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I left the terms 'visqueux' and 'gluant' untranslated in this letter. Translations may confuse the reader (e.g. using adjectives such as sticky and gooey) and don't particularly add anything to the translation. Consequently, I didn't translate the passages in note 7. What do you think? Would an English translation be preferable? [Clang] | I left the terms 'visqueux' and 'gluant' untranslated in this letter. Translations may confuse the reader (e.g. using adjectives such as sticky and gooey) and don't particularly add anything to the translation. Consequently, I didn't translate the passages in note 7. What do you think? Would an English translation be preferable? [Clang] | ||
I completely agree that the original French words should be retained because he is talking about those specific words in the text. And they are easily understandable for non-French readers. But perhaps for complete clarity you could put "the word 'gluant' [sticky] had been replaced by the word 'visqueux' [gooey]". And maybe the longer passage in note 7 could be treated in the same way (quote the passage then include a translation in brackets). (Yorktaylors) | |||
This is personal preference, but I prefer not to translate Monsieur to Mr or Madame to Mrs or Madam. | |||
"Cahier violet" is a well known phrase to Proust scholars, but not necessarily to the casual English reader. But I would suggest "violet exercise book" rather than "purple notebook" to differentiate between Proust's "cahiers" and "carnets". I always translate "cahiers" as exercise books and "carnets" as notebooks. (Yorktaylors) | |||
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Translating terms 'visqueux' and 'gluant'
I left the terms 'visqueux' and 'gluant' untranslated in this letter. Translations may confuse the reader (e.g. using adjectives such as sticky and gooey) and don't particularly add anything to the translation. Consequently, I didn't translate the passages in note 7. What do you think? Would an English translation be preferable? [Clang]
I completely agree that the original French words should be retained because he is talking about those specific words in the text. And they are easily understandable for non-French readers. But perhaps for complete clarity you could put "the word 'gluant' [sticky] had been replaced by the word 'visqueux' [gooey]". And maybe the longer passage in note 7 could be treated in the same way (quote the passage then include a translation in brackets). (Yorktaylors)
This is personal preference, but I prefer not to translate Monsieur to Mr or Madame to Mrs or Madam. "Cahier violet" is a well known phrase to Proust scholars, but not necessarily to the casual English reader. But I would suggest "violet exercise book" rather than "purple notebook" to differentiate between Proust's "cahiers" and "carnets". I always translate "cahiers" as exercise books and "carnets" as notebooks. (Yorktaylors)