The Translation of Poetry
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The Rubaiyat is a good comparison, although by that time education was a little bit more advanced and more people were reading (at least in the Islamic world, where the best scholars were).

Keeping the essence of a poem intact is the great art of translation.
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The Translation of Poetry - by RakoPatcher - 11-03-2013, 06:09 AM
RE: The Translation of Poetry - by rowens - 11-03-2013, 06:24 AM
RE: The Translation of Poetry - by RakoPatcher - 11-03-2013, 07:22 AM
RE: The Translation of Poetry - by Leanne - 11-04-2013, 11:17 AM
RE: The Translation of Poetry - by billy - 11-04-2013, 11:42 AM
RE: The Translation of Poetry - by Leanne - 11-04-2013, 11:50 AM
RE: The Translation of Poetry - by rayheinrich - 11-04-2013, 10:44 PM



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