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- From: nwbernst@unix.amherst.edu (Neil Bernstein)
- Subject: Re: Wodehouse translation
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:45:49 GMT
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- Bapa Rao (brao@pollux.usc.edu) wrote:
- : I can't imagine Wodehouse translating well into any language. Rewrites,
- : perhaps. But you have to read it in English to appreciate the humor.
-
- That's the whole point -- translating Wodehouse and preserving the
- humor is a nearly impossible task. Nothing like a challenge, what? Let us
- see what stout-hearted sons and daughters of Arthur may rise to the task...
-
- : Bapa Rao
- :
- Neil Bernstein
- Struggling Classics Major
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