sorry, Reb, that my Latin’s too comprehensivel...I’m sorry, Reb, that my Latin’s too comprehensively inadequate to contribute a suggestion, (although I’m entirely with you on the futility of most online critical exchanges). But as an ex translator of Molière, I do identify and sympathise with your translator’s angst. Maybe Martial was just using the alchemy of the way words toy with meanings to create a previously unlabelled category. (And, with a name like that, he’d be allowed to.)Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-53329076626639384752022-11-14T10:45:22.290+00:002022-11-14T10:45:22.290+00:00Go, Reb! It's your take on the work. You'l...Go, Reb! It's your take on the work. You'll be as right as many and righter than some!Sandra Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761260568729338471noreply@blogger.com