Re: Joy of Translation

On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:03:06 +0100, D wrote:

The question is if anything more complicated than Schwedenkrimi can really
be translated. In one of Heidegger's more accessible essays he questions
if we can adequately translate Greek with the nuances and associations the
words had in the original.

In a discussion on Quora about the ambiguities of Bible translations,
Franklin Veaux said somethiong like "Imagine a translator 2000 years from
now trying to figure out the difference between a butt dial and a booty
call".

Franklin is one of my favorite writers on Quora.