tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277459060318112621.post7558132018278416816..comments2024-02-23T16:57:35.436+08:00Comments on Bifurcaria bifurcata: Whose disquiet is the most disquieting?Risehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277459060318112621.post-90892486203024382742011-12-08T00:09:20.193+08:002011-12-08T00:09:20.193+08:00Pessoa sure did open a Pandora's box by leavin...Pessoa sure did open a Pandora's box by leaving a 'non-definitive version'. Perhaps that's the intention?Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277459060318112621.post-72345870856641410522011-12-07T18:38:58.078+08:002011-12-07T18:38:58.078+08:00I read the Jull Costa version by Serpent's Tai...I read the Jull Costa version by Serpent's Tail. Enjoyed it but can't imagine any version being anything other than a divination of intentions that may not have existed in the first place.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277459060318112621.post-86086730476984395062011-12-05T18:41:08.766+08:002011-12-05T18:41:08.766+08:00Tom, it's like infinity raised to the power of...Tom, it's like infinity raised to the power of infinity. The infinite versions that can be made from rearranging the original fragments of <i>Disquiet</i>. Then the translator's interpretation of each version, which can also be rearranged. Not to mention the reader's interpretation of the translation. There are an infinite number of opportunities here. :pRisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277459060318112621.post-43022184870253221412011-12-05T09:47:44.944+08:002011-12-05T09:47:44.944+08:00I've got Alfred Mac Adam, chosen on grounds no...I've got Alfred Mac Adam, chosen on grounds no more reasonable than what you describe here. I take the variety of translations as an <i>opportunity</i> for the readalong. Yes, that's it.<br /><br />Because you're right, they are not just different translations, but translations of different texts.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.com