tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post5870342174495816974..comments2023-10-31T07:32:11.739-04:00Comments on Wormtalk and Slugspeak: Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566889846240013567noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-40263713871618375582007-03-13T00:30:00.000-04:002007-03-13T00:30:00.000-04:00Tale of Genji is a tricky one--it's not what you l...<I>Tale of Genji</I> is a tricky one--it's not what you learn classical Japanese on, most of the time. But for the wonderful footnotes of Royall Tyler's version, it's not just the same as a parallel text....<BR/><BR/>That'd be something nice to have, now that I think of it. Not to mention some more detail than even Tyler's notes on a few things. (Probably it's not that he's not good at the court ceremonies--but there wasn't enough room for that information in a non-parallel text.) <BR/><BR/>It's possible, since Tyler's translation is close enough to one of the standard Japanese texts (no major omissions) to jury-rig one. But even Tyler's dedication to fidelity, I fear, would not prevent the expansion upon various of the vague sentences in the original. Numbers definitely would have to be used.<BR/><BR/>I'll be thinking about this.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03267820841995367909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-37788812886358614962007-03-03T09:19:00.000-05:002007-03-03T09:19:00.000-05:00I am currently studying English at the University ...I am currently studying English at the University of London, and I have come across your podcast on the internet - absolutely wonderful, a great help and please do keep it up! It is wonderful to hear Old English spoken fluidly. So much better than mine!~ Alias Rose Poetry ~https://www.blogger.com/profile/00389279344078928346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-19783575630253923232007-03-02T10:09:00.000-05:002007-03-02T10:09:00.000-05:00This, Northrop Frye says, is the great thing about...This, Northrop Frye says, is the great thing about professing a classical literature: one person can know it all, more or less, and not have to pant along in the hopeless attempt to keep up: "of the making of many books there is no end."John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.com