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Just wanted to post a notice here that I have several verses<\/a> of Ovid’s Metamorphosis translated, about a fourth of his version of Diana and Actaeon, the subject of one of Titian’s paintings at the MIA’s current exhibition.\u00a0 This level of translation is a first pass, so is not meant to be in idiomatic English.\u00a0 That’s a next step.\u00a0 I’m excited that I’ve gotten this far.<\/p>\n The task of translation is far more complex than it appears, involving inevitable personal choices that reflect not the original work, but the mind and culture of the translator.\u00a0 I suspected this, but now I know for sure.<\/p>\n This work has become a hobby for me, something I enjoy picking up in spare time, a jigsaw puzzle or a model.<\/p>\n Those of you who’ve mastered another language or languages, I’m getting to the place, at 64, where I may join you.\u00a0 I have a lot of respect for any who have stuck the course with another language, we are so inept here in the US.\u00a0 It’s been a fun ride so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Spring\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Bloodroot Moon Just wanted to post a notice here that I have several verses of Ovid’s Metamorphosis translated, about a fourth of his version of Diana and Actaeon, the subject of one of Titian’s paintings at the MIA’s current exhibition.\u00a0 This level of translation is a first pass, so is not meant to … Continue reading Lost In Translation<\/span>