Monthly Archives: July 2021

Faithfulness in Translations

Posted on 7 July 2021 by zolltan

I thought I would expand a little on what I meant when I said accuracy/faithfulness in translation was multi-faceted in the previous post. I recently tried to translate Roald Mandelshtam’s poem “Новая Голландия”. Here is the poem: Новая Голландия Запах … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on translation philosophy

Posted on 7 July 2021 by zolltan

Recently, well, not very recently, but the timeline of this blog is what it is, let’s let that slide, I made a book of translations of my grandfather’s poetry, and showed it to people to comment. As a result, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Canada Day

Posted on 2 July 2021 by zolltan

Yesterday was Canada Day, and I was reading David Frum’s column in the Atlantic arguing for preserving the legacy of John A. MacDonald. Frum’s point was that “things are forms” and being a symbol of Canada, cancelling Sir John A. … Continue reading →

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