Not Lost In Translation Public

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Books written in one language, but read in another - particularly those where this is notable. Also books about translation.

  1. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by 

    Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Polish: Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych) is a 2009 mystery …

    John says:

    The book was originally written in Polish, and features discussions around translating the works of William Blake from English into Polish. In translation these have to be rendered back into English, while preserving the style of being translations.

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  2. Le Ton Beau De Marot by 

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    John says:

    Includes translations of Jabberwocky into German, conveying the feel of the original poem, but with a Germanic style.

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  3. The Cyberiad by  (A Continuum book)

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    John says:

    Written in Polish, but, in translation, plays with English particularly in 'Trurl's electronic bard', for example a poem where every word begins with the letter S.

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