SEELANGS Digest - 19-20 May 2010 (#2010-185)

[STEPHEN PEARL]

The point of my comment on Monday, 24th. May  must have got lost in the wash, or perhaps it was worded too obliquely. 
 
What astounded me was the idea that no particular translator, but any translator, anywhere or at an any time, or between any two languages, should be commended - let alone extolled - for simply performing the basic function of "translation", namely working from, or basing the finshed product on, the text of the original. It would be like commending a [medical] doctor for actually taking the trouble to examine the patient before producing a diagnosis.
 
                   Stephen Pearl

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Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 1:00 AM


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